Author: Taylor Stevens
Genre: Thriller,
Vanessa Michael Munroe Series #1
Vanessa Michael Munroe Series #1
Published: 2011
Personal Rating: 3/5 (just okay)
Format: Audiobook
Yearly Count: 91
From the Publisher:
Vanessa “Michael” Munroe deals in information—expensive information—working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise. Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was just fourteen. As his protégé, she earned the respect of the jungle's most dangerous men, cultivating her own reputation for years until something sent her running. After almost a decade building a new life and lucrative career from her home base in Dallas, she's never looked back.
Until now.
A Texas oil billionaire has hired her to find his daughter who vanished in Africa four years ago. It’s not her usual line of work, but she can’t resist the challenge. Pulled deep into the mystery of the missing girl, Munroe finds herself back in the lands of her childhood, betrayed, cut off from civilization, and left for dead. If she has any hope of escaping the jungle and the demons that drive her, she must come face-to-face with the past that she’s tried for so long to forget.
Gripping, ingenious, and impeccably paced, The Informationist marks the arrival or a thrilling new talent.
Unfortunately, this book didn't quite meet my expectations. The first half was good, but the setting seemed to be more important in the second half, thus losing the plot's focus. And, Munroe was a cold, superhero. She just happened to be an expert in everything, making her unbelievable. Ultimately, I think the book was a bit too ambitious. I am definitely interested in seeing where Munroe will go in the next book. Hopefully, there will be some warmth and other characteristics that I can relate to, because I like her profession.
My thanks go to Jonathan from Crown Publishing Group for sending me the newly released paperback.
Sounds like those people who think they're know-it-alls and eventually you just want to put tape across their mouths in order to shut them up!
ReplyDeleteWell, it must be pretty good if you want to read the author's next book. I'd give this one a try.
ReplyDeleteStaci ~ LOL
ReplyDeleteBermudaonion ~ I do want to see if she improves because I really liked the first half.
I read this one, too, and my opinion was about like yours. I want to be an informationist.
ReplyDeleteSherry ~ I'm hoping in the next one we find Munroe more relatable inside a tight plot. I'm curious about what you had to say.
ReplyDeleteI just won this in a giveway. Looks like I don't need to be in a hurry to read it!
ReplyDeleteStacybuckeye ~ I would agree with that.
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