The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King

The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Goodreads Synopsis:

Mark Jones is a henchman for hire. He guards bunkers, patrols perimeters and stands around in a boiler suit waiting to get knocked out by Ninjas. This is his job.

He’s worked for some of the most notorious super villains the world has ever known – Doctor Thalassocrat, Victor Soliman, Polonius Crump; Mark was with each of them when they met their makers at the hands of British Secret Service super-spy, Jack Tempest and lived to tell the tale – if not pay the bills.

Still for every hour under gunfire there are weeks if not months of sitting around on monorails so Jones starts a book club with his fellow henchmen to help pass the time.

It was only meant to be a bit of fun.

It was never meant to save the world.

My Review:

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It brought an element of toughness and softness at the same time, in a way that worked.



I enjoyed the adventure, near deaths escapes (no matter how improbable), the cliches' (Tempest is James Bond-esque and Rip Dunbar is Steven Seagal-ish), the blurred lines of good and evil, and the fact that Mark Jones is portrayed as a tough guy but not a dumb guy, and he isn't made out to have the readers fall in love with him (especially his looks).



I just had fun reading this book, and would recommend it to anyone wanting something a little different. Granted there are some grammatical errors throughout the book, but it was free, who am I to complain if I can still understand what is being said.

As of January 2015, I am increasing my rating to 5 stars as I cannot quit thinking how awesome and original this book was.

P.S. There was a Doctor Who reference in the first chapter, of course I was going to love this book!

Read from June 09 to 19, 2014

Top 5 Genres*: Fiction, Humor, Thriller, Mystery/Crime, Action
*According to Goodreads
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My ratings system
5 stars - I absolutely loved it
4 stars - Good book and would recommend
3 stars - Decent book, but wasn't spectacular
2 stars - Not good, but was able to finish it
1 stars - Did not finish (DNF) and I don't usually rate a book I haven't finished (just to be fair to the author)

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