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Loading... No Shelter (A Holly Lin Novel Book 1) (edition 2011)by Robert Swartwood (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was a good, fast-paced, solid read. Character development is especially well done for the action-hero, Holly Lin, and the action never drags. The prose is well-executed and clear, all while remaining out of the way to allow for quick enjoyment of the story. Although I didn't feel enough wow factor to give the novel 5 stars, it would have been 4 stars except that I remained unconvinced by too many elements that were critical to the plot. Without giving away any spoilers, I just didn't buy the betrayal and coverup scenarios, the flash drive hide-and-seek, and several other plot devices. The ending was a bit rough, even though I knew it was meant to set up for a sequel. The strength of the novel is in Holly's internal dialogue, humorous quips, and relationships. In all, this was an entertaining read. no reviews | add a review
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Holly Lin is living two lives. To her friends and family, she's a pleasant, hardworking nanny. To her boss and colleagues, she's one of the best non-sanctioned government assassins in the world. But when a recent mission goes wrong causing one of her team members to die, she realizes she might no longer be cut out for the work -- except the mission, as it turns out, is only half over, and to complete it will take her halfway across the world and bring her face to face with a ghost from her past. Things are about to get personal. And as Holly Lin's enemies are about to find out, she is not a nanny they want to piss off. No library descriptions found. |
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We met Holly on a mission, she is an assassin/nanny which in itself is a strange combo. Holly is a fighter with a past that most probably wouldn't be able to get over. Its this past that we learn about little by little that drives her in what she does and what she is.
But...apparently its driving her in the wrong direction, because she messes up on her last mission and a person dies that she cares about. After that nothing seems to go right for her, and Holly wants to quit, but really has a hard time committing to this idea.
What follows is kinda confusing, another mission, a kidnapping, a heist of a moving truck which is by far the best scene in the book (it would make for one of those how did they do that scenes in a movie)
I kinda feel Holly still needs to find herself and be happy with who she is, maybe the author has plans to continue this in the next book. ( )