The Last Orphan is a contemporary action novel written by Gregg Hurwitz. This is book eight in the Orphan X series. This is not a standalone book and should be read as part of the series or too much backstory would be missed.
Summary: Evan Smoak is a former government assassin gone rogue. He has managed to stay one step ahead of the government all these years, but his past is about to catch up with him.
Now he’s being forced to do the President a favor-or else.
Will he follow through, or will he lose his freedom for good this time?
My Thoughts: While I like the overall arch to this series (especially the ongoing relationships with Evan and his little “family”), I didn’t care for this book as much.
First, the book had an overall melancholy feel to it, and at times almost felt like it had been written by a different person. It dulled Evan’s personality a bit for me and made him seem a bit helpless, which I didn’t care for.
Also, the book built up to the bad guy doing something REALLY horrible. I don’t know if I am a bit spoiled because so many of the past books had some serious super villains, but the “bad thing” was actually pretty anticlimactic.
Overall, I was a bit disappointed with this one-even though I still really like the characters. I would like to thank St. Martin’s Press for providing me with a free digital copy of this book in exchange for my review. Thank you.
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