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A Natalia Nicolaeva Thriller #1
Russia Girl
Born into poverty in the heart of Eastern Europe, Natalia Nicolaeva dreams of a better life. When she is offered a job abroad, however, the promise of the outside world is as terrifying as it is thrilling. After gathering the courage to leave her tiny village, it doesn’t take long before Natalia’s worst fears are confirmed. Suddenly she is fighting, first for her honor and then for her life. This is a novel about the pain in the hearts of those made to suffer, the power of family to heal, and ultimately the grit of one girl determined to survive.
"Russia Girl" is the first in a series of thrillers following the exploits of Natalia Nicolaeva. Check back soon for more installments, including:
"Vendetta Girl" - Coming summer 2019
"Spy Girl" - Coming fall 2019
"Russia Girl" is the first in a series of thrillers following the exploits of Natalia Nicolaeva. Check back soon for more installments, including:
"Vendetta Girl" - Coming summer 2019
"Spy Girl" - Coming fall 2019
252 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2019
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Kenneth Rosenberg
40 books85 followersKenneth Rosenberg is a California writer whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Surfer Magazine and other publications. Kenneth attended UCLA where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. When he is not writing, he spends his time surfing, snowboarding and traveling the world on a shoestring.
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January 12, 2020
I decided to read the book because I liked the idea of the abused woman fighting back. However I really didn’t like the start of the book, this was partly because I knew what was coming and I just wanted to get through this as quickly as possible. Unfortunately I misread the book’s blurb and didn’t realise how much of the book was about the abuse and how long it would take for Natalia to start the fight back.
In the second half of the book Natalia has to take steps against ‘Zigic’, the problem was, it wasn’t very convincing and seemed very haphazard. It didn’t help that the construction of the story wasn’t great and a few times I had to go back to check I hadn’t missed something.
At the very end of the book we begin to see glimpses of the kickass heroine, but she still did some fairly stupid things, perhaps I was being a bit unfair as she had only a little training and maybe she will be more ‘professional’ in the next book.
In a moment of weakness I nearly gave the book three stars, but the few enjoyable moments were not enough to make the story more than OK.
In the second half of the book Natalia has to take steps against ‘Zigic’, the problem was, it wasn’t very convincing and seemed very haphazard. It didn’t help that the construction of the story wasn’t great and a few times I had to go back to check I hadn’t missed something.
At the very end of the book we begin to see glimpses of the kickass heroine, but she still did some fairly stupid things, perhaps I was being a bit unfair as she had only a little training and maybe she will be more ‘professional’ in the next book.
In a moment of weakness I nearly gave the book three stars, but the few enjoyable moments were not enough to make the story more than OK.
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May 2, 2021
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In terms of its setting, I was reminded a little of how Killing Eve‘s Villanelle came to be, though it’s clear that Natalia does not have anything like the same psychopathic streak. There is something of the same sense of a butterfly emerging from a caterpillar, in Natalia’s transformation through the hand of fate, from someone whose life is the epitome of peace and quiet. By the time we reach the end, it’s clear that has gone forever, and it’s that sweeping character arc, along which the reader travels with her, that is perhaps this book’s most outstanding feature.
In terms of its setting, I was reminded a little of how Killing Eve‘s Villanelle came to be, though it’s clear that Natalia does not have anything like the same psychopathic streak. There is something of the same sense of a butterfly emerging from a caterpillar, in Natalia’s transformation through the hand of fate, from someone whose life is the epitome of peace and quiet. By the time we reach the end, it’s clear that has gone forever, and it’s that sweeping character arc, along which the reader travels with her, that is perhaps this book’s most outstanding feature.
December 2, 2019
super cool
December 2, 2019
This book is really fantastic.
May 31, 2021
Good book
I enjoyed reading this book and I had a good ending. I think other people enjoy reading this too. Thank you
I enjoyed reading this book and I had a good ending. I think other people enjoy reading this too. Thank you
May 29, 2019
Holds your attention!
Russia Girl is well-written, with a plot that zig-zags, while being believable in its setting. With sex slavery a real crime worldwide, one can empathize with the victim / heroine. Passages made my blood boil at times, so take your hypertension meds before sitting down to read it. So often used in reviews that it is almost meaningless, I must say that I read this at a much faster pace than normal... it really was hard to put down! I found myself resolving to put the book down to do other tasks from my routine, only to pick it back up for "just one more chapter. By the way, chapters are short and have a focal point. Good job by Kenneth Rosenberg, the author. Try it... I think you will truly enjoy this one!
Russia Girl is well-written, with a plot that zig-zags, while being believable in its setting. With sex slavery a real crime worldwide, one can empathize with the victim / heroine. Passages made my blood boil at times, so take your hypertension meds before sitting down to read it. So often used in reviews that it is almost meaningless, I must say that I read this at a much faster pace than normal... it really was hard to put down! I found myself resolving to put the book down to do other tasks from my routine, only to pick it back up for "just one more chapter. By the way, chapters are short and have a focal point. Good job by Kenneth Rosenberg, the author. Try it... I think you will truly enjoy this one!
January 5, 2020
Fast-paced and action-packed. I enjoyed it! Sad that this is a real thing for so many young women.
Natasha is a country girl. Working with her family in their farm in Transnistria, she feels complete. Her friend Sonia does not so she insists she consider taking a job in the USA where she will be able to earn enough to help her parents. There’s even a travel-mother that will help them get there. A job is already guaranteed. After agreeing she takes off with another four girls on a boat to America. Something just doesn’t seem right. After they are debarked in Istanbul, she realizes why. To her horror, theme been sold to prostitution. Natasha vows to find a way out. Can she survive the life that she’s been plummeted into?
Natasha is a country girl. Working with her family in their farm in Transnistria, she feels complete. Her friend Sonia does not so she insists she consider taking a job in the USA where she will be able to earn enough to help her parents. There’s even a travel-mother that will help them get there. A job is already guaranteed. After agreeing she takes off with another four girls on a boat to America. Something just doesn’t seem right. After they are debarked in Istanbul, she realizes why. To her horror, theme been sold to prostitution. Natasha vows to find a way out. Can she survive the life that she’s been plummeted into?
May 25, 2024
I think this book would’ve been written better if it came from a woman. There were a lot of glaring parts of this book that made it very clear that it was a man writing in the perspective of a woman.
I did not like the human trafficking element of it based on my general knowledge of Russian/Eastern European women and some of the stories I’ve heard. I’m sure there are Eastern European women that have been promised jobs and were sex trafficked but a lot of the trafficking isn’t sex trafficking, it’s women being trafficked to be nannies, wives and maids for citizenship and very low pay. Most of the time they aren’t forcefully kept from going home or being locked away or beaten, they’re just being paid low under the table wages, getting promised citizenship and getting stuck in jobs due to a language barrier and that makes it virtually impossible for them to gain control of their lives after they leave their hometown.
There was some reality shown in the book when all of the ladies were working to pay off their “debt” they accumulated from being brought over from their homeland.
This is a very taboo topic that I think the author should’ve looked into more:
1. Not all trafficking is sex trafficking.
2. European women are probably the least likely to be trafficked and the most expensive to a potential buyer. Trafficked of European women is probably way more complex than a lady simply promising young girls work and then trapping them into a sex trafficking ring. This would be a lot more complex than some underground mafia type ring leader. There’s no way they would stay in some random brothel when there are other European prostitutes outside of the brothel like Marina,they would be trafficked all across the globe.
There’s a few plot holes as well:
One of the girls was able to buy her own freedom, she could easily tell authorities and get the whole place shut down yet none of the mafia guys were after her. N kills a mafia pawn and flees back home but now the mafia guys are after her and want to kill her family and the woman who brought N into the situation in the first place is still trafficking women. It doesn’t seem like N would be important enough for them to go through all of this trouble, especially when they allowed another girl to buy her own freedom. I don’t understand how N’s family became involved. It seems like the solution would be them killing N, holding a family member for ransom and making N buy her own freedom or kidnapping another girl in N’s place which they technically did with N’s sister.
I did not like the human trafficking element of it based on my general knowledge of Russian/Eastern European women and some of the stories I’ve heard. I’m sure there are Eastern European women that have been promised jobs and were sex trafficked but a lot of the trafficking isn’t sex trafficking, it’s women being trafficked to be nannies, wives and maids for citizenship and very low pay. Most of the time they aren’t forcefully kept from going home or being locked away or beaten, they’re just being paid low under the table wages, getting promised citizenship and getting stuck in jobs due to a language barrier and that makes it virtually impossible for them to gain control of their lives after they leave their hometown.
There was some reality shown in the book when all of the ladies were working to pay off their “debt” they accumulated from being brought over from their homeland.
This is a very taboo topic that I think the author should’ve looked into more:
1. Not all trafficking is sex trafficking.
2. European women are probably the least likely to be trafficked and the most expensive to a potential buyer. Trafficked of European women is probably way more complex than a lady simply promising young girls work and then trapping them into a sex trafficking ring. This would be a lot more complex than some underground mafia type ring leader. There’s no way they would stay in some random brothel when there are other European prostitutes outside of the brothel like Marina,they would be trafficked all across the globe.
There’s a few plot holes as well:
One of the girls was able to buy her own freedom, she could easily tell authorities and get the whole place shut down yet none of the mafia guys were after her. N kills a mafia pawn and flees back home but now the mafia guys are after her and want to kill her family and the woman who brought N into the situation in the first place is still trafficking women. It doesn’t seem like N would be important enough for them to go through all of this trouble, especially when they allowed another girl to buy her own freedom. I don’t understand how N’s family became involved. It seems like the solution would be them killing N, holding a family member for ransom and making N buy her own freedom or kidnapping another girl in N’s place which they technically did with N’s sister.
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September 2, 2023
Categories rated on a 10 point scale. Averaged and then translated into Star Rating. See CAWPILE by Book Roast.
I read this book on Kindle Unlimited.
Characters: 7.2
Atmosphere: 7.2
Writing 7.0
Plot 7.0
Intrigue: 7.9
Logic: 8.2
Enjoyment: 8.5
Avg: 7.59, a solid 4Stars.
The Main character was well thought out for a girl her age who has led a hard working and sheltered life. The world was appropriately explained for readers who may not be familiar with the regions or topic. The writing was not out of the world, but did not detract from the story. It was well paced in plot, but was quite contrived in some areas, redeeming itself with following scenes.
I enjoyed the level of intrigue Rosenberg was able to convey, from Natalia's preparation for spring and the inevitable attack to the return to Turkey and the rescue mission. Everything Natalie did seemed extremely logical and more wise beyond her years while still being extremely naïve. Farm girl life. It's a thing.
Please be aware of the triggering topics in the beginning about human trafficking.
Category Rating Clarity
10: A favorite
9: Maybe 1 issue
8: Minor problems, nothing major wrong
7: Not groundbreaking, has some issues but still really enjoyed
6: Good outweighs the bad
5: Mediocre
4: Bad outweighs the good
3: Not enough here to enjoy
2: Major problems, unredeemable
1: Is there anything good here?
0: The worst
I read this book on Kindle Unlimited.
Characters: 7.2
Atmosphere: 7.2
Writing 7.0
Plot 7.0
Intrigue: 7.9
Logic: 8.2
Enjoyment: 8.5
Avg: 7.59, a solid 4Stars.
The Main character was well thought out for a girl her age who has led a hard working and sheltered life. The world was appropriately explained for readers who may not be familiar with the regions or topic. The writing was not out of the world, but did not detract from the story. It was well paced in plot, but was quite contrived in some areas, redeeming itself with following scenes.
I enjoyed the level of intrigue Rosenberg was able to convey, from Natalia's preparation for spring and the inevitable attack to the return to Turkey and the rescue mission. Everything Natalie did seemed extremely logical and more wise beyond her years while still being extremely naïve. Farm girl life. It's a thing.
Please be aware of the triggering topics in the beginning about human trafficking.
Category Rating Clarity
10: A favorite
9: Maybe 1 issue
8: Minor problems, nothing major wrong
7: Not groundbreaking, has some issues but still really enjoyed
6: Good outweighs the bad
5: Mediocre
4: Bad outweighs the good
3: Not enough here to enjoy
2: Major problems, unredeemable
1: Is there anything good here?
0: The worst
July 5, 2019
Wow, what a well put together story that made me shiver!
Natalia wants a better life for herself than on her family's farm. Together with a friend from the village she goes to Italy to work as a waitress ..... at least, that's what they are promised. Instead, they travel to Turkey with a few young women and are sold to a man and forced into prostitution. Natalia does not lose her will to fight and looks for opportunities to escape. If her girlfriend is forced into an abortion and dies as a result of blood loss, the limit has been reached for her. She manages to escape and she goes back to her family. She keeps looking over her shoulder, afraid of retaliation ...... and rightly so ...... her sister is kidnapped and Natalia will save her at all costs.
How many women has this happened to? Trafficking in women is perhaps one of the largest "markets" that criminals engage in and earn a lot of money at the expense of women. Great to read how one of these women turns against these criminals and overcomes!
Thank you for sharing this story. I highly recommend everyone to read this book. The power of a woman is clearly evident in this, despite everything being done to her.
Natalia wants a better life for herself than on her family's farm. Together with a friend from the village she goes to Italy to work as a waitress ..... at least, that's what they are promised. Instead, they travel to Turkey with a few young women and are sold to a man and forced into prostitution. Natalia does not lose her will to fight and looks for opportunities to escape. If her girlfriend is forced into an abortion and dies as a result of blood loss, the limit has been reached for her. She manages to escape and she goes back to her family. She keeps looking over her shoulder, afraid of retaliation ...... and rightly so ...... her sister is kidnapped and Natalia will save her at all costs.
How many women has this happened to? Trafficking in women is perhaps one of the largest "markets" that criminals engage in and earn a lot of money at the expense of women. Great to read how one of these women turns against these criminals and overcomes!
Thank you for sharing this story. I highly recommend everyone to read this book. The power of a woman is clearly evident in this, despite everything being done to her.
May 1, 2021
I read Russia Girl and enjoyed the book very much. This book is number one in a four part series. I may read the other books in time for they very interesting about young Natalia and her exciting life routing out very bad people. This book deals with young women thinking their on there way to new jobs and a better life in Italy, when a women recruiter, they thought they could trust, sold them to a slave element in Turkey for prostitution. Natalia goes with her friend, Sonia, reluctantly, for she feels something is wrong from the beginning of their trip. Natalia manages to escape, but is caught again and beaten badly only to escape again after a tragic event happens to her friend. Natalia returns home to her loving family only to be rejected by her boyfriend and towns people. Realizing that Goran Zigic the man that ran the prostitution ring in Istanbul would not allow one of his girls to run off plans to make her pay for this which includes her family. Natalia has a plan too in which she'll make Zigic pay for what he's done to her friend and her family.
March 6, 2020
I quit reading this book given the author’s outdated and misogynistic description of women. Dialog between two young women, from Chapter One:
“I thought you couldn’t stand him?” Natalia tried not to raise her voice.
“You know he’s a rapist, right?”
“All I know is rumors, just like you.”
“Wouldn’t you like to be raped by him? It might not be so bad, eh?”
Does the author really believe women would say this? It’s insulting, and when I’ve shown this dialog to multiple men and women they are horrified. A few responses: “Eww.” “What the actual heck?” “Why do men think women fantasize about being raped?” “What??? No!!” “Yikes!” “This author is clearly clueless and a complete idiot.” “It’s hard to believe someone would actually write this. It’s so gross.” “What?! Am I misreading this? Is this an actual sentence?” “Just no.”
“I thought you couldn’t stand him?” Natalia tried not to raise her voice.
“You know he’s a rapist, right?”
“All I know is rumors, just like you.”
“Wouldn’t you like to be raped by him? It might not be so bad, eh?”
Does the author really believe women would say this? It’s insulting, and when I’ve shown this dialog to multiple men and women they are horrified. A few responses: “Eww.” “What the actual heck?” “Why do men think women fantasize about being raped?” “What??? No!!” “Yikes!” “This author is clearly clueless and a complete idiot.” “It’s hard to believe someone would actually write this. It’s so gross.” “What?! Am I misreading this? Is this an actual sentence?” “Just no.”
January 19, 2020
Don't blink you will miss something.
A fast past page turner , 1st in a series that looks promising. It enters the land of dreams that hooks girls only for that dream to be destroyed within days but too late to escape they become someone's property to be sold for sex.
Our heroine faced with the impossible decided not to give in but fight and not (well girl actually) does she fight. From the life of a simple farm girl (person) she is forced into a world that far too many have found themselves entrapped, & unfortunately they have a different outcome Natalia will see her life transformed all innocence gone but you need to read to find out as it's better that way and this is a great read. Well worth five stars in my view.
A fast past page turner , 1st in a series that looks promising. It enters the land of dreams that hooks girls only for that dream to be destroyed within days but too late to escape they become someone's property to be sold for sex.
Our heroine faced with the impossible decided not to give in but fight and not (well girl actually) does she fight. From the life of a simple farm girl (person) she is forced into a world that far too many have found themselves entrapped, & unfortunately they have a different outcome Natalia will see her life transformed all innocence gone but you need to read to find out as it's better that way and this is a great read. Well worth five stars in my view.
April 13, 2021
If a book about sex trafficking were written by a man who has never so much as read an article about the subject, has no idea how to create characters (particularly female characters), describes rape as a fairly nonchalant "slid right on in there" experience and whose ability to describe even the emotional effects of said trauma in a way that seems remote and entirely lacking in emotional content is the kind of book you want, then this is it, buddy, this is the book for you. It's pure male fantasy in all the worst possible ways, including a plucky heorine who can just shake it off and keep going, the least realistic descriptions of horrific experiences from every available perspective, and garbage writing. I want my "free" back, it's that bad.
May 2, 2022
Russia Girl. Kenneth Rosenberg
Natalia, A simple farm girl is lured into a false promise with her best friend. A job as a waitress in Italy. A new adventure, A better life. Instead she and her friend are forced into a building with no escape. Prostitutes. Her friend, unknown to Natalie is pregnant. She dies after a brutal abortion. Natalie escapes after murdering one of the guards. She returns home to be shunned. She meets an outcast in her small village also falsely accused as being a rapist. He teaches her how to shoot and defend herself. Then her tormentors go to her village and murder her father , his friend and kidnap her sister. What ensues is non stop action. Revenge. An excellent read!!!
Natalia, A simple farm girl is lured into a false promise with her best friend. A job as a waitress in Italy. A new adventure, A better life. Instead she and her friend are forced into a building with no escape. Prostitutes. Her friend, unknown to Natalie is pregnant. She dies after a brutal abortion. Natalie escapes after murdering one of the guards. She returns home to be shunned. She meets an outcast in her small village also falsely accused as being a rapist. He teaches her how to shoot and defend herself. Then her tormentors go to her village and murder her father , his friend and kidnap her sister. What ensues is non stop action. Revenge. An excellent read!!!
May 5, 2019
Human trafficking is a plague, it preys on vulnerable girls and turns their life into hell on earth. But sometimes, a girl refuses to submit, this is the story of one of them. Natalia, like so many before her, is seduced by the promise of a better life but soon realises that her dream will be forever shattered if she accepts her destiny. The author has created a credible character here, she is not a super heroine, she is a girl who decides to get her life back whatever the means. I can't wait for her next adventure
December 9, 2019
The story isn’t bad and I’m perfectly fine with suspending disbelief around Natalia’s transformation into an action hero. However, asking readers to believe that one of the trafficking victims manages to pay off her “debt” to the traffickers within a few months belies the hell that victims go through. The entire system is set up so that isn’t possible, or at least not for years.
But my biggest complaint is that the editing is atrocious. Missing words, confusing sentences, and inconsistencies kept pulling me out of the story.
But my biggest complaint is that the editing is atrocious. Missing words, confusing sentences, and inconsistencies kept pulling me out of the story.
June 17, 2021
Quite a page turner! Difficult to read and difficult to put down. A young russian girl is duped into leaving Russia for a better life to work as a waitress in Italy and send money back home to her family. Except it's not. It's not Italy. She's been sex trafficked.
I won't spoil it for readers, except to say that it's an uncomfortable read but the message needs to get out, and if it raises awareness then all the better.
I really liked this young sassy heroine and look forward to reading more.
I can see it now as a film!!
I won't spoil it for readers, except to say that it's an uncomfortable read but the message needs to get out, and if it raises awareness then all the better.
I really liked this young sassy heroine and look forward to reading more.
I can see it now as a film!!
August 8, 2023
The plot ranges from predictable to unlikely to cartoon.
The writing is good technically, but the plot is amateurish. The first half follows every story of a village girl tricked into being trafficked. The girl’s subsequent friendship with the village outcast who happens to be an expert with weapons and self-defense is less believable. Then her mission of vengeance is just ridiculous. The descriptions of Istanbul are thin and don’t ring true. I will not follow the series further.
The writing is good technically, but the plot is amateurish. The first half follows every story of a village girl tricked into being trafficked. The girl’s subsequent friendship with the village outcast who happens to be an expert with weapons and self-defense is less believable. Then her mission of vengeance is just ridiculous. The descriptions of Istanbul are thin and don’t ring true. I will not follow the series further.
December 6, 2019
Good
I enjoyed this book it’s part of someones true story at the beginning then after a while it’s made up to make a interesting book. It’s about a farm girl wanting a better , more exiting life than working on a farm in a small quiet town, Natalia,s friend Sonia talke her into leaving to work as a waitress in Italy after a woman offers them a job and sells them into prostitution. Natalia escapes then goes back home, toasts when things start to happen
I enjoyed this book it’s part of someones true story at the beginning then after a while it’s made up to make a interesting book. It’s about a farm girl wanting a better , more exiting life than working on a farm in a small quiet town, Natalia,s friend Sonia talke her into leaving to work as a waitress in Italy after a woman offers them a job and sells them into prostitution. Natalia escapes then goes back home, toasts when things start to happen
December 24, 2019
Justice
Natalie lives the life of a hard working Russian farm girl until her best friend talks her into becoming a waitress abroad. The dream is to move to Italy, work hard, and send desperately needed money back home. The dream becomes a nightmare when they are sold into sexual slavery. Natalie escapes, but pays a terrible price for her freedom. Now, she is the predator. Well written and edited, this book will keep you up reading into the night.
Natalie lives the life of a hard working Russian farm girl until her best friend talks her into becoming a waitress abroad. The dream is to move to Italy, work hard, and send desperately needed money back home. The dream becomes a nightmare when they are sold into sexual slavery. Natalie escapes, but pays a terrible price for her freedom. Now, she is the predator. Well written and edited, this book will keep you up reading into the night.
December 29, 2019
This one deserves a read. I liked the plot, the writing style and the simplicity.
Natalia is one simple village girl who is lured into a “waitress job” and ultimately forced into prostitution. She escapes the building by murdering one of the guards. And now that her normal life has been ruined, she wants revenge. She just does not tolerate the feeling that someone might just come looking for her and punish her for breaking the pride. She needs to save her family.
Liked it!
Natalia is one simple village girl who is lured into a “waitress job” and ultimately forced into prostitution. She escapes the building by murdering one of the guards. And now that her normal life has been ruined, she wants revenge. She just does not tolerate the feeling that someone might just come looking for her and punish her for breaking the pride. She needs to save her family.
Liked it!
July 17, 2022
Worth Reading! Starting Book 2 Right. Away
After finishing the first 2 books of Ken Rosenberg’s Nathan Grant series, I wanted more. Book 1 of the Natalia Nicolaeva series did not disappoint and I’m on to the next. As with all great novelists, I’m most impressed by the author’s ability to create characters of completely different genders, ages and backgrounds and stay consistent with each on their individual personas. Great Work Ken!
After finishing the first 2 books of Ken Rosenberg’s Nathan Grant series, I wanted more. Book 1 of the Natalia Nicolaeva series did not disappoint and I’m on to the next. As with all great novelists, I’m most impressed by the author’s ability to create characters of completely different genders, ages and backgrounds and stay consistent with each on their individual personas. Great Work Ken!
July 29, 2022
Very interesting!
This is a great thriller! I really liked the lead in the story, Natalia. Living in a rural Eastern European village, longing for more than the dusty little village has to offer. Trusting strangers offering jobs in Italy for the summer…but, oh, where they end up is not where they thought they would be. Sold to sex traffickers in Istanbul.
Find out what happens next by reading this for yourself. You won’t regret it!
This is a great thriller! I really liked the lead in the story, Natalia. Living in a rural Eastern European village, longing for more than the dusty little village has to offer. Trusting strangers offering jobs in Italy for the summer…but, oh, where they end up is not where they thought they would be. Sold to sex traffickers in Istanbul.
Find out what happens next by reading this for yourself. You won’t regret it!
May 19, 2024
I enjoyed this book.
It was sort of obvious that the two young girls' dreams of going to work in Italy would never come true, but the writer expressed the emotions and fears of the kidnapped girls extremely well. I was so hoping the main character Natalia would get her revenge and escape. Her first attempt at such was nail-bitingly stressful. When she has to return a second time to help another character, I was cheering her on. I really enjoyed this book . A solid five stars from me!
It was sort of obvious that the two young girls' dreams of going to work in Italy would never come true, but the writer expressed the emotions and fears of the kidnapped girls extremely well. I was so hoping the main character Natalia would get her revenge and escape. Her first attempt at such was nail-bitingly stressful. When she has to return a second time to help another character, I was cheering her on. I really enjoyed this book . A solid five stars from me!
April 5, 2020
Reality for many Unlucky Eastern European Girls
The novel is very realistic and and factual for unfortunate Eastern European girls. If you have ever visited these parts of the world, you realize the unfortunate plight of these girls. I am sure they wish there were more actual Natalya's to safe them.
The novel is very realistic and and factual for unfortunate Eastern European girls. If you have ever visited these parts of the world, you realize the unfortunate plight of these girls. I am sure they wish there were more actual Natalya's to safe them.
September 28, 2020
Truth be told
Truth is always painful but this story tells us the truth of a horrible situation going on all around the world . The authors writing takes us to the story line without being vulgar . Natalie story of escape and justice happens to very few . Thanks for the informative walk on the darker side of life.
Truth is always painful but this story tells us the truth of a horrible situation going on all around the world . The authors writing takes us to the story line without being vulgar . Natalie story of escape and justice happens to very few . Thanks for the informative walk on the darker side of life.
November 1, 2020
A village girl turned vigilante. The first in the series, introduces us to Natalia Nicolaeva, who like many other girls from the erstwhile USSR gets trafficked to Turkey.
The story is about how she escapes the clutches of the underground who hold her and how she gets her revenge.
It is on the lines of the Millennium series of Stieg Larson, but does not stand up to the mark.
A decent read.
The story is about how she escapes the clutches of the underground who hold her and how she gets her revenge.
It is on the lines of the Millennium series of Stieg Larson, but does not stand up to the mark.
A decent read.
April 12, 2021
This is a story with a powerful heroine. She suffers deeply as do to many around her. The author does a great job explaining the circumstances and her actions. Unfortunately the reader could see this activity as something which is not necessarily fiction. The people are all believable and possible.
You will root for her all the way through.
You will root for her all the way through.
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