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Higher Institute of Villainous Education

H.I.V.E., Book 1

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Higher Institute of Villainous Education

By: Mark Walden
Narrated by: Jack Davenport
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 H.I.V.E. is a top-secret school of villainy, where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents and become criminal masterminds. After all, "Villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes."©2014 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy
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I listen to audiobooks in the car, it's what I signed up to Audible for, and I've been missing them when I'm driving about with my son in the passenger seat as well.



I bought this one with some trepidation - I actually bought my son the book some time ago and he didn't really get into it, and while I'd heard good things, I worried that maybe he wouldn't get into the audiobook either.



I needn't have worried - the story is excellent, although it's clearly borrowing the basic scenario (special child is surprised into going to secret boarding school for special people) from the Harry Potter books, it's very well executed and quite honestly I've preferred this so far. This could be down to the well-timed humour of Mark Walden's prose, or the great performance by Jack Davenport, whose German accent has me giggling every time, but either way, it's thoroughly enjoyable and means that telling my son we are actually nearly there causes much consternation...

"Can we stay in the car longer?"

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This story I think you should have as it is very informative also it is great.

Best story ever.

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The story starts with an 'apparent kidnapping' and transport of the main characters to a Hi-Tech secret school where evey 'pupil' has shown some criminal skill or apptitude that qualifies them to be there, although a few are following family tradition, and once enrolled no-one leaves until they graduate...

This story runs through making new friends (and enemies) a daring escape leading to an almost catastrophic event affecting the whole school, and in the back ground sets up a plot that will run through the series of sequel books.

The main characters are like-able and Jack Davenport's reading/performance is brilliant.

Child villains become heros of Hi-tech daring

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lovely narrative 10/10 we enjoyed this book so much it is brilliant the action is spendid

beautiful

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Made me want to read the next installments, you can see how that series is going to build. Jack Davenport is a great narrator and brings to life all the different characters.

A great introduction

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