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Review by readwithhannah -- Escape by Belle Ami
[Following is a volunteer review of "Escape" by Belle Ami.]
2 out of 4 stars
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Insta-love, "on-the-run", multiple perspectives, damsels in distress, and the secretly-not-an-asshole asshole.
My rating: 2 out of 4 stars
When Harvard student, Layla Rose Wallace and her Saudi boyfriend are kidnapped in Dubai and taken to Iran, a deep-cover Mossad agent is activated and given a mission. He is ordered to either get Layla out of Iran, or if failing that—kill her.
Cyrus Hassani is an assistant to the deputy director of Oghab2, Iran’s secretive intel organization with authority over their nuclear ambitions; he is a Mossad mole, gorgeous, sexy, and dangerous.
Fiery, auburn-haired, Layla Wallace is an art history doctoral candidate at Harvard, when on vacation she and her Saudi boyfriend are kidnapped in Dubai and taken to Tehran. As the daughter of a renowned nuclear physicist, she is a perfect target for blackmail. Layla’s kidnapping is about to create an international incident and blow Cyrus’s carefully constructed cover to smithereens.
(synopsis from Goodreads)
Layla Wallace is going on vacation to Dubai with her college boyfriend, who is also in the doctoral program at Harvard. She’s kidnapped, and taken to Tehran.
Cyrus Hassani is deep cover in more than one group.
Blah, blah, Cyrus rescues her, and people chase after them because she can be used as blackmail for her father who has done something for the government.
Characters:
Layla was extremely, extremely naive for an adult, and someone getting a doctorate no less. Not trying to diss on her whole staying-a-virgin shenanigans, but there was no building into that, and it seemed more like an obligation than a choice. Personally, I didn't see her as too fiery or feisty. I understand being shy around people you don't know, and slightly concerned about being kidnapped, but I saw her as a doormat in every other situation.
Cyrus was too confusing for me to follow. He’s one of those asshole characters who has a “hidden heart of gold” that he can’t show because “he’s been hurt before”.
Romance:
Lol, ok.
Pacing:
I’m HUGE into analyzing how long things take in books. I need to know how long this took the characters, or how long that took. In this book, it felt like it only happened in about three days (and only because that’s how long it took me to read it). I got no sense of time passing, and the perspective flipping didn’t help with that either.
The Ending:
To be frank, I really believe that the book could’ve ended, like, 20 pages earlier. The “twist” that happened at the end was stupid. Not a fan.
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Escape
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2 out of 4 stars
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Recommended for you if you like:
Insta-love, "on-the-run", multiple perspectives, damsels in distress, and the secretly-not-an-asshole asshole.
My rating: 2 out of 4 stars
When Harvard student, Layla Rose Wallace and her Saudi boyfriend are kidnapped in Dubai and taken to Iran, a deep-cover Mossad agent is activated and given a mission. He is ordered to either get Layla out of Iran, or if failing that—kill her.
Cyrus Hassani is an assistant to the deputy director of Oghab2, Iran’s secretive intel organization with authority over their nuclear ambitions; he is a Mossad mole, gorgeous, sexy, and dangerous.
Fiery, auburn-haired, Layla Wallace is an art history doctoral candidate at Harvard, when on vacation she and her Saudi boyfriend are kidnapped in Dubai and taken to Tehran. As the daughter of a renowned nuclear physicist, she is a perfect target for blackmail. Layla’s kidnapping is about to create an international incident and blow Cyrus’s carefully constructed cover to smithereens.
(synopsis from Goodreads)
Layla Wallace is going on vacation to Dubai with her college boyfriend, who is also in the doctoral program at Harvard. She’s kidnapped, and taken to Tehran.
Cyrus Hassani is deep cover in more than one group.
Blah, blah, Cyrus rescues her, and people chase after them because she can be used as blackmail for her father who has done something for the government.
Characters:
Layla was extremely, extremely naive for an adult, and someone getting a doctorate no less. Not trying to diss on her whole staying-a-virgin shenanigans, but there was no building into that, and it seemed more like an obligation than a choice. Personally, I didn't see her as too fiery or feisty. I understand being shy around people you don't know, and slightly concerned about being kidnapped, but I saw her as a doormat in every other situation.
Cyrus was too confusing for me to follow. He’s one of those asshole characters who has a “hidden heart of gold” that he can’t show because “he’s been hurt before”.
Romance:
Lol, ok.
Pacing:
I’m HUGE into analyzing how long things take in books. I need to know how long this took the characters, or how long that took. In this book, it felt like it only happened in about three days (and only because that’s how long it took me to read it). I got no sense of time passing, and the perspective flipping didn’t help with that either.
The Ending:
To be frank, I really believe that the book could’ve ended, like, 20 pages earlier. The “twist” that happened at the end was stupid. Not a fan.
******
Escape
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