Trained to Hunt by Simon Gervais
Pierce Hunt Series #2

Hard-hitting, action-packed thrill ride from beginning to end. This author holds nothing back allowing the reader insight in how things work under cover, chasing down bad guys, being on missions, the thinking of both good and bad guys and also gives us a taste of what it takes to get the job done and the sacrifices that must be made.

In book one of this series Hunt’s daughter is kidnapped and he spends most of the book doing what has to be done to bring her home. He meets a woman he loved and lost and much of his backstory is shared. In this book he is sent out to bring in a man that might have information relevant to the Black Tosca Cartel’s higher value targets that might have had something to do with his daughter’s kidnapping.

After that first hair raising beginning he is sent on a mission related to information sussed out from the captured man. One thing leads to another and Hunt ends up moving around the globe from South America to the Middle East and back to the USA with some visits to these countries made more than once. The story is told from multiple perspectives and includes a number of people but I never had trouble following the story.

What I liked:
* The realness of the story
* The plotting
* The action sequences
* Hunt’s relationship with those he worked with and cared about
* Really liked it from beginning to end
* Finding out who “Queen Bee” really was

What I didn’t like:
* What I was not supposed to like – the bad guys, of course.

This book ended well and the story was complete but left me wanting to read book three because I want to find out how Hunt will save his friend and who will go along with him to do so.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC – This is my honest review

5 Stars ( )