Literally one of my favourite books, i bought copies the minute it came out for myself and my friends, and pre ordered the next in the series

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As mentioned Random Sh*t Flying Through The Air is the follow up to The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind. We pick up six months or so after the events of the first book, and Teagan is trying to get back on track. It appears her powers are getting stronger, which hasn't gone unnoticed.

We are also introduced to a new character. A four year old boy, who also has powers. While Teagan can move inorganic material, this young boy has the power to move earth. Not only that but he appears to enjoy using his power not for good - but for evil. Throw in the fact that he is super intelligent and we have a recipe for disaster.

Teagan is having dinner with a... eh, let's call him a "prospect" when an earthquake strikes. While the area she lives in is mostly undamaged other parts of California have been destroyed. Unable (well, banned from) to use her powers in public Teagan is frozen by indecision, which sends her would be lover running to help, while she has to return to work at China Shop (i.e. her super secret spy job - you'll know this if you've read book one).

No points for guessing what is causing the earthquakes, and what the story becomes - but this is an absolutely fantastic follow up. Teagan has improved greatly as a character, and has grown into her role as would be "hero". I found her far more rounded this time - and even though I really enjoyed the first book, I think the author has taken her to a different level here. She also shows much more of a relationship with her team this time round.

Our secondary character is the mother of the aforementioned little boy (Matthew). Her name is Amber, and she tells us what exactly Matthew is up to throughout. Hint: he isn't playing with colours like most four year olds...

The story is fantastic. While there is no mystery to "who is doing this?" There is plenty of action and humour to make up for it. I don't remember one scene that I thought felt out of place, nor do I think any characters didn't fit to the story the author was trying to tell. I loved seeing the view points of both the good guys and the bad guys, it felt like a real cat and mouse chase.

I really enjoyed this one, and I can't wait for the series to continue. Highly recommended.

A thoroughly enjoyable sequel! Achieves the same level of fun, action-packed adventure as Book 1 with added character development and one very creepy kid. Can’t wait to hear more about Book 3!

Please note, this is a direct sequel to The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind. It is entirely possible that if you have not read book one in The Frost Files series then this review will contain something akin to minor spoilers. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya!

Teagan Frost’s life is finally back on track. Her role working for the government as a psychokinetic operative is going well and she might even be on course for convincing her crush to go out with her. But, little does she know, that sh*t is about to hit the fan . . .

A young boy with the ability to cause earthquakes has come to Los Angeles – home to the San Andreas, one of the most lethal fault lines in the world. If Teagan can’t stop him, the entire city – and the rest of California – could be wiped off the map.

For reference, before we begin, I’m going to refer to this book henceforth as Random Sh*t. I can’t be bothered typing Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air all the time. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a brilliant title for a brilliant book, but it’s wearing me out. The prospect alone of having to repeatedly type it out is giving me the fear.

I waffle on a lot about character evolution in my reviews. It is one of the things that fascinates me about the writing process. This novel, and its predecessor, are a particularly good case in point. Teagan Frost’s powers are changing, and this is affecting every element of her life. This is evolution in every sense of the word. There is a battle raging between the physical extroverted side of Teagan, exhibited by her growing psychokinesis, and the introverted Teagan who wants nothing more than a normal life. Her powers still frighten her, and this uncertainty adds an additional layer to the narrative. I think the thing I like most about this series is how, superpowers aside, how grounded this all feels. Actions have consequences. Teagan and friends don’t always make the right decisions and you see the evidence of this. People suffer emotionally as well as physically. It’s a ballsy move on the author’s part and I love him for it. Heroes shouldn’t be indestructible; they should be flawed and human.

The other members of China Shop, Los Angeles premier discount furniture movers and clandestine operatives, continue to be thoroughly entertaining. Teagan has been alone for a long time and she craves stability and to be part of something. China Shop gives her exactly that. Reggie and Paul are her surrogate parents providing a sense of direction, offering wisdom and advice, but its Africa and Annie who are my favourites. Africa, the larger than life driver, treats Teagan like a long-lost sibling, protective of her to a fault. They might fall out from time to time, but they always have one another’s back. It is evident that the author knows his characters inside and out. This is best illustrated by the relationship between Teagan and Annie. There is a growing sense of respect between the two women, but at times there are still remnants of the brittle antagonism that existed before. This depth of characterisation elevates the plot, making the author’s creations feel fleshed out and real.

Ford does a grand job with the action sequences in the novel. He perfectly captures the frenetic pace of events. There is a chaotic element to Teagan’s ability and when the sh*t starts to hit the fan, all hell tends to break loose. Los Angeles gets the stuffing kicked out of it in epic fashion in this novel. We are in proper disaster movie territory here, spectacle doesn’t seem a grand enough word to describe it. The final climactic battle of the novel is as gleefully bonkers as I hoped it would be.

Random Sh*t does exactly what you would hope for in book two of a series. It has a nice, self-contained story that allows the characters to grow, but also lays more groundwork for the larger story arc that is beginning to unfold. There are still deliberate gaps in Teagan’s history, but a tantalising little epilogue offers the reader the tiniest glimpse into what’s in store. I cannot wait for all to be revealed. Hmm, I wonder what the third book will be called? Answers on a postcard. My personal choice – Then Sh*t Got Weird.

Teagan Frost’s life could never be called boring and getting to be a fly on the wall of her adventures is a rare treat. If you haven’t discovered these novels yet you really need to check them out. Read book one first though, you can thank me later.

My musical recommendation to listen to while reading Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air is the soundtrack to season one of Alias by composer extraordinaire, Michael Giacchino. It’s a perfect fit – secret agents, non-stop action and a kick-ass heroine. Oh yeah, this music and Ford’s words were made for one another.

Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air is published by Orbit and is available now. Highly recommended.

For the curious amongst you Jackson Ford is a pseudonym of author Rob Boffard. How about that, you came here looking for a book review, but you got an extra bit of information for your time. I spoil you lot, I really do.

This book was one of my most anticipated sequels of this year and it was amazing. First of all, i loved the name and cover was gorgeous as always. I couldn't believe how fast this book was. Actions were on point, characters were matured than the first book and kinda bit annoying but that was really kept the story going. It was like watching an action movie. I loved everything! I can't wait to read what is going to happen next. The only problem i had is font. I know it is not related to the story but the font was so small and it affected my reading. Other than that this series is amazing and i hope it continues like this.

Last year's The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind was one of my stand out books for 2019 so I was, understandably, chuffed to bits when this second in The Frost Files landed on my doormat (thanks Netgalley, Nazia and Orbit for this review copy).

Random Sh* is set several months after The Girl and finds the China Shop team (government clean up Ops under the guise of a removals team) back at doing what they do best. Unfortunately more problems are coming their way. Someone with similar powers to Teagan (the titular Girl Who Could) is heading to LA and he has a particular affinity with organic matter and making the earth move. When you recall that LA is built on a massive fault line you get the idea of where this is going.

As the villain of the piece Matthew (the boy) is a fantastic creation. The fact that he is only 4 years old and needs his mum to get around is certainly different but, when it all boils down he is not just a bratty child. He actually enjoys what he does, causing earthquakes, manipulating people, killing people for fun. His origin story, as it develops, sets things up nicely for the rest of the series.

As with The Girl Who Could it has been a fun ride with Teagan Frost

The book itself reads like a full on disaster movie and I absolutely loved it. Can't wait for the next one

I liked the first book in this series and loved this one.
I highly appreciated the style of writing, the storyline and and the world building. The characters are well written and interesting.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

It’s an odd thing to say about a book that contains a bunch of earthquakes and a whole lot of people dying… but I had a lot of fun with this book.

Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air is the second book of Jackson Ford’s Frost Files — a contemporary urban fantasy told from the eyes of Teagan Frost, a girl who can move shit with her mind. In the first book (aptly titled The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind), Teagan learns that she isn’t the only one with powers. The sequel builds on that, with other characters revealed to have powers even more outlandish and devastating.

The antagonist of this book is quite probably the most easily-hateable little shit I’ve ever read about in fiction. Think Joffrey from Game of Thrones, but four years old and with the brains to compliment his narcissism. This little bastard has the power to move organic matter and he soon learns that he has the ability to set off earthquakes. Which he does. For fun. More than once.

In the aftermath of one such Earthquake, Teagan and the rest of China Shop are tasked with tracking down the culprit and putting a stop to them. The action levels are around the same as the first book, but this one felt a bit “tighter” to me. More focused. Purposeful.

The dialogue is as colourful and curse-filled as ever. It’s not quite “witty banter”, it’s more “friends and co-workers yelling obscene shit at each other”. This, along with Teagan’s sarcastic inner-monologue, adds some levity to what would otherwise be a very doom and gloom scenario.

And yeah, this book does touch on some heavy shit. We’re talking about a mad preschooler trying to murder the entire Western coast of America — with an untold amount of people dying as a result. But in a similar way to how comic books and summer blockbusters don’t let mass tragedy get in the way of a good time, Jackson Ford managed to explore that tragedy while still showing me a very fun time along the way.

I enjoyed this book even more than the first one. There’s just something about a sarcastic, superpowered wannabe-chef hunting down a genocidal toddler that speaks to me. I can’t wait for the next book.

Random Sh*t Flying Through The Air is the followup to The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by the enigmatic Jackson Ford. I really enjoyed the first book, with its wall-to-wall shenanigans and Teagan Frost’s snarkiness and wise-ass internal monologue, so I was greatly looking forward to the sequel.

Then it transpired that Jackson Ford is actually Rob Boffard, author of some of my favourite kick-ass high-octane sci-fi, Tracer, Zero-G and and Impact. With the benefit of hindsight, I should have guessed. Awesome female lead, cracking action and a plot that just won’t quit.

Anyhoo. Having discovered Jackson Ford’s secret identity, this left me wanting to read Random Sh*t even more.

And reader, I was not disappointed. Ford takes everything we loved about book 1, cranks all those dials firmly up to 11 and lets rip. Book 2 is even bigger, even better, with all of our favourites back in action.

And they’re on the hunt for the most terrifying four year-old you’ll ever have the misfortune to cross paths with. Seriously, this kid is bad news. You thought temper tantrums were bad. Just wait until you get a genius-level child who revels in destruction. And I’m not talking about smashing up lego here, this is some serious earthquake action going on.

Sit back, strap yourself in. Teagan and the gang are going to take you on a wild ride.

Solidly recommended.

I'm grateful to the publisher for an advance e-copy of this book via NetGalley.

Whew. What a chase...

Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air (the asterisk is part of the title, not censorship by me) is a welcome return to the messed up LA of Teagan Frost. This book is the second in the series, following The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with her Mind, in which Teagan's already bizarre world was turned upside down and one of her closest friends killed. Do stop and read that first if you haven't, because there are some major spoilers for the first book here.

Still with me?

OK, well, if you have read Girl you'll know that book was basically A Bad Day for Teagan Frost, and so you won't be surprised that Teagan is about to have Another Very Bad Day at work. If you think your working life has been hard over the past few months, then let Teagan show you just how much worse it can get. Of course, to match her, you'd have to have psychokinetic powers courtesy of experiments on you by your parents; to have been arrested and imprisoned in a Secret Government Lab; and then to have been released on licence, with the condition that you use those powers For Good as part of a team disguised as furniture removers, who break and enter, plant bugs, and retrieve all sorts of dodgy stuff for said Government.

In Random Sh*t the impact goes wider than in Girl, placing Teagan's beloved city of LA in danger (and indeed, the threat goes further). This is in many respects a more focussed story than the first one, essentially a chase in which the China Shop, the cover name for Teagan's team, receives blow after blow - while still not having recovered from the events of the first book - even as they're needed more than ever. All the time, they must keep on the trail, against a ticking clock, hampered by the chaos that's already been caused, tired, hungry and depleted in numbers.

Ford limits the viewpoints here, keeping the story very simple and very intense. We see Teagan's extended (and increasingly frantic) narration, and those of the two antagonists, and that's just about all - but this allows Ford to spend a lot of time developing their characters. Teagan is, as before, a mass of contradictions: still mourning Carlos, despite what he did to her, ambivalent about boyfriend (or not-boyfriend?) Nic (I don't like Nic. He's not the man Teagan needs.) She is impulsive, swears (a lot) that she's relaxed at and reconciled to her messed up life history (she's not) and still dreaming of opening that restaurant. She tends to treat all those around her very badly, and is given a few home truths, but it's hard to hold it against her, especially given the pressure she's under here

The two people that Teagan and her crew end up hunting... I don't want to say too much about them. There's a complex relationship there. One of the two is a young boy, albeit a gifted young boy, and Ford captures that perfectly, I think: the transitions from vulnerability and need to howling monsterdom (that's any young child but the circumstances here add a new dimension of menace to his tantrums). The other is his mother, who's definitely had the dirty end of the stick in life and again, I think the mixture of love, roiling guilt, the absence of perspective, were all very true to life for a parent of any young child: with an added dimension here.

The story is, as I have said, basically a chase. Time is running short, and disaster looms. We know from fairly early on what the stakes are, so there's little mystery. Rather, the tension comes from the volatile mix of characters and the roles they're cast in. Teagan, who faces an awful moral dilemma. Annie, who's been hurt badly and wants revenge. The boy and his mother. The friends and relatives whose location is unknown due to a catastrophe feature, not part of the story but exerting a pull on everyone, distracting attention and energy. It's a very well imagined, scary portrayal of a disaster and the very human reactions to it that you'd get.

Behind all this, Ford IS advancing the deeper premise of these novels, with some new facts revealed and a couple of characters coming onto the scene who I'm sure will appear again - enigmatic German tech billionaire Jonas Schmidt; the mysterious Director; and more. Together they hint at new directions for China Shop, new enemies and allies perhaps and - worst of all - new emotional blows for Teagan, as if the poor woman hadn't already been through enough.

Just can't wait for the next book...

Random Shit Flying Through the Air’ is the brilliantly titled follow up to last year’s brilliantly titled ‘The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind’. Like the first book it’s thrilling, inventive and entertaining from start to finish. Unlike many sequels, though, it radically different than it predecessor. That makes for a surprising read that’s even more fun than a more traditional retread might have been.
It’s hard to describe the book without giving too much away, but I can say it features a new villain in the form of a young boy who can cause earthquakes and that it’s set in Los Angeles… Teagan Frost, the psycho-kinetic heroine of the first book, is back and just as sassy and entertaining a narrator as ever. In the first few chapters, Jackson Ford does a great job of introducing her and the other members of secret government team she works for to new readers and reminding old ones of the events of the first book. After that the plot kicks in hard and fast and doesn’t let up until the final page.
This is the ‘Aliens’ to the first book’s ‘Alien’. It’s a recognisable and logical sequel that feels like it’s in a different genre. ‘The Girl Who Could Move Shit With Her Mind’ was a comic book take on the spy thriller. This time around Ford has written a disaster novel and it’s an absolute belter. The action is intense, the story gripping and the characters real enough that you actually care what happens to them. Director James Cameron called ‘Aliens’ “40 miles of bad road” and ‘Random Shit Flying Through the Air’ has that vibe too. It’s unrelenting in its steady ramping up of tension and peril and as gripping as anything I’ve read this year.
Like the first book it’s also funny, sweet and wonderfully playful. Teagan is brilliantly modern heroine and her adventures are a delight. Apparently I’m not the only person who thinks so - a TV show is in the works and I can’t wait for it.

This book sure was a ride. The ending of the previous one in the series wasn't my favorite, but it works for how this book turned out.

Honestly, it was tough to read at times, as it deals with huge disasters and people in panic etc., but I've really missed this cast of characters. They've grown so much and I'm so invested in them.

Again, the ending felt a bit too sudden for my liking, but I'm intrigued for how the story will progress.

I loved the premise of this book but how deceiving it was …….. I found the book difficult to finish

I was unable to connect to the characters , the story line and worst of all
found the jumping around from character to character spoiled what could have been
a good book .
I hate to give a bad review as a lot of work has gone into the writing by the Author and my view should not be seen as representative of all readers .
I was given an arc of this book by NetGalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review .

Teagan Frost is back and trying to stop California from being cast into the sea by an insane genius four year old (which is arguably a normal four year old) who has command over the earth and passion for earthquakes.
The things I liked about this are the same things I liked about the first book. The plot is dense and layer setting out thread for future books, there’s a ticking clock that keeps thing moving and it’s funny.
However Teagan is super annoying she goes from super confident arrogance to someone so full of self doubt they can’t function. She seems to have very little interest in her own abilities she is infuriating incurious and I find myself unable to care about her dream to become a chef. The secondary characters are interesting and save the story from being completely plot driven but they aren’t given the space to be fully formed. I have no idea why Annie loves Paul and why Paul loves Annie. Nic turned into a jerk all of a sudden and to be honest I agree he’s better off steering clear to Teagan and agree with Annie that Teagan is a short sighted selfish ass and no amount of hip hop references is going to change that anytime soon.

Teagan Frost and the China Shop Movers are back.

California seems to be undergoing a period of earthquake activity. The first quake interrupts the make-up dinner Teagan is trying to cook for Nic. The second, much more violent one happens after a China Shop mission which has gone spectacularly wrong. Now the team must hunt down the source of the earthquakes and prevent a disaster which could change the whole of the Western Seaboard.

Snappy dialogue, huge set-piece action sequences, further character development, in Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air Jackson Ford has given us the perfect popcorn film book.