Shadow Wave First Impressions

There's a foreboding sense of climax right from the opening of the final CHERUB book starring James Adams as the central protagonist (and possibly the last main CHERUB novel ever, though I'll have to wait until I reach the back of the book to find out!), Shadow Wave. Mentions of Florida, college and relationships all seem to point towards some sort of major ending by Robert Muchamore, though given the end of the series hasn't been pressed as much in the novels as say, Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter, I'm not expecting too much of a grand finale. The first 100 pages are fairly uneventful, though loose elements such as the Brigands M.C group from Book 11 are tied up in ways I shall not spoil. Sufficed to say, hardcore fans who've followed the series from The Recruit, even taking a look at the World Book Day release Dark Sun, will be heavily rewarded this time around, as key characters from the past quickly come back into play on Muchamore's metaphorical CHERUB chessboard, so even I was glad to have read The Recruit, Class A, Dark Sun, The General and Brigands M.C, in that I never have felt overly lost with the continuity of the franchise. It's a 400 page finale, so I'm currently a 1/4 of the way through, but you can expect a review in the next couple of days, and the full verdict as to whether this was a worthwhile end.