Description: Jessie Archer is a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the world. Athena operatives are never supposed to shoot to kill—so when Jessie can’t stop herself from pulling the trigger, she gets kicked out of the organization, right before a huge mission to take down a human trafficker in Belgrade. Jessie needs to right her wrong and prove herself, so she starts her own investigation into the trafficking. But going rogue means she has no one to watch her back as she delves into the horrors she uncovers. Meanwhile, her former teammates have been ordered to bring her down. Jessie must face danger from all sides if she’s to complete her mission—and survive. Review: I have always been frustrated with the James Bond and Mission Impossible movie franchises especially with their reductive treatment of women who are either the femme fatale caricuture or an "agent" who is suppose to be capable an...
Title: Good and Gone Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore Hardcover , 304 pages Expected publication: November 14th 2017 by HarperTeen __________________________________ It took a while for me to get into Good and Gone. I wasn't really sure what it was anout when I first pickex it up. And I guess it didn't help that I kept putting it down because I was busy so when I picked it back up I didn't remember who was who. But i guess it speaks in favor of the book that I kept picking it back up. And if it dragged at first, it compensated later. The story is about three kids trying to find a popstar that has gone missing. Though similar in age, these three seem to have nothing in common. Zack is the gay nerdy kid that they used to be friends with but now they never even talk to. Charlie is the depressed College dropout and brother to Lexi, the edgy, angry kid whose life used to revolve around her boyfriend. Part of what took me so long to get into the book was the flashbacks. Lexi...
