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Athena Protocol

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...
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The Secret

The Secret

Review: Good and Gone by Megan Frazer Blakemore

33913923Title: Good and Gone 
Author: Megan Frazer Blakemore
Hardcover, 304 pages
Expected publication: November 14th 2017 by HarperTeen
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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, the narrator, kept going back to so many flashbacks, with people I couldn't keep tabs on and of a seemingly good life that contrasted starkly with the present Lexi. I didn't know if she loved her boyfriend or she didn't. And then I figured out maybe she didn't know either so I understood. Then her relationship with her brother was always on edge too. I didn't know if they had a fallout or just didn't get along, but I guess that is the way it always is between siblings.

So anyway, then the truth(s) start to come out and I get more and more invested to the point where I actually quite enjoyed the story. I appreciated the realness and the different take on some sensitive topics that dealt all the way from depression to assault. All while magically roadtriping and meeting the coolest people along the way. A win for me.

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