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5.0 out of 5 stars
Yay for snake ladies!, March 3, 2005
This review is from: The Medusa Project (Silhouette Bombshell) (Mass Market Paperback)
In short, I loved reading this book. I got it and read it almost all the way through without putting it down once. it was that engrossing. Eventually my tired eyes won out, and I had to finish the last 50 pages the next day after I'd gotten some sleep. I read it so fast that I'm almost sad now that the book is over. I really started to like the characters, and publisher willing, I think it would be great fun to read more of the adventures of the Medusas. Writing-wise, I liked the parallel between the training of the Medusa team and the actual peril of the Delta Three team. I was sorry for them to be out in the field so long, but it was excellent to bring in the Medusas to help wrap up the story. The romance part of it worked well because it was more restrained. It was appropriate to the story being told. If you want to find a book with sappy romance and weak, damsel-in-distress style women, this book (and for that matter the whole Bombshell series) isn't for you. If you like a strong female lead and a story with lots of action, adventure, friendship and teamwork, this will work for you.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Five stars is just not enough for this book--Ten minimum., March 22, 2005
This review is from: The Medusa Project (Silhouette Bombshell) (Mass Market Paperback)
Cindy Dees new book THE MEDUSA PROJECT absolutely rocks in an all out kick butt military story involving women finally being `allowed' to join the Special Forces program. It is so well written and just so fabulous, I hardly know where to start. Air Force Major Vanessa Blake after waiting years for the opportunity is tasked to lead the first ever all female Special Forces team. She is brilliant in her strategy against all odds from the get go. She uses her brains and skills to maneuver around all the walls put up to block her goal. Starting with getting a hacker to help pick her team electronically instead of slogging through thousands of paper files. Lieutenant Colonel Jake Scatalone the tough as nails trainer on a mission to do whatever it takes to make the Medusa's want to quit during training. But they don't quit. They unite and pull together making their team the best. They tough out every thing he dishes out eventually earning his respect and support. I read this in one day alternately cheering because it was just so good and pouting because it was over when I was done. I finished it an hour ago and I already want to read it again. My advice...run, do not walk to get a copy of this book. It will go right on your keeper shelf. I have to say this is my FAVORITE Silhouette Bombshell thus far.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
FANTASTIC ! And only 30 years after Title 9, April 2, 2005
This review is from: The Medusa Project (Silhouette Bombshell) (Mass Market Paperback)
30 years or so since Title 9 the initiative supporting women's athletics in this country, and the efforts in the 70s to allow women full access into the military and Cindy Dees has written what will be seen as a landmark adventure / suspense novel with 6 top female officers/ athletes/uber-intelligent women being trained as special forces operatives for the military. Vanessa BLake is the main heroine and she rocks! MIT trained computer whiz is picked for a program that men in power is sure to fail- a pilot project where women are trained in special ops. We are talking CHuck Norris Delta Force/ Navy Seal stuff here- silent stalking, killing and gathering intelligence in complete anonymity in the far corners of the world with nothing but their wits to survive. The ladies deemed "Snake" ladies by themselves as members of the Medussa Project exceed all expectations and earn a place eventually in the intelligence world. This is fiction- and a few years in the future- but as a woman who grew up with the first women ever attending West Point in the 80s- I am thrilled to see such physical and intellectual prowess being achieved in a series of books like Bombshell. It was only a few years ago that women in the service were unusual. I love seeing Silhouette taking chances and publishing such a great book- CIndy Dees is one of the top writers working for the Bombshell line- her characters are rich and they aim high. Keep up the good work! Great reading for Jr High and High School age girls- sex is treated with respect and the discipline , persistence and teamwork that the women use is a fantastic guideline for success .
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