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malus23's review
4.0
Finally got back around to this one! I'd been saving it as something the right length for my plane trip, and it worked perfect for that. Maybe if I got nit-picky, slightly less polished than her later books, but not by much, and it was I believe the first, so that's expected. :) Somewhat bloody, but again, just inside my threshold for squeamishness, mostly because it's there and gone pretty quick, no gory lingering over it. Very exciting and fast.
willac's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this one up three or four times before I actually read past the first few pages. I found it very hard to get into, but once the big event happens, i.e., every one of the heroine's co-workers being killed, (not a spoiler) the story picked up and I found it very engaging.
What I had a problem with in the beginning was the descriptions of the people that Dani, the protagonist, worked with. The spoiled rich boy, the lisping secretary, the woman who wore too much perfume; I couldn't imagine reading about them any more, they just all seemed so broadly drawn and unpleasant, but I pushed through, and was glad that I did.
What I had a problem with in the beginning was the descriptions of the people that Dani, the protagonist, worked with. The spoiled rich boy, the lisping secretary, the woman who wore too much perfume; I couldn't imagine reading about them any more, they just all seemed so broadly drawn and unpleasant, but I pushed through, and was glad that I did.
kstets's review
4.0
“When it comes to danger,” he’d say, “everybody’s chicken. But there are two kinds of chickens—chicken hawks and chicken shits. And it doesn't matter how high up you throw chicken shit, it ain’t never going to fly.”
thegirldevon's review
5.0
Awesome awesome awesome. SG Redling never fails to write an amazing, exciting read! Definitely a fan for life!
csparkles's review
2.0
I got this book free from Amazon under their Kindle First promotion. I read it all the way through but it was tough to finish, mostly due to the overall lack of plot. There were events that happened in the story, but almost nothing was revealed about the characters or the motivations behind the events. I wouldn't read this again and wouldn't recommend it.
jfranco77's review
2.0
Dani Britton is a data analyst. A 'paint' in Rasmund terms, because she blends in with the scenery. She can sift through your receipts and your trash and read you like a book. At least, that's what they tell us. In reality, she carries around these materials for the whole book and never actually uses them to figure things out.
One day at work, a secret maybe-government office building where they do shadowy jobs for shady clients, a gang of assassins comes in and shoots up the building and the employees. Dani escapes with her pouch, and stays on the run from Booker, the creepy assassin who wants to find her and finish the job. Or does he? He's kind of conflicted about it. Did I mention that Booker is creepy? It turns out that some of Dani's colleagues also escaped, and they're helping her piece things together and maybe escape.
The plot moved well, and the characters were pretty interesting. But Dani not doing much of the thing she's supposed to be good at was kind of its undoing.
One day at work, a secret maybe-government office building where they do shadowy jobs for shady clients, a gang of assassins comes in and shoots up the building and the employees. Dani escapes with her pouch, and stays on the run from Booker, the creepy assassin who wants to find her and finish the job. Or does he? He's kind of conflicted about it. Did I mention that Booker is creepy? It turns out that some of Dani's colleagues also escaped, and they're helping her piece things together and maybe escape.
The plot moved well, and the characters were pretty interesting. But Dani not doing much of the thing she's supposed to be good at was kind of its undoing.
mindym99's review
4.0
A pleasant surprise. Within the first few pages I'd started to skim and didn't think I'd end up sticking with it. I'm not sure why I felt that way at the beginning, but I stuck with it a little longer and once the action started, I was completely caught up in the story. Then, as I read on, the characters came alive for me. In the end, although the action and plot were well-written and a lot of fun, to me it was the characters and their relationships that really made this a great read.
englitlover's review
4.0
A real thriller
Good plot, fast paced story. Initially when the story was building up some of the dialog was a little inane, but once the action picked up everything came together nicely.
Good plot, fast paced story. Initially when the story was building up some of the dialog was a little inane, but once the action picked up everything came together nicely.