Review: Careful not to make this mom's hit list
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2012
The Housewife Assassin's Handbook was a little pulpy, a little campy, and except for one WTH? plot twist, a thoroughly enjoyable read.  Think Desperate Housewives with ninja skills and technical support.It seems that being a mommy and an assassin require similar talents, and it's okay if you can't see the connection--Donna Stone will walk you through it.  She manages to juggle her carpool and dispatching international bad guys with a calm detachment...well, with the bad guys at least--if only she could draw on that cool when it comes to dealing with the mean mommies in her posh suburban neighborhood.What was bad?  Well, there is a plot hole or two and the WTH plot twist.  But I can get past that last...What was good?  I love this idea--it is so unbelievable in it's ridiculousness that it is amazing.  Brown doesn't dance around her story or her characters.  There is no apologizing and no half-way in her characters or their actions; she just sells 'em big and over-the-top and it works.Great rainy day read!