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A review by ljrinaldi
Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure by Jeff Jensen, George Schall
3.0
I love the concept of this book, telling the story of the first female secret service agent, who saved President Lincoln's life.
The problem is, that the book doesn't take off until half way through, when we see the plot against Lincoln, and how the women of the force plot to get around it.
Up until that part, which is exiting and fairly straight forward, we are going back and forth in time, to Mary Lincoln being worried about her husband, to Kate going by cart and horse somewhere with her mother.
I swear I almost didn't finish the book, half way through, it was so confusing, and had *nothing* important to say to the plot. Once we got past all that, it was quite exciting how the women acted as spies, because men and women didn't suspect that they were being listened to.
I suggest reading the second half of the book, for a great story, but skip the first half, or you will not enjoy it at all, and be thoroughly confused.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
The problem is, that the book doesn't take off until half way through, when we see the plot against Lincoln, and how the women of the force plot to get around it.
Up until that part, which is exiting and fairly straight forward, we are going back and forth in time, to Mary Lincoln being worried about her husband, to Kate going by cart and horse somewhere with her mother.
I swear I almost didn't finish the book, half way through, it was so confusing, and had *nothing* important to say to the plot. Once we got past all that, it was quite exciting how the women acted as spies, because men and women didn't suspect that they were being listened to.
I suggest reading the second half of the book, for a great story, but skip the first half, or you will not enjoy it at all, and be thoroughly confused.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.