HYPO: The Complete Story

HYPO #1-3

by D.L. Jones

Chauncy and Tre were childhood friends. Tre, who works for a pharmaceutical company, is in town on business. Chauncy hadn’t seen Tre since college and decides they should catch up. After picking Tre up from the airport, they are ambushed and kidnapped. Held hostage in an old abandoned house. With hopes of escape, Tre and Chauncy use an experimental drug from Tre’s company that gives them extraordinary physical abilities.

After using HYPO, Chauncy finds out that there are side effect. Those side effects come into play once he finds out about a secret his wife, Becca, had been keeping from him. Tre shows up to solve the problem, but things aren’t as they would appear.

This book is the complete story of HYPO as released in the serial shorts…HYPO: Exordium, HYPO: Appetence and HYPO: Apogee. Also included is the original screenplay from where this story was derived.

306 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2018

About the author

DL Jones was born in Brooklyn NY, grew up in Newport News VA and has spent the last 8 years in Charlotte NC. He has served time in the US Army and works as an IT Professional. His first love has always been tech, well computers and the web specifically, which has led to a lot of writing. He has had several websites/blogs and podcast over the years.

Reviews

[odedo1 Audio book worm. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author DL Jones have done a beautiful job writing his first book.
The story is so alive and the characters are truly believable.
For a short story he have done a perfect job at it.
It’s still hard for me to believe that this is his first book, I couldn’t put it down not even for a moment, I listened to the whole thing, three and a half hours all at once, that’s how good of a job was writing this book, my only wish is that it was longer but sometimes longer could have ruined a book.
All I can say is that the story grabbed me right away and kept its hold on me all the way to the last word !
JA Sterling the narrator also have done his job right on, the first two minutes I believe that there was a problem with the recording but right after those two minutes, perfection.

Absolutely recommended for all.


In exchange for an honest review I’ve received this audiobook.

[Paula Dyches · Rating 2 out of 5]

The actual plot could make a great story but it is in desperate need of a good editor. Throughout the story, even within a sentence it hops between present and past-tense words and there is no time travel in this story. There's a lot of bad language and over use of the f-bomb. I was not a fan of the narrators style and felt he often went into monotone speaking. This is not a book I would recommend. 

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

[Tina G. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little rough all around but shows promise...2 ½ stars

Hypo: The Complete Story by DL Jones was a bit of a struggle to get through. I wanted to give it higher rating, but it needs to be polished, so going right in the middle with 2 ½ stars.

What’s the story about? Two friends, Tre and Chauncy, get together after not seeing each other for a while. They begin using an enhancement drug from the company where Tre works. Bad things ensue. Mix in personal life problems. (The book description is pretty accurate, but be aware cheating plays a large focus.)

The good:
The idea and plot regarding the drug were intriguing. The plot twists and turns and I doubt you will see the end coming. There was some character development.

The not so good:
Two things continued to stick out throughout the book; unnecessary and repeat dialogue. It took forty minutes for the story to pick up enough for my personal liking. Need to research the little things (ex. hospital).

The narrator, JA Sterling: Not sure if he was trying too hard, new to this, or something else- whatever it was, it resulted in inconsistencies and rough transitions. There were parts that were done well (the characters) and other parts that were rough (non-characters).

Wondering if because it was initially written as a screenplay the flow isn’t quite right for a book? (Lots of “she said” or “he said” that are not needed due to the voices used by the narrator).

I believe they both have a future in writing and narration, but need to work on the fine tuning. I would be willing to listen/read again as they hone in on their craft.

Parental guidance/trigger warnings: swearing (f, s, a$$, mf, or like words used throughout), cheating/affair, fertility issues, mugging, enhancement drug, sex (not described in detail but indicates rough sex due to the guy taking enhancement drugs).

*I was given a free review copy of the audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. Thank you for allowing me to listen and review the book!

[Jay · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the idea of the book and the underlying story as well. I had a hard time getting through it, however. At times, there were inconsistencies in the tense which made it difficult for me to immerse myself in the story. In some scenes it kept switching from past to present tense and I am not sure if it was the way the story was written or the narration that was throwing me off. I had a difficult time following the flow of the reader as well. I played around with the speed of the playback making it faster or slower and could not find a way to make it work. All in all the book didn't jive for me. I may try to read them myself at a later date because I really did like the premise.

This story was given to me for free at my request for my voluntary and unbiased review.

[Pete · Rating 2 out of 5]

I understand this is the authors first book but... oh boy!

The writing is amateurish, lazy and sloppy. Misspelled words, capital letters when they should have been lower case and vice versa. Mixed up character names all through the book. Sentences in quotes when they were just a thought but no quotes when someone spoke a statement. I’m sure there are other books, none I have seen yet but 2 instead of two, 3 instead of three, just lazy. I almost couldn’t finish. The BIG issue is that the author expects us to believe that families being kidnapped and reported on the news was just Tre setting up Chauncey. Current conversations mentioning something that didn’t happen originally.

I won’t be reading this author again!

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a brilliant set of stories which will take you on a journey and you will not be able to put them down until you reach the last page

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.