Memory of Monet

De: Robin M. King

Narrado por: Austenne Grey

Alexandra Stewart thought she was born to be a spy. Her eidetic memory, the adrenaline rush, and the calling to help people was in her blood. But after her latest mission in Paris and her confrontation with a terrorist, Alex begins to question her role working for The Company, a secret spy organization that exists in the basement of Brown University.

When the CIA asks for her assistance on a mission only she has the ability to complete, Alex agrees to travel to Mexico City as an exchange student at an elite art school, leaving behind her comatose brother and her handler who has risked everything to keep her safe and would do anything to be with her.

In an attempt to prove to herself where she belongs, Alex throws herself into the mission, only to discover that her training may not be enough. As her perspective changes, she begins to realize that her memory isn't a canvas of realistic paint strokes, but an impressionistic landscape influenced by her own emotions. Scaling buildings and discovering secrets may not be as hard as finding her own heart. And the enemy she is fighting against could be the one person closest to her.

©2016 Robin M. King (P)2019 Robin M. King

Great book! Appropriate for youth and adults!

I liked this book a lot. It was a fun spy story with some romance, but completely appropriate.

Good young teenager espionage story

This is the first book I’ve read/listened to by this author and I would listen to another. Seems to me there is a story that comes before this one, I’m pretty sure Van Gogh Gone is it, but I’ve not listened to it.
Seems to me that this story is geared towards teenagers, yet I found it entertaining as an adult. There is implied romance but nothing beyond innocent kisses. She gets her self in some situations that seems silly and her opinions are a little narrow, but I think that is the point so she is not quite on track to determining who the true culprit is. This adds a degree of mystery for the reader/listener. This is an easy, fun, innocent listen.

This is the first book I’ve listened to by this narrator ( Austenne Grey ) and I would listen to another. She does well with the character voices and imports a realism to the story due to her ability to perform rather than just read the story.

There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence or swearing. Even the contact with the “bad guy” is mild.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
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