Audiobook Review: Tracker Hacker by Jeff Adams, Performed by Kirt Graves

25 June of 2021 by ButtonsMom2003

Tracker Hacker By Jeff Adams, Performed by Kirt Graves

Genre: YA, Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Suspense, Covert Agent

Released: June 1, 2021 (re-release)

Publisher: Big Gay Media

Series: Code Name: Winger, Book 1

Length: 7 hrs, 45 mins / 322 pages /

Synopsis

High school student. Hockey player. Computer whiz kid. Covert agent?

At sixteen, Theo Reese is the youngest agent for Tactical Operational Support. His way with computers makes him invaluable. He designs new gadgets, helps agents in the field (including his parents), and works to keep the TOS network safe. When a hacker breaches the system TOS uses to track agents, Theo is put to the test like never before.

Thrust from behind the safety of his desk, Theo must go into the field to put a stop to the hack. It’s personal too because one of the agents who has gone missing is his father. And just to make it more interesting, he’s got to keep everything a secret from his boyfriend and teammates.

Can Theo get the job done, save his dad, and make things good with his boyfriend?

This edition includes the short story A Very Winger Christmas, a Codename: Winger bonus mission: Christmas is a time for family and friends, but teenage secret agent Theo Reese must solve a mysterious hack before he can enjoy Reese family holiday traditions and deliver a gift to his boyfriend, Eddie. Can he avert an international incident and save Christmas before time runs out?

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Very engaging story; great audio performance!

I’ve only read a couple of other books by Jeff Adams and they were very different from Tracker Hacker. They were more romance where Tracker Hacker is a young adult/teen story. Don’t let the fact that it’s a YA story put you off, though. This audiobook grabbed me right from the start and didn’t let go.

I love audiobooks performed by Kirt Graves so that’s part of the reason I asked for a review copy of the book (he did a great job). But the premise of the story also drew me in. I’ve always loved Mission Impossible type movies and this reminded me of those. I was also in IT before I retired so that aspect also interested me. There is a lot of technical jargon used in this book and thanks to my IT background I understood quite a bit of it. However, even if I didn’t have that knowledge, I think I would have enjoyed this story just as much.

Jeff Adams really puts Theo and his parents through a lot in this book: secret missions that don’t go as planned, good guys forced to do bad things and a bunch more. There’s also a nice bit of YA romance with Theo discovering that a boy he has a crush on also likes him. They have a few relationship ups and downs because so much of what Theo does he can’t discuss with his boyfriend.

All in all, I really enjoyed listening to this book and I’ll be listening to book two, Schooled, very soon.

I almost forgot to say that the audiobook I listened to included A Very Winger Christmas short story. It was cute and I really enjoyed it, too.

Performance: ♥♥♥♥♥

Story: ♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: PG

Code Name: Winger Series

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About Author

Jeff Adams

Jeff Adams has written stories since he was in middle school and became a published author in 2009 when his first short stories were published. He writes both gay romance and LGBTQ young adult fiction…and there’s usually a hockey player at the center of the story.

Jeff lives in northern California with his husband of more than twenty years, Will Knauss. Some of his favorite things include the musicals “Rent” and “[title of show],” the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins hockey teams, and the reality TV competition “So You Think You Can Dance.” He also loves to read, but there isn’t enough space to list out his favorite books.

Jeff is the co-host of the “Big Gay Fiction Podcast,” a weekly show devoted to gay romance as well as pop culture. New episodes come out every Monday at BigGayFictionPodcast.com.

You can find out more about Jeff’s books at JeffAdamsWrites.com

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