Typos are lethal to 98% of the population. Be thankful typo squad is on patrol … course with the most dangerous foes they’ve ever faced.
Will Dick and his team be able to overcome the odds and make the world safe from typos once and for all? Or will Nym and his inner circle be victorious in the end?
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The third installment of the Typo Squad series opens with nefarious Anton Nym abducting Thea and threatening worse. Lieutenant Dick Shonnary is promoted to Captain after tragedy strikes, but not before having a mental/emotional breakdown. A new team forms and sets out to take down Nym once and for all. So much happens in the first chapters of this book and the action continues throughout!
Unexpected twists and surprises, along with the reappearance of familiar characters, make this book an enjoyable page-turner. And the whole concept of lethal typos and an agency that fights them just tickles the grammarian in me. Clever, fast-paced and entertaining, this book is a definite win.
Good (and Bad) Puns are How Eye Roll
I’ve said it before, but I’ll say that again: I really enjoy this series. I love the humor—even though there was a little less in this one because of all the bad things happening—and I love the idea of focusing on people whose job has to do with catching people who would do harm by use of typos! Yes, that’s right. If you have read none of the previous books of this series, you may not know that in this world, typos are lethal. Most of the population is mortally susceptible to typos; if you aren’t, you can join Typo Squad and help hunt down errorist cells to keep the rest of the population safe.
This book starts on a double downer. First, Dick learns what happened to Thea at the end of the previous book. He finds that hard enough to deal with until he, Big, and Hissie Friendorfoe (potential Typo Squad member to replace Ewan who stayed back in England) return to the States. Let’s just say that their whole world explodes, leaving the team scrambling to figure out what to do as a team and what to do about Thea. Because this book starts in this way, it isn’t quite as funny as the previous books in the series, though there is still some humor, and of course, excellent puns (like the name of Nym’s new errorist cell, Erristocracy). The book certainly is more emotional—including epic temper flares—because of what happens at the beginning of the book. While I always have enjoyed the banter and dialogue in this series, I think the author has done even better with these in this book than the previous ones. I feel like, too, that we’re getting inside of the main characters’ heads more, so the characterization feels tighter, making the Squad more relatable and believable. I highly recommend this series, but you should certainly start at the beginning to truly appreciate the wonderful world and characters the author has created. If you enjoy good (and bad) puns and fascinating, complex worlds where good people are trying to keep order and make a safer world when there are bad guys who prefer chaos and harm, you may very well enjoy this series as much as I have. The author leaves open a gateway for a Typo Squad IV book at the end, and I am certainly looking forward to checking it out.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.