Blurb:
Information specialist Vanessa 'Michael' Munroe has a global reputation for getting things done, often dangerous and violent things.
But her reputation has brought her dangerous enemies.
On a busy Dallas street, Munroe is kidnapped by an unseen opponent and thrust into an underground world where women and girls are merchandise and a shadowy figure known as The Doll Maker controls her every move.
Now everything pivots on one simple choice: Munroe must use her unique set of skills to deliver a high-profile young woman into the same nightmare that she once endured, or condemn to torture and certain death the one person she loves above all else.
Review:
I am obviously reading this series backwards. I started with book 4 and am now reading book
3. And as with the previous novel, this
feels like I have come in part way through the story. I am sure that if I had read the previous two
novels I would have got so much more from this novel. (Without giving too much away, it would be
nice if the author could give a précis of the characters and what has happened
for new readers starting with this novel.)
As in book 4 Munroe is involved in a scenario that was unwanted but
agrees to protect those she loves most.
In this novel the object of Munroe’s focus
is an upcoming starlet with equally famous parents. She required Munroe’s protection. She initially comes over as a spoilt brat,
and not someone that I would be interested in protecting not matter what the
cost; even though the hostage is also rooting for her own life.
As a first time reader this
author has created a wonder woman. Is
there nothing that Michael cannot do?
She can understand language just by listening to them (which we are
constantly reminded of) and can get out of the tightest spot imaginable. This reader is also at a loss as to what the
ending was all about!
Even though this is the
third book in the series all the characters and especially Michael still seemed
to be rather one dimensional. They had
not redeemable characteristics with which the reader could identify with or
latch on to. And in no way do these
characters make me want to follow their stories forward to their conclusion.
This novel was well written but rather wordy and although the plot was
well researched the ‘hero’ left me cold.
Indeed the plot was rather too complex for the ‘normal’ reader. The chapters are too long and the dialogues were unrealistic.
There is just too much going on and too many lesser characters for this
reader to care about. Indeed, I am not
sure I would like ‘Michael’; and we do not really know any more about her at
the end of the story than we did at the beginning of the story.
Although I read this as a stand-alone novel I would suggest that you
start this series at book 1 so that you know the entire back story which seems
integral to the forward plot.
Full Disclosure: I received a free copy from
Netgalley for an honest review.
I rated this 3 stars on Netgalley and 'It was OK' on Goodreads (2 stars) and Amazon (3 stars).
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