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A review by wart
The Merchant of Death by Lisa Henry, J.A. Rock
5.0
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I received a free ARC Via NetGalley
You know how in Shakespeare dudes dress up as chicks and vice versa and nobody’s the wiser? Because Shakespeare. And then at the end there’s that giant reveal and all the characters are like “Oh, yay, I can actually marry you now!” (Or like in Twelfth Night when Olivia marries Sebastian instead of Viola even though she totally wants Viola…)
*cough* Ahem.
ANYWAY.
That doesn’t work in the real world, no matter how badly Henry wants it to or how good an actor he thinks he is (he could be De Niro and I’m pretty sure it still wouldn’t work on anybody paying attention…”It’s all right, Captain, we always knew you was a whoopsie”*)
So, something’s up in the care facility Henry’s sister is in, and she’s scared and worried and he takes it upon himself to figure this out. By dressing up as his sister. Because calling in his FBI sort-of-boyfriend-type-thing is totally not a good call! No, really. On the plus side, this fits completely with Henry’s character and his need to protect his sister, and his mild bumbling and total pride in how he’s handling the investigation is all very well done.
And of course said FBI agent, Mac, realizes something is up. And gets dragged into this whole mess right along with Henry.
And it is quite a mess.
And, no, no one really buys that Henry is a girl. (Though apparently he’s very hot as one, if Mac’s slight bias is to be trusted).
Another excellent installment. I am loving these characters so much and I cannot wait to get my hands on the third one!
*Stardust, Paramount, 2007
I received a free ARC Via NetGalley
You know how in Shakespeare dudes dress up as chicks and vice versa and nobody’s the wiser? Because Shakespeare. And then at the end there’s that giant reveal and all the characters are like “Oh, yay, I can actually marry you now!” (Or like in Twelfth Night when Olivia marries Sebastian instead of Viola even though she totally wants Viola…)
*cough* Ahem.
ANYWAY.
That doesn’t work in the real world, no matter how badly Henry wants it to or how good an actor he thinks he is (he could be De Niro and I’m pretty sure it still wouldn’t work on anybody paying attention…”It’s all right, Captain, we always knew you was a whoopsie”*)
So, something’s up in the care facility Henry’s sister is in, and she’s scared and worried and he takes it upon himself to figure this out. By dressing up as his sister. Because calling in his FBI sort-of-boyfriend-type-thing is totally not a good call! No, really. On the plus side, this fits completely with Henry’s character and his need to protect his sister, and his mild bumbling and total pride in how he’s handling the investigation is all very well done.
And of course said FBI agent, Mac, realizes something is up. And gets dragged into this whole mess right along with Henry.
And it is quite a mess.
And, no, no one really buys that Henry is a girl. (Though apparently he’s very hot as one, if Mac’s slight bias is to be trusted).
Another excellent installment. I am loving these characters so much and I cannot wait to get my hands on the third one!
*Stardust, Paramount, 2007