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Nena Knight is sold into human trafficking as a youth, manages to escape & be trained as a “dispatcher” for The Tribe (an elite group uniting the powers of multiple African countries). A solid foundation. With plenty of action, a bit of romance & a couple big twists.

gregsgal's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

franksreads's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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zellreads's review against another edition

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4.0

This book was hard hitting and full of action, as well as great emotional moments. It is a pretty dark book, due to Nena's past, but I thought it was handled well and realistically. The action is well paced and there is enough of it to make the book interesting without being gratuitous. A great book overall, and I can't wait for the next one in the series to come out.

eva_exhausted's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Nena Knight knows all about pain, but she also knows how to deal it out. Brutally taken from her small Ghanian village as a child and forced to endure unthinkable horrors, the girl Aninyeh is now the woman Nena — top assassin for a powerful syndicate known as the Tribe. Her mission? Liquidating the enemies of pan-African unity, which she does with guilt-free gusto.

She’s never questioned orders from. The Tribe, until she meets a sassy young girl, Georgia in a local burger joint. After leaving, Georgia gets into trouble- and Nena can’t leave her.

My thoughts: This book was so immersive and adventurous. I rooted for Nena throughout the whole book and enjoyed the audiobook greatly.

book_reviews_only's review against another edition

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4.0

Where do I start with this book... The first few chapters were hard to get into. It was delivered in such a way that you were only given pieces of information when you required them, in fact I think it was almost perfect. The chapters switch back and forth from "Before" and "After", which tells you the story of how she got to be an assassin... And its not an easy story to read but you do get to understand why she is as strong willed as she is. Life has treated her horribly, but she fought back and won.

There were small minor sections of writing that bothered me.. some sentences were written in a way that you wouldn't commonly speak. I want to say it is so that there is more detail in each sentence and you get the most out of it, but there were ones that I had to go back and re-read slower because I just didn't quite grasp it initially.

This book made me horrified for Nena but also proud of her when she channeled her alter-ego Echo. There are multiple different languages in this book along with recipes from the African people that I was actually looking up just so I could picture what it was! But Nena was the perfect protagonist... She lost everything as a child, but gained much more than she ever could have bargained for. The ending, the details, and the vision, was a perfect way to end it (as well as the additional surprise, which I did not see coming). I can't wait to read the next books.

nlg_id's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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