![]() I realize this sounds rather outlandish, but I promise Ms. So, after meeting with her contact, Alex sets out in search of Daniel Beach, a schoolteacher her former boss is sure is on the verge of spreading a man-made plague. I couldn’t help but feel Alex was seeking redemption for some of the horrible things she had done to people in the name of her country’s freedom, and though I questioned her methods of finding it, I hoped this last job would bring her some much-needed peace. Maybe this job will not only keep her alive, but will also answer some questions about her former line of work. Alex is understandably wary, but her need to get to the bottom of what has been going on compels her to agree. He admits people have been after her, but assures her he’ll spare her life if she agrees to do one last job for his unit. When we meet Alex, she receives an email from someone she used to work with. Well, that’s something I wondered about for quite some time, and the author does provide a very compelling answer that I will not reveal to you so as not to give away one of the book’s great reveals. At this point, you might be wondering why the government would wish to be rid of one of its top secret weapons. Things soon begin to go south for Alex though, and before too long, she finds herself running for her life, struggling to stay one step ahead of the assassins her former employers send after her. She is extremely skilled at torturing people by means of various chemical injections, and she is an invaluable part of the country’s fight against terrorism. Granted, changing one’s name on a fairly regular basis seems to be an integral part of living a life on the run, but I wish it had been handled a bit differently so as not to be so confusing.īefore the story opens, Alex is a super-secret agent, working for an unnamed branch of the U.S. I must say I wish the author had stuck to one name, as keeping track of Alex’s numerous aliases was a little distracting and did pull me out of the story a few times. Our heroine is a woman who assumes new identities at the drop of a hat, and so, for simplicity’s sake, I’ll refer to her as Alex, the name the hero calls her even after she’s moved on to something else. So, when I saw The Chemist had just come out, I was curious to see if I would love it or hate it. Meyer could write something that appealed to me. Then, I read The Host, and was quite surprised to realize Ms. I absolutely despised Twilight – although to be fair, I only read the first seven chapters before deciding there were too many great books to read without wasting my time on teenaged girls helplessly mooning after sparkly vampires. Stephenie Meyer is one of those authors who arouses mixed feelings on my part.
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