The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

⚡️The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans⚡️

Book One in the Michael Vey series. 

Blurb:

“THE STORY I’M ABOUT TO TELL YOU IS STRANGE. VERY STRANGE. IT’S MY STORY.”

To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is an ordinary fourteen-year. But MIchael is anything but ordinary – in fact, he’s electric.

When Michael’s best friends, Ostin Liss and cheerleader Taylor Ridley, make an accidental discovery, the three of them learn that there are other kids with similar powers – and that someone, or something, is hunting them.

After his mother is kidnapped, Michael will have to rely on his wits, his unique power, and his friends to fight the hunters, find his mother, and save the others.

My thoughts:

Talk about an interesting read!! I think it’s safe to say that I got sucked in from Chapter 1. I really enjoyed the story and how the plot progressed with each climactic chapter; I especially liked how clean it was! 

I had been waiting to read this for a long time, and it exceeded my expectations that I wished I had read this way sooner! 

~* Plot *~ 

So the whole super powers thing is really something I can get into. I don’t know if that’s because I’m a huge Marvel fan or something else, but I really love me a good paranormal story. I especially liked the fast paced rhythym that Evans kept through the whole book! 

~* Characters *~

I loved everybody, really, except Dr. Hatch and Nichelle. Michael was a sweet innocent boy learning how to grow up and scope the ways of high school. I felt bad at how much he and his best friend Ostin got bullied. It’s so crazy how many books with a boy as the main character mostly never fails to have the “Bullied Runt becomes leader and becomes the most powerful* trope. 

Taylor was also one of my favorites and I SO SHIP Michael and Taylor! She had powers as well… [spoiler!]➡️ 

honestly, anyone who has the power of telepathy is a big check ✅ for me! *Remind you of anyone from another series?* 

Anyways the last person I’ll talk about is Ostin. Oh Ostin, Ostin. He was hilarious and just silly at the same time?! I mean he was really smart, like academically smart; but he was such a dork. It made him kind of lovable in a way? 

~* Conclusion *~

I really enjoyed this book and fully intend to continue the series and see how Michael’s story develops! Though, I definitely need to buy the second book soon. If you’re looking for a Paranormal/Fantasy read with fast paced chapters that keep you turning pages furiously, then I would recommend reading this book! 

⚠️ Age Recommendation: 13-14+ ⚠️

My rating: 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Ages 10-12 rating: ⭐️

Ages 13-14 rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

Ages 15-16 rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sexual Content: 

2 kisses in the same paragraph (lightly detailed), a cheek kiss, very little of holding hands, and minimal embraces. Attraction, Noticing, Blushing, and very light Touches. Having a secret crush on someone. ‘Babe’ and ‘Hot’ is used a couple of times to describe a girl or woman. Mentions of having a crush on a girl. A mention of a boy being girl crazy. Mentions of a boy think his friend’s mom was a ‘babe’ and ‘hot’. A mention of making out. A mention of a boy thinking that a girl is all over his friend and that the girl has the hots for his friend. A boy calls a girl ‘babe’ and another girl a ‘hottie’. A mention of a boy flirting with a girl and a mention of Michael getting jealous because of it. A girl tells a boy that he’s a lot cuter than another boy. A mention of a boy telling a girl that she’s, “The prettiest girl in the world”. A mention of a boy maybe watching a girl’s body (not certain). A mention of having to dress down to underwear (girl was kidnapped and was ordered to for testing) Thinking boys are cute. Mentions of a boy being a flirt. A mention of a girl watching a squad of cheerleaders that she thought looked more like beautiful dancing girls in bikinis. A mention of having a girlfriend. Liking someone and emotions. (Very light) 

Profanity:

Heck, shut up, stupid is said. (Not frequent) Idiot is said once. 

Violence:

Minimal blood, some fighting, bullying, threatening, and torture.(Semi-detailed) Being held at gunpoint, being kidnapped, and a boy’s mom gets kidnapped. Pain. Michael has the power to shock people with his electricity. Mentions of him being a live taser. Hatch has his Glows do illegal work for him… such as hurt or even kill people. A boy shocks a man and the man goes unconscious. Seeing a man get hurt.. possibly even die. A girl often tortures Glows with pain if they make mistake for Dr. Hatch. (All of this is nothing above semi detailed)

Other Content:

Beer is drunk by Dr. Hatch.

POVs:

Michael Vey 

Taylor Ridley and Dr. Hatch a couple of times. 

326 pages