Review: Loved the MC
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2012
In the beginning pages of the story, the reader is introduced to Ally who was captured and put into an Afghani prison. She spent close to 7 months being tortured, then finally found and rescued by a group that call themselves The Committee.Needless to say she is angry that she was left there for so long, not being rescued sooner by her own group in the CIA. The Committee offers her a deal. 3 months in Paris too recoup, then decide if she will work for them. She accepts the deal, along with the agreement that after her first job they will release information about her father.Jane is a strong, amazingly detail-oriented and smart. Which also reflects on the author's writing as well. It's obvious the amount of research and scenario construction that went along with putting together this story. There is perfect timing between events, a fast paced and action packed story. It's also able to maintain an emotional drive to the story. As Ally herself had just been through months of torture and rape as well. The fact that her assignment involves human trafficking hits on a personal level for her.There are a few spots in the book where Jane witnesses or has flashbacks of rape and/or torture. It is not so detailed as to make the reader not want to continue reading. But informs us clearly of the inhumane and evil acts that human trafficking and her imprisonment entailed. Drugs, sex, rape, kidnapping and murder all take place and the story and the kidnapped are younger teens.I will be honest with you, I was nervous about picking up the book thinking it would be more politics and war driven with the CIA, Afghanistan and the Taliban. But, I was wrong, I loved this story, it was dark and sucked me right it. I am looking forward to reading other books by this author, very soon.