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Peacock Trilogy #1
Room 1515
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Expected 22 Feb 12International Thriller. A female agent named Peacock is sent on a mission to woo and win the heart of the world's most powerful powerbroker. Her job is to learn his secrets and foil his plans. Instead, she falls in love. A story of the balance of world financial power, betrayal, and romance.
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First published February 1, 2012
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Bill Wetterman
31 books24 followersI’m a retired vice president from Wolters Search Firm who understands the role of social networking in marketing good books. I’ve been working at the craft of writing for four years. I’m a member several writers’ organizations and critique groups. I’ve published short stories and won contests. In May 2011, Room 1515 won first place in the Mystery, Suspense, Thriller category at the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation Conference. Both published and non-published authors entered fifty pages of an unpublished novel.
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July 23, 2012
What I can say is this is not your typical "thriller" or "spy novel." This will be unlike anything you have ever read--I know it was for me. I have finished it, and I am still not one hundred percent sure what happened or exactly how I feel about it. I am left with more questions than when I began.
I was greatly intrigued by the view of God in this book. I was often led to believe that Arthur Pendleton was a Christian and that possibly Peacock was too, or at least was at one point in her life. The view of God was that Jesus Christ was a real person, the Son of God, and he died for our sins. I struggled to understand how Arthur could believe that so strongly and still do the things he did. And it also seemed like he was the one who was trying to bring about an end to this world and true world peace. This definitely had some "End Times" elements as stated in the Bible, but nothing ended like I thought it might.
The love story between Peacock and Arthur was probably the strength of the book. I longed to continue the book so I could see the outcome of their relationship. I feel rather unfulfilled in that area, but I will give no spoilers. I was pleased that we never got an intimate look into their bedroom. Sex was implied between them and throughout other portions of the book, but nothing was detailed in that area.
I was also surprised at the relatively low use of profanity in the book. There was some mild profanity, but it was extremely limited. That made the book a much more enjoyable read than other books in this genre. It showed me that most of the time, rampant profanity is not important in advancing a story like this.
There are times that this story is rather hard to follow. It is sometimes rather scientific and technical, and it took me a while to keep the characters straight. For the most part, the characters were well-developed, and the intrigue was very will written.
It was most difficult to read about the violence in the book. I will be honest--I was finishing this book about the time of the terrible movie massacre in Colorado, and it was hard to read about the sometimes senseless violence in the book in light of the news. I cannot fault the author for that. But the violence is written in a simple, forthright way that sometimes shocked me.
I have chosen to give this book a rating of a four mainly because the book is written in a smart way, and it is highly unusual. It also has the moral features I mentioned earlier in the review. If you are looking for a book that is definitely different than anything you have ever read, you may want to check this book out.
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
I was greatly intrigued by the view of God in this book. I was often led to believe that Arthur Pendleton was a Christian and that possibly Peacock was too, or at least was at one point in her life. The view of God was that Jesus Christ was a real person, the Son of God, and he died for our sins. I struggled to understand how Arthur could believe that so strongly and still do the things he did. And it also seemed like he was the one who was trying to bring about an end to this world and true world peace. This definitely had some "End Times" elements as stated in the Bible, but nothing ended like I thought it might.
The love story between Peacock and Arthur was probably the strength of the book. I longed to continue the book so I could see the outcome of their relationship. I feel rather unfulfilled in that area, but I will give no spoilers. I was pleased that we never got an intimate look into their bedroom. Sex was implied between them and throughout other portions of the book, but nothing was detailed in that area.
I was also surprised at the relatively low use of profanity in the book. There was some mild profanity, but it was extremely limited. That made the book a much more enjoyable read than other books in this genre. It showed me that most of the time, rampant profanity is not important in advancing a story like this.
There are times that this story is rather hard to follow. It is sometimes rather scientific and technical, and it took me a while to keep the characters straight. For the most part, the characters were well-developed, and the intrigue was very will written.
It was most difficult to read about the violence in the book. I will be honest--I was finishing this book about the time of the terrible movie massacre in Colorado, and it was hard to read about the sometimes senseless violence in the book in light of the news. I cannot fault the author for that. But the violence is written in a simple, forthright way that sometimes shocked me.
I have chosen to give this book a rating of a four mainly because the book is written in a smart way, and it is highly unusual. It also has the moral features I mentioned earlier in the review. If you are looking for a book that is definitely different than anything you have ever read, you may want to check this book out.
I was sent a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated, and all opinions are 100 percent mine.
October 8, 2013
Room 1515 Room 1515 "You can't just pout and decide you don't want to play anymore" quote from Point of no Return [the movie]Book Description: International Thriller. A female agent named Peacock is sent on a mission to woo and win the heart of the world’s most powerful powerbroker. Her job is to learn his secrets and foil his plans. Instead, she falls in love. A story of the balance of world financial power, betrayal, and romance. Pour two ounces of the most powerful financier in the world. Mix in two ounces of America's most treacherous female spy. Stir in betrayal and love. Room 1515!My take:Power, greed, violence, international intrigue all fit into Room 1515. I found Room 1515 to be a very well written CIA, financial takeover, espionage type novel. In some ways it reminds me of the movie "Point of no Return" staring Bridget Fonda back in the 90's, as well as La Femme Nakita.Peacock takes her job very seriously. She moves up the ranks in the CIA to become the "top notch" female spy. Start reading this one early or you'll find yourself up at the wee hours until you've reached that very last page.I received this book free from the author and was asked to give my honest opinion. I did enjoy reading Room 1515 and would read other books by Bill Wetterman.
July 11, 2015
Room 1515 is the first in a trilogy. At the end of 1515, I wondered where the next could possibly go. It went to fascinating places, and the third? Shocking, and not the usual read. Consider putting the trilogy on your reading list.
Agent Peacock is a masterful assassin, “consort,” and government insider, of sorts. The country is facing U.S. military being placed under U.N. command. The stakes are high. Peacock is sure of her ability to stay emotionally disconnected from her assignments. An example: a cabinet secretary is under surveillance. Peacock believes him to be “a morally correct man.” If her assignment is to kill him, she muses, “she’d snap his neck. He wouldn’t feel a thing.”
The assignment that changes her, forever, brings a man into her life who confuses her with his religiosity (of which she has none), and confuses her again with his plan to rule the entire world.
If political thrillers are not an interest of yours, I believe you will be attracted by how succinctly the government-speak is presented here. The focus is Peacock’s odd love relationship with a Brit, and how he attracts an American who has the power to attack democracy, and republicanism.
Agent Peacock is a masterful assassin, “consort,” and government insider, of sorts. The country is facing U.S. military being placed under U.N. command. The stakes are high. Peacock is sure of her ability to stay emotionally disconnected from her assignments. An example: a cabinet secretary is under surveillance. Peacock believes him to be “a morally correct man.” If her assignment is to kill him, she muses, “she’d snap his neck. He wouldn’t feel a thing.”
The assignment that changes her, forever, brings a man into her life who confuses her with his religiosity (of which she has none), and confuses her again with his plan to rule the entire world.
If political thrillers are not an interest of yours, I believe you will be attracted by how succinctly the government-speak is presented here. The focus is Peacock’s odd love relationship with a Brit, and how he attracts an American who has the power to attack democracy, and republicanism.
July 24, 2012
This was a very well written novel. The story was intriguing; fast moving with a good story line. The topics discussed were pretty interesting and I felt myself turning the pages quickly to see what happens next. The main female character, Peacock, has had a traumatic incident when she was a younger girl, and now in her mid twenties, she is an American Female Agent. An assignment of hers is to woo successful power-broker, Arthur Pendlton, and know all of his secrets that could help her boss, but what stands in her way of doing a 100% job is falling for him, something that she has never experienced, and he falls for her. What stands in the way of this intense romantic relationship are international politics, and her duty to her job, as she cannot fail her work, but she doesn't want to let go something that she has never experienced before, so what does she do? Well, you're going to have to read this and find out, and if you like a good mystery/thriller/romantic read, then this is the novel for you! :)
June 22, 2013
I won this book but not sure from where.
This book has it all, suspense, romance, bit of scifi, and a very interesting plot.
It has twists and turns to keep you quessing til the very end. I however was a bit disappointed with the ending. I thought it could have went deeper into the outcome of the characters.
Over all I good read and will look for more of Wetterman.
This book has it all, suspense, romance, bit of scifi, and a very interesting plot.
It has twists and turns to keep you quessing til the very end. I however was a bit disappointed with the ending. I thought it could have went deeper into the outcome of the characters.
Over all I good read and will look for more of Wetterman.
February 26, 2012
Quick paced, flows well, female character, Peacock, is immediately understandable and I can relate to her. Plus, this is all too real compared to what is happening today. The plot rings true.
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