I quite like Veronica Speedwell hence why I picked up this book for reading at some point. It’s very different, but still fun. I liked the format of the book, where they picked their mark and then there would be a flashback to an important job with said person.
I also liked how representative the book was, with people of different races and sexualities. And how it tackled dealing with loss and the consequences from making important life decisions. I like how Billie decided she didn’t want to marry and didn’t regret it at all.
And of course the whole book was full of super strong women, spanning generations. All self-sufficient and accomplished ladies and girls. It was cool how they were allowed to plan the assassinations themselves, some of their plans were very inventive. And after reading the afterword, I realised that I wasn’t imagining the rage behind the story. I immediately picked up on the trap that Billie set and damn right she was about how her enemies lost because they were both ageist and sexist. I mean, this is a lady who knows how to use burner phones, how did they think she wouldn’t understand how location services work LOL. The sad thing is, the fact the assumption was even made feels very realistic.
I think this worked really well as a stand-alone story and I kind of hope it doesn’t get made into a series, I feel like it would cheapen the novel. But it was nice to see that I can probably enjoy Deanna Raybourne novels outside of her Veronica Speedwell series.
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