I’m in a bit of a quandary with the Assassin’s Wife, I really wanted to like it and had read some great reviews that suggested it was going to be five stars all the way. The synopsis sounded stimulating; an innocent women betrayed by the man she loved, forced into journey of destiny as a wanted fugitive, valiantly battling the hidden forces of evil in a bid to save not only herself but the planets ecosystem, sound rather good doesn’t it?
Unfortunately it was just too “silly” (having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish) to be even remotely believable, I know its fiction but come on, training yourself as a weapon wielding ninja survivalist by watching a couple of videos! And didn’t she go on about being lied to, you really would have thought that someone who was that mistrusting of just about everyone would have been a better judge of character. It was also fairly ironic that this individual so consumed with a need truth and honesty ends up living her life lying about who she is and where she comes from with the ease of a politician.
I guess what’s even more frustrating is that even with all these issues I still actually enjoyed the book. It was helped along by some outstanding narration by Kitty Hendrix, who gave the book a graphically stimulating atmosphere, providing colour to the characters and with perfect pitch, pace and passion provided the listener with a most pleasurable experience from start to finish.
Mr Weston does provide a fast paced, all action narrative that sweeps the reader along in a series of enthralling situations, regrettably some of them were resolved in a way that makes no sense at all. The beguiling Meg Coles displays a naivety that inexplicably infects those apparently rational comrades who have come to her assistance and left me wanting to give them all a massive ‘wake up and smell the roses’ slap in the mug.
I definitely won’t be reading this one again and won’t be suggesting anyone else does but I would like to have a listen to some of Mr Weston’s other work, as he provided sufficient encouragement & incentive for me to believe in him as an author.