Review: Another strong entry in the Donsaii series....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
Wanted is a very fun read like the rest of the series.  After the events of the last book, Defiant, Donsaii continues to have to deal with the ramifications of her stance against her own government.  Besides being on the run, the government continues to go to more extreme measures to bring Donsaii in, harming the lives of her friends and loved ones as well as circumventing due process of law.  How Ell deals with all this is the core thrust of the book and done very well.  If the book has one catch-22 weakness, it's in the "villain" of the last two books, the new President Edith Stockton.  Stockton is certainly a very odious character, arrogant to the point of nausea and filled with unwarranted hatred and contempt for Donsaii due to her stance, as well as just flat greedy when she discovers how much money Donsaii generates and trying to come up with ideas to illegally take said money.  She is basically the embodiment of government corruption as a president who repeatedly ignores the law and common decency just to serve her own desires.  This makes her a very sharp contrast to Donsaii and a villain that is easy to root against.  That said, Ell's accomplishments and inventions have grown so numerous at this point in the series that it's hard to fathom how ignorant and stupid Stockton is with regards to Donsaii.  She has the perception that Ell just got lucky in coming up with her ideas, and refuses to acknowledge her capabilities despite all the evidence she already has, and the continued evidence she receives with Ell being on the run.  So for me, she's just an extended version of most of the one-note type baddies thus far in the series, which is a formula that has worked, but at the same time I wish Ell had a little more nuanced opponent to work against at this point.  That said, this is an excellent read again, and looking forward to more.