The Island, the ninth Dewey Andreas book by Ben Coes, was absolutely worth the wait! It's been two-ish years since the last Andreas book and Coes gives fans of this series everything they wanted and more. Coes has surrounded Andreas with fantastic characters including Rob Tacoma, who may be a bigger badass than Andreas. The plot and "villains" in The Island are topnotch and the pacing is lightning fast. After the past few years, the last thing I want authors to do is push their politics on the reader, so I appreciate Coes leaving most of the politics out.

If you have never read a Dewey Andreas book before you can read this as a stand-alone. Coes uses an ingenious way to get the reader caught up on the previous exploits of Andreas. I can't stress enough how much of a fun read The Island was.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the privilege of reviewing The Island