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A Jack and Jill Thriller #2
Liars' Legacy
They were born in the shadows. Schooled in espionage. Taught to kill and trained to disappear. In this captivating masterwork from bestselling author Taylor Stevens, elusive twins Jack and Jill take the global spy game to electric levels.
The assassin broker is dead. The power void has left the network he controlled without restraints, and the world's deadliest killers free to pursue their own vendettas and political agendas. The United States government, unwilling to risk upheaval and global chaos, has mobilized killers of its own to preemptively hunt down and destroy each potential threat.
Among the most dangerous on that list are Jack and Jill.
Often estranged--always connected by a legacy they can't escape--the siblings have eluded many who want them dead. As they board a flight to Berlin hoping to meet the father they've never known, they suspect a trap. What they can't predict is how far a high-level Russian operation will go to secure their skills, or how hard the U.S. operatives sent to stop them will fight to assassinate them first.
For the twins, resistance and cooperation both mean death.
Caught between two superpowers with unlimited resources and unable to trust each other, brother and sister will match wit against skill in a life-threatening chase across Europe, back to the United States, and into an unholy alliance that could change the balance of global power forever.
Filled with pulse-pounding tension, blistering action, and intense human drama, Liars' Legacy is world-class intrigue at its best.
The assassin broker is dead. The power void has left the network he controlled without restraints, and the world's deadliest killers free to pursue their own vendettas and political agendas. The United States government, unwilling to risk upheaval and global chaos, has mobilized killers of its own to preemptively hunt down and destroy each potential threat.
Among the most dangerous on that list are Jack and Jill.
Often estranged--always connected by a legacy they can't escape--the siblings have eluded many who want them dead. As they board a flight to Berlin hoping to meet the father they've never known, they suspect a trap. What they can't predict is how far a high-level Russian operation will go to secure their skills, or how hard the U.S. operatives sent to stop them will fight to assassinate them first.
For the twins, resistance and cooperation both mean death.
Caught between two superpowers with unlimited resources and unable to trust each other, brother and sister will match wit against skill in a life-threatening chase across Europe, back to the United States, and into an unholy alliance that could change the balance of global power forever.
Filled with pulse-pounding tension, blistering action, and intense human drama, Liars' Legacy is world-class intrigue at its best.
339 pages, Hardcover
First published December 31, 2019
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About the author
Taylor Stevens
50 books823 followersTAYLOR STEVENS is a critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers. Her books, known for high-octane plots populated with fascinating characters in vivid boots-on-the-ground settings, have been published in over twenty languages. THE INFORMATIONIST, first in the Vanessa Michael Munroe series has also been optioned for film by James Cameron’s production company, Lightstorm Entertainment.
Stevens came to writing fiction late. Born into an apocalyptic cult, separated from her family at age twelve and denied an education beyond sixth grade, she lived on three continents and in a dozen countries before she turned fourteen. In place of schooling, the majority of her adolescence was spent begging on city streets at the behest of cult leaders, or as a worker bee child caring for the many younger commune children, washing laundry, and cooking meals for hundreds at a time. In her twenties, Stevens broke free in order to follow hope and a vague idea of what possibilities lay beyond.
In addition to writing novels, Stevens shares extensively about the mechanics of storytelling, writing, overcoming adversity, and the details of her journey into publishing through email, podcast, and video tutorials.
You can find her at:
* taylorstevensbooks.com/connect.php
* taylorstevensshow.com
* patreon.com/taylorstevens
* facebook.com/taylorstevens
* twitter @taylorstevens
Stevens came to writing fiction late. Born into an apocalyptic cult, separated from her family at age twelve and denied an education beyond sixth grade, she lived on three continents and in a dozen countries before she turned fourteen. In place of schooling, the majority of her adolescence was spent begging on city streets at the behest of cult leaders, or as a worker bee child caring for the many younger commune children, washing laundry, and cooking meals for hundreds at a time. In her twenties, Stevens broke free in order to follow hope and a vague idea of what possibilities lay beyond.
In addition to writing novels, Stevens shares extensively about the mechanics of storytelling, writing, overcoming adversity, and the details of her journey into publishing through email, podcast, and video tutorials.
You can find her at:
* taylorstevensbooks.com/connect.php
* taylorstevensshow.com
* patreon.com/taylorstevens
* facebook.com/taylorstevens
* twitter @taylorstevens
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January 5, 2020
"……and in the end turn the murky dangerous world of assassins into a free for all. An assassins ball so to speak. It would be fun to watch. From a distance, a very great distance.” I’m quoting from my review of Liars' Paradox, the first book in Taylor Steven’s Jack and Jill series.
I was right, for in Liars' Legacy the death of the broker, the controller of most of the world’s assassins-for-hire has turned the assassins’ world into a killing free for all. This on the part of the assassins themselves and on the governments who in the past made use of their skills.
The US government has decided to go after the assassins, terrified of the mischief they could wreak, killing off the people they helped create.
In the first quarter of the book, passengers board a flight from Dallas to Frankfurt. An inordinate number of killers are on board, the killers and those to be killed, oh wait, each is both. A regular assassin’s ball. No one, including the reader knows who is whom until bodies start dropping.
Identical, fraternal twins) Jack and Jill are on the flight, but they just want to be left alone. They are heading to Germany to meet with a high level Russian intelligence operative, their putative father, Dmitry. Oddly enough, Russian intelligence decides to interfere and the story takes a much darker turn.
Clara their trainer, their torturer, their abuser, their loving mom is currently missing from their lives. They don’t know if Clara is busy elsewhere, dead, or busy pulling everyone’s strings.
The twins are not left totally alone; the receive assistance from some surprising sources.
Taylor manages to ratchet up the confusion, suspense, and the feeling of being in free-fall; usually with the reader having no idea of what will happen next. What a ride, baby, what a ride.
The Liars books seem like an education in all aspects of the art of black ops. Liars'Legacy is much better with the detailing and planning than I have read in so many other thrillers.
There are shocking turns that leave me applauding the audacity of Liars' Legacy. Rescue isn’t always an option. Very bad things do happen in real life.
I think many readers and/or reviewers might ding Liars' Legacy for the first 20% or so for being confusing. I think that is the whole point, no one knows what is going on, including the American intelligence control team back in DC, so why should the reader? Fog of war and all that.
The war room operatives have access to amazing – once again finely detailed in Stevens’ books- scary technology. The DC controllers are either just as confused or are purposely holding back information from their own people on the ground and in the air.
Stevens refers to the twins as Jack and Jill, but other characters know them by other names, John and Julia. It was disconcerting at first to understand who was being referred to on the name switch as there was no smooth transition.
Jack and Jill are still damaged by their upbringing, but they are trying to learn to trust themselves, each other, and possible allies.
A fast-paced adventure, Liars' Legacy, rarely lets up on the story of betrayal, lies, death and loyalty.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange of a fair and honest review.
I was right, for in Liars' Legacy the death of the broker, the controller of most of the world’s assassins-for-hire has turned the assassins’ world into a killing free for all. This on the part of the assassins themselves and on the governments who in the past made use of their skills.
The US government has decided to go after the assassins, terrified of the mischief they could wreak, killing off the people they helped create.
In the first quarter of the book, passengers board a flight from Dallas to Frankfurt. An inordinate number of killers are on board, the killers and those to be killed, oh wait, each is both. A regular assassin’s ball. No one, including the reader knows who is whom until bodies start dropping.
Identical, fraternal twins) Jack and Jill are on the flight, but they just want to be left alone. They are heading to Germany to meet with a high level Russian intelligence operative, their putative father, Dmitry. Oddly enough, Russian intelligence decides to interfere and the story takes a much darker turn.
Clara their trainer, their torturer, their abuser, their loving mom is currently missing from their lives. They don’t know if Clara is busy elsewhere, dead, or busy pulling everyone’s strings.
The twins are not left totally alone; the receive assistance from some surprising sources.
Taylor manages to ratchet up the confusion, suspense, and the feeling of being in free-fall; usually with the reader having no idea of what will happen next. What a ride, baby, what a ride.
The Liars books seem like an education in all aspects of the art of black ops. Liars'Legacy is much better with the detailing and planning than I have read in so many other thrillers.
There are shocking turns that leave me applauding the audacity of Liars' Legacy. Rescue isn’t always an option. Very bad things do happen in real life.
I think many readers and/or reviewers might ding Liars' Legacy for the first 20% or so for being confusing. I think that is the whole point, no one knows what is going on, including the American intelligence control team back in DC, so why should the reader? Fog of war and all that.
The war room operatives have access to amazing – once again finely detailed in Stevens’ books- scary technology. The DC controllers are either just as confused or are purposely holding back information from their own people on the ground and in the air.
Stevens refers to the twins as Jack and Jill, but other characters know them by other names, John and Julia. It was disconcerting at first to understand who was being referred to on the name switch as there was no smooth transition.
Jack and Jill are still damaged by their upbringing, but they are trying to learn to trust themselves, each other, and possible allies.
A fast-paced adventure, Liars' Legacy, rarely lets up on the story of betrayal, lies, death and loyalty.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange of a fair and honest review.
October 1, 2020
4 ☆ for its legerdemain and maneuvers
Liars' Legacy (#2) resumed the storyline within a week since the ending of book #1 Liars' Paradox. I'm glad that the ridiculous denouement in the first book didn't put me off of this series.
Liars' Legacy is a far richer, murkier and satisfying story of global machinations. Stevens had purged herself of that misplaced need to provide excessive character histories, which had impeded the narrative flow of the preceding book, but sadly retained some overused descriptive phrases of Jack's thinking process. This book can be read as a standalone, but with much less background provided, the characters truly appeared to be off the rails. Told through multiple POVs, the first third of the book was a touch awkward to follow, even with careful reading. I was getting information in piecemeal fashion, just like the characters were experiencing. Growing intrigue, instead of adrenaline-pumped sequences, enticed me to continue and all things were eventually clarified in between bursts of plausibly drawn action scenes.
All of these elements made their appearance in a massive cat-and-mouse hunt that took place from Texas to Berlin and then Prague. As the GR synopsis indicated, two nations continued their Cold War battles but this time for the control of two assassins - Jack and Jill.
It was too soon for the fraternal twins to resolve their issues since properly viewing their mother through the lenses of the liar's paradox.
I received a little more insight into the "Good Son" and the twins' relationship. This generated empathy for them that I hadn't mustered with the first book. I also liked the addition of a character, so that the odds were evened out a bit.
The Jack and Jill series is beginning to evoke feelings similar to the show "The Americans," which had embedded KGB spies in suburbia in the Cold War of the 1980s. The storyline is not the same as the show but the feel of it is - the bleakness, the difficult choices, being small players caught up by much larger international dramas. I'm looking forward to book #3.
Liars' Legacy (#2) resumed the storyline within a week since the ending of book #1 Liars' Paradox. I'm glad that the ridiculous denouement in the first book didn't put me off of this series.
Liars' Legacy is a far richer, murkier and satisfying story of global machinations. Stevens had purged herself of that misplaced need to provide excessive character histories, which had impeded the narrative flow of the preceding book, but sadly retained some overused descriptive phrases of Jack's thinking process. This book can be read as a standalone, but with much less background provided, the characters truly appeared to be off the rails. Told through multiple POVs, the first third of the book was a touch awkward to follow, even with careful reading. I was getting information in piecemeal fashion, just like the characters were experiencing. Growing intrigue, instead of adrenaline-pumped sequences, enticed me to continue and all things were eventually clarified in between bursts of plausibly drawn action scenes.
Logic wasn't prudent. Emotions, personalities, politics, hierarchy, they all got in the way of logic, and of the objective, and made the world a messy place.
All of these elements made their appearance in a massive cat-and-mouse hunt that took place from Texas to Berlin and then Prague. As the GR synopsis indicated, two nations continued their Cold War battles but this time for the control of two assassins - Jack and Jill.
It was too soon for the fraternal twins to resolve their issues since properly viewing their mother through the lenses of the liar's paradox.
As if two weeks ago, they both hadn't valued Clare's opinion somewhere between dementia and psychosis. ... and overnight a lying paranoid delusional narcissist had morphed into an information repository critical to survival.
I received a little more insight into the "Good Son" and the twins' relationship. This generated empathy for them that I hadn't mustered with the first book. I also liked the addition of a character, so that the odds were evened out a bit.
"Your brother wants this more than anything in the world, but the closer he gets to answers, the less you care if something goes wrong? It's not that complicated."
She said, "if this friendship thing is going to work, you're going to have to learn to lie more. This honesty stuff freaks me out."
The Jack and Jill series is beginning to evoke feelings similar to the show "The Americans," which had embedded KGB spies in suburbia in the Cold War of the 1980s. The storyline is not the same as the show but the feel of it is - the bleakness, the difficult choices, being small players caught up by much larger international dramas. I'm looking forward to book #3.
November 23, 2019
It was hard for me to get into this book—I found the myriad of characters and the byzantine plot confusing. Then I wasn’t really sure who were the good guys (were there any, really?). Everyone was ostensibly on someone’s hit list, or looking to kill someone else. The main characters, twins Jack and Jill, were raised by a psychopath, and are now trying to locate the father they have never met. Stevens is a good writer-- I read all of her Vanessa Michael Munroe books-- but my perception is that her writing has gotten much, much darker in this new series. Thanks to the publisher and to Netgalley for this ARC.
December 28, 2019
UPDATED: Here's the link to a longer review at Criminal Element: Review of Liars' Legacy by Taylor Stevens
I literally could not put this book down. Started it on a plane. Finished it the next day. I loved the first book in this series, LIARS PARADOX, and this is even better. Taylor Stevens goes deeper into Jack and Jill’s motivation and fears, their wants and conflicts, all while never letting up on the pace or twisting, original plot. Intense, violent, fast-paced, and totally fun. Unlike some thrillers, this doesn’t lack character development. I really, really, really can’t wait for the next book.
I literally could not put this book down. Started it on a plane. Finished it the next day. I loved the first book in this series, LIARS PARADOX, and this is even better. Taylor Stevens goes deeper into Jack and Jill’s motivation and fears, their wants and conflicts, all while never letting up on the pace or twisting, original plot. Intense, violent, fast-paced, and totally fun. Unlike some thrillers, this doesn’t lack character development. I really, really, really can’t wait for the next book.
April 22, 2022
This is very much in the vein of John Le Carre, with lots of European-Russian intrigue (that winds back to the US).
At first, I had trouble following the characters but that changed (without giving away too much of the plot.)
Honestly, there places where the action is described in ways too dry for me: "hammer hits head," etc. I also feel the "Jack and Jill" naming is too precious.
But those very minor points aside, I love the Texas (and even Oklahoma) shoutouts as well as the international settings, the complicated but well-plotted and intricate intrigue, and the fast action. Stevens introduces emotionally rough but excellent-for-tension notes throughout in the twins' relationships with each other and with their mother, Clare.
Highly recommended to thriller, suspense, and spy novel readers.
At first, I had trouble following the characters but that changed (without giving away too much of the plot.)
Honestly, there places where the action is described in ways too dry for me: "hammer hits head," etc. I also feel the "Jack and Jill" naming is too precious.
But those very minor points aside, I love the Texas (and even Oklahoma) shoutouts as well as the international settings, the complicated but well-plotted and intricate intrigue, and the fast action. Stevens introduces emotionally rough but excellent-for-tension notes throughout in the twins' relationships with each other and with their mother, Clare.
Highly recommended to thriller, suspense, and spy novel readers.
November 17, 2019
I wonder if one of the espionage training facilities for spies and assassins is still located at Langley? Because if it is, I feel like I could walk right in and take the written test to become a card carrying spy with a Masters in assassination just from reading the first two books in the Jack and Jill series. These books are intense; action begins on the first page and doesn't pause for breath the entire way through. Now, if you were a friend asking me about this second book in the series I would strongly advise you to read the first book before you tackle this one. Two reasons: #1 the childhood of Jack and Jill is of paramount importance to understand these characters and that is covered best in the first book. #2 is that this second book just jumps right into the action without the author spending any time bringing new readers up to date. Most readers will catch up if they persevere, but some just will not have the patience.
The twins have been told their father wants to meet with them. They don't have any idea if Dmitry is real, is alive, or is just a carrot the Russians are dangling over their heads to facilitate some unknown result. This episode of the story moves all over the globe and shows author Taylor Stevens imaginative abilities on steroids. Granted, our main protagonists have to have the best luck and skills known to mankind, but it's still one heck of a story. The character development in this series is second to none and I can hardly wait for the next thrilling installment.
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for an e-galley of this novel.
The twins have been told their father wants to meet with them. They don't have any idea if Dmitry is real, is alive, or is just a carrot the Russians are dangling over their heads to facilitate some unknown result. This episode of the story moves all over the globe and shows author Taylor Stevens imaginative abilities on steroids. Granted, our main protagonists have to have the best luck and skills known to mankind, but it's still one heck of a story. The character development in this series is second to none and I can hardly wait for the next thrilling installment.
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Books for an e-galley of this novel.
January 6, 2020
Liar’s Legacy by Taylor Stevens
Jack & Jill Thriller #2
Though I ended up loving this book it took almost halfway into the story to finally figure out what was going on even though I had read the first book and the book description. When I finally “got it” I could not put the book down and read through the night.
What I liked:
* Jack, Jill and Holden: Intriguing intelligent and lethal people that I want to know more about.
* Jack is a bit of an enigma and yet I do like him...he seems more of a pacifist than his sister Jill but boy can he be lethal when necessary!
* Jill is a bit more emotional, or seems so, with issues from childhood that have left a different kind of mark than those left on her brother.
* Holden is a man I would love to get to know better. I wonder if and definitely hope that he and Jill will find a way to an eventual romantic relationship.
* Kara was a mystery for much of the book. As I got to know her I really liked her and do hope that she will show up in book three.
* The fact that though assassins the characters are “real” and not without soul/heart
* The story – once I “got it”
* The sleuthing that took place when my brain decided to see why the twins were named Jack and Jill and how they might tie into the children’s nursery rhyme of the same name.
What I did not like:
* The political types who put their agenda before the people they were in charge of
* The fact that life has little value to others – at least at times
* Having to say goodbye without knowing about Dmitry, wondering what will happen next and having to wait for book three to find out.
Did I like this book? Yes
Do I want to read more in this series? Definitely
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4.5 Stars
Jack & Jill Thriller #2
Though I ended up loving this book it took almost halfway into the story to finally figure out what was going on even though I had read the first book and the book description. When I finally “got it” I could not put the book down and read through the night.
What I liked:
* Jack, Jill and Holden: Intriguing intelligent and lethal people that I want to know more about.
* Jack is a bit of an enigma and yet I do like him...he seems more of a pacifist than his sister Jill but boy can he be lethal when necessary!
* Jill is a bit more emotional, or seems so, with issues from childhood that have left a different kind of mark than those left on her brother.
* Holden is a man I would love to get to know better. I wonder if and definitely hope that he and Jill will find a way to an eventual romantic relationship.
* Kara was a mystery for much of the book. As I got to know her I really liked her and do hope that she will show up in book three.
* The fact that though assassins the characters are “real” and not without soul/heart
* The story – once I “got it”
* The sleuthing that took place when my brain decided to see why the twins were named Jack and Jill and how they might tie into the children’s nursery rhyme of the same name.
What I did not like:
* The political types who put their agenda before the people they were in charge of
* The fact that life has little value to others – at least at times
* Having to say goodbye without knowing about Dmitry, wondering what will happen next and having to wait for book three to find out.
Did I like this book? Yes
Do I want to read more in this series? Definitely
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review.
4.5 Stars
June 6, 2020
I want Vanessa Munroe back.
I wanted to get lost in this book because I have thoroughly enjoyed Stevens' Munroe series, and was OK with the introduction of Jack and Jill. But, sadly, I'm lukewarm. I found the plot of this book dense and convoluted, the pace frenetic and frantic, and the characters (good? bad? both? alive? dead? Jack? John? Clara? Karen?) unnecessarily confusing. And dysfunctional doesn't even begin to describe Jack & Jill's emotional development!
I'll give the series one more try, assuming there is a third in the works. But if it doesn't get better, I'll move on and await with hope the return of Munroe.
I wanted to get lost in this book because I have thoroughly enjoyed Stevens' Munroe series, and was OK with the introduction of Jack and Jill. But, sadly, I'm lukewarm. I found the plot of this book dense and convoluted, the pace frenetic and frantic, and the characters (good? bad? both? alive? dead? Jack? John? Clara? Karen?) unnecessarily confusing. And dysfunctional doesn't even begin to describe Jack & Jill's emotional development!
I'll give the series one more try, assuming there is a third in the works. But if it doesn't get better, I'll move on and await with hope the return of Munroe.
October 29, 2019
WOW!!!!! Absolutely loved this book. Thrilling, fascinating, powerful are just a few of the adjectives to describe this book. The storyline was fast paced and exciting. The interaction between Jack, Jill, Chris and Kara was great and gives me endless possibilities for what can happen with this series. Can't wait until the next one.
January 19, 2020
I am so glad Jack's sister sabotaging him for entertainment was thwarted in book 2 with Holden's intercession. It made for a much more smoother running thriller with the team performing more cohesively. This book earned every one of its 5 Stars.
November 4, 2019
Lots of spycraft, alliances, betrayals populate an excellent story that travels all over in a deadly game of hide and seek. Childhood angst also plays an important role as Jack and Jill do much more than fetch a pail of water. i received an advanced digital copy from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
September 20, 2019
I love the complexity of all of Ms. Stevens' stories! There are so many interwoven plots and subplots (in this case 7). Each plot intertwines to produce a magnificent story.
Liars' Legacy centers around the twin siblings, Jack & Jill. They have spent their entire life in turmoil. From a young age, their mother developed and drove them to be the best and fiercest. The goal was to outthink, outwork and overcome all obstacles that could possibly threaten them. They were trained to be the ultimate assassins.
The story begins where Liars' Paradox (book 1 of the series) ended. The twins are invited by their never-seen father, to meet. They know it is probably a trap. However, they feel that it is worth the risk to finally get answers about their past. The only problem, some want to kill them and others want to take advantage of their deadly skills. It is a race to stay ahead and alive.
The story moves at a very fast pace and is one of the best I've read. It was nearly impossible to put down and I can't wait for everyone to have the opportunity to read it. I was privileged to receive an Advanced Readers Copy. Highly recommended.
Liars' Legacy centers around the twin siblings, Jack & Jill. They have spent their entire life in turmoil. From a young age, their mother developed and drove them to be the best and fiercest. The goal was to outthink, outwork and overcome all obstacles that could possibly threaten them. They were trained to be the ultimate assassins.
The story begins where Liars' Paradox (book 1 of the series) ended. The twins are invited by their never-seen father, to meet. They know it is probably a trap. However, they feel that it is worth the risk to finally get answers about their past. The only problem, some want to kill them and others want to take advantage of their deadly skills. It is a race to stay ahead and alive.
The story moves at a very fast pace and is one of the best I've read. It was nearly impossible to put down and I can't wait for everyone to have the opportunity to read it. I was privileged to receive an Advanced Readers Copy. Highly recommended.
December 29, 2019
Liar's Legacy starts off strong and the action continues to the last page.
I loved it.
Jack and Jill are trained killers, they are twins and they live their life like no other.
It was a fun fast paced read !! Cant wait for book 3. Sign me up !
This is book 2 in the Jack and Jill series, though you could read it as a standalone, you would get more out of Liars Legacy if you read book one.
Thanks to Net Galley and Kensington books for another great read in the Jack and Jill series.
I loved it.
Jack and Jill are trained killers, they are twins and they live their life like no other.
It was a fun fast paced read !! Cant wait for book 3. Sign me up !
This is book 2 in the Jack and Jill series, though you could read it as a standalone, you would get more out of Liars Legacy if you read book one.
Thanks to Net Galley and Kensington books for another great read in the Jack and Jill series.
May 14, 2019
Another great book in Taylor Steven's Jack and Jill series. Jack and Jill are trained twin killers; trained by their insane mother. This book is a complex thriller with multiple assassin teams hunting each other. It's helpful to know the background story of Jack and Jill from the prior book, Liars' Paradox, but nevertheless, this was a great story.
February 1, 2020
A really well written intriguing story. The deep dive into what drives Jack and Jill and made them into who they are, was interesting. At the heart of this series is family and no family is as intriguing and dysfunctional as Jack and Jill’s. This book really dove more into there relationship and the series is better for it. I can’t wait to read more about these characters.
December 7, 2019
This is the second book in a series. It works as a stand alone but I think I would have been less confused if I had read the first. To say this book is about espionage would be an understatement. It reads like an espionage, assassin, evasion-from-detection how-to manual. It was a good read but I will say it was a difficult read for many reasons. First, it took 49% of the book to set up a pivotal meeting and it took me that long to figure out what was going on. There were so many assassin teams introduced it was hard to keep them all straight. Too many hit lists and a convoluted plot made the story difficult to follow. When reading a spy thriller like this I like to know who the good guys and bad guys are and I’m still not sure who they are, maybe there were no good guys. Second, there was too much explanation of the spy craft, for example, how to tell if you are being followed, how to spot people who aren’t supposed to be there, etc. Third, there were a lot of unbelievable aspects, the stashes and ID’s being hidden all over the world, they ditch their bags full of gear but sometimes without visiting their caches somehow manage to have money, clothes, weapons and new identities. It just seemed too fantastical to believe. I liked the characters but because I hadn’t read the first book, didn’t understand all the relationships between them. Jack and Jill are twin assassins who’ve been trained by a psychopathic mother to be the best in the world. They are trying to locate the father they’ve never met. One minute they are working together like a well-oiled machine and the next they are at each other’s throats. It was confusing. When they partnered up with another superhuman assassin it was a little unbelievable. The writing style was difficult to follow in some instances and sometimes it was so verbose it made the action scenes drag on and on. I liked the story but I think it would benefit from some good editing. With a little more editing, I would like to read more from this author. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
January 9, 2020
So I've read a few other reviews of this book, including people who were sent ARCs in exchange for a review (I am not one of them). The words I read most often in those reviews were some version of "this is confusing." After reading Liars Legacy for myself, I have to agree BUT with a coda to the other reviews: this is a THRILLER, people, not a cozy mystery. You are SUPPOSED to be confused. A thriller usually starts off bang in the middle of the action or incident of some sort, and from then on the protagonist(s) are in a race to stop the BAD THING, whatever it is, from happening. That's it. It's a roller coaster in the dark and you are just along for the ride.
All questions (or most) are sorted out in the end, which is the reward that we as readers are waiting for. But this requires patience.
Yes, the plot is quite complex. The characters are complex. Is it an easy-breezy, zip-through-it-in-a-two-hour-layover-at-the-airport kind of book? Not really. But it's well worth it. Stevens has a somewhat abrupt, bare bones writing style but that doesn't take away from the intricacy of her plots or the gritty details that make her work so authentic-sounding. She also makes the sibling rivalry between Jack and Jill both sad/tragic and understandable.
This story is told from multiple viewpoints: four to be exact. While I didn't have a problem with this, my only critique would be that it might have been helpful to have less internal second-guessing and conjecture on the part of each narrator in the beginning, because they were all unreliable to some extent. It was hard for me as a reader to latch on to anybody until about halfway through the book when I started to trust Holden's POV more.
This book is the second in a series, and I HIGHLY recommend reading Liar's Paradox first before reading this. It will save you brain cells trying to figure out who everyone is and why they're doing what they're doing.
Really hope the Jack & Jill books get made into a Netflix or Amazon series a la 'Jack Ryan.' Would be spectacular with all the cool locations...
All questions (or most) are sorted out in the end, which is the reward that we as readers are waiting for. But this requires patience.
Yes, the plot is quite complex. The characters are complex. Is it an easy-breezy, zip-through-it-in-a-two-hour-layover-at-the-airport kind of book? Not really. But it's well worth it. Stevens has a somewhat abrupt, bare bones writing style but that doesn't take away from the intricacy of her plots or the gritty details that make her work so authentic-sounding. She also makes the sibling rivalry between Jack and Jill both sad/tragic and understandable.
This story is told from multiple viewpoints: four to be exact. While I didn't have a problem with this, my only critique would be that it might have been helpful to have less internal second-guessing and conjecture on the part of each narrator in the beginning, because they were all unreliable to some extent. It was hard for me as a reader to latch on to anybody until about halfway through the book when I started to trust Holden's POV more.
This book is the second in a series, and I HIGHLY recommend reading Liar's Paradox first before reading this. It will save you brain cells trying to figure out who everyone is and why they're doing what they're doing.
Really hope the Jack & Jill books get made into a Netflix or Amazon series a la 'Jack Ryan.' Would be spectacular with all the cool locations...
done-with
January 30, 2020I absolutely loved the first book in the series and was so excited when I saw that the second was available. I started reading it, eager to dive back into the crazy world of Jack and Jill and Clare, only to find myself utterly and completely lost in a mire of names, assassin teams, governments, secrets, lies, red herrings and every other possible trope known to man... They were all jumbled together and I couldn't make head nor tail sense of any of them.
In and of itself, an abundance of information and a lot of misdirection is not a problem - when it is a problem though, it is because the story-telling surrounding those story features feels garbled and cobbled together and the characters never seem fully-fleshed enough to generate interest... That's what I found here.
I made it a quarter of the way through, painfully, and stopped altogether when I realized I didn't care what happened to anyone. I couldn't gin up empathy for Jack again, as I had in book one. Jill was still a psycho but nowhere near as interesting and compelling and engaging and snarky as in the first book. The mysterious Clare remained mysteriously behind the scenes, as did a handful of other people who were introduced and reintroduced but never with enough intrigue surrounding them for their lack of clarity to be anything other than confusing. And the multiple assassins just felt like stereotypes thrown in for additional obfuscation. It didn't intrigue me though, it just annoyed me.
I have seen other reviews suggesting it picks up at the halfway point, but honestly I couldn't even bear with it long enough to find out... So disappointing!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation - free review copy.
In and of itself, an abundance of information and a lot of misdirection is not a problem - when it is a problem though, it is because the story-telling surrounding those story features feels garbled and cobbled together and the characters never seem fully-fleshed enough to generate interest... That's what I found here.
I made it a quarter of the way through, painfully, and stopped altogether when I realized I didn't care what happened to anyone. I couldn't gin up empathy for Jack again, as I had in book one. Jill was still a psycho but nowhere near as interesting and compelling and engaging and snarky as in the first book. The mysterious Clare remained mysteriously behind the scenes, as did a handful of other people who were introduced and reintroduced but never with enough intrigue surrounding them for their lack of clarity to be anything other than confusing. And the multiple assassins just felt like stereotypes thrown in for additional obfuscation. It didn't intrigue me though, it just annoyed me.
I have seen other reviews suggesting it picks up at the halfway point, but honestly I couldn't even bear with it long enough to find out... So disappointing!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation - free review copy.
January 2, 2020
Thanks to Kensington Books and NetGalley for providing me a copy of this book for this honest review.
Jack and Jill are back in the second book in Taylor Steven’s new series (after Liars’ Paradox). These 26-year-old twins have been trained by their mother to always be on the run and to protect themselves from any difficult situation. This second book is as much a continuation of the first book as it is a sequel. In following what was discovered at the end of the last book, the twins are on their way to meet with the man they believe is their father. However, many different people from the US and Russia (and ??) are following them as at least one of the twins are believed to be out to murder a key Washington congressman.
This book is as much, if not more, about the action and less about advancing the story that began in the first book. The author shows the complex way the twins avoid capture and how they continue to plan their adventures, while still trying to find a way to meet their father. Lots of fun and exciting reading, interesting characters, and action, but all of this is more distraction that keeps the story from moving along.
I read the first book and was a bit distracted by the amount of time spent creating the back story about the twins and their mother. This book does not do that which I really appreciated and enjoyed. However, I would strongly recommend reading the first book before reading this one. The references to the first book were good reminders for me, but I don’t think they’d be enough for someone who was unfamiliar with the key characters.
Jack and Jill are back in the second book in Taylor Steven’s new series (after Liars’ Paradox). These 26-year-old twins have been trained by their mother to always be on the run and to protect themselves from any difficult situation. This second book is as much a continuation of the first book as it is a sequel. In following what was discovered at the end of the last book, the twins are on their way to meet with the man they believe is their father. However, many different people from the US and Russia (and ??) are following them as at least one of the twins are believed to be out to murder a key Washington congressman.
This book is as much, if not more, about the action and less about advancing the story that began in the first book. The author shows the complex way the twins avoid capture and how they continue to plan their adventures, while still trying to find a way to meet their father. Lots of fun and exciting reading, interesting characters, and action, but all of this is more distraction that keeps the story from moving along.
I read the first book and was a bit distracted by the amount of time spent creating the back story about the twins and their mother. This book does not do that which I really appreciated and enjoyed. However, I would strongly recommend reading the first book before reading this one. The references to the first book were good reminders for me, but I don’t think they’d be enough for someone who was unfamiliar with the key characters.
January 21, 2020
I've decided I really like this new series by Taylor Stevens. This is the second installment and its getting better and building momentum. Its the story of twins who were the offspring of two spys, one Russian and one American. Their relationship was broken and the mother raised the twins in a manner that gave them the skills they would need to survive in a world in which they would be hunted by assassin's throughout their lives. The twins have a love/hate relationship that includes an ability to "sense" what the other is doing. They are a formidable pair except for one thing, the "hate" side of their relationship keeps undermining them.
This second story revolves around their father's attempt to reach out to Jack. He responds with his sisters help. The promised reunion is sabotaged by an American "kill team," a Russian snatch team and a Russian plot to assassinate the "Speaker of the House"in hopes by the sister, "Jill," and beginning a civil war in the US. It's a very complicated plot with all sorts of twists and turns and players on each side with the complex twins in the center aided by another assassin who is trying to help them get past their differences. Over arching it all is the presence of Claire, the mother who raised and trained the twins.
The series has been building on this complexity and really delivers as this second installment rushes to a finish. I'll be waiting for the third episode.
This second story revolves around their father's attempt to reach out to Jack. He responds with his sisters help. The promised reunion is sabotaged by an American "kill team," a Russian snatch team and a Russian plot to assassinate the "Speaker of the House"in hopes by the sister, "Jill," and beginning a civil war in the US. It's a very complicated plot with all sorts of twists and turns and players on each side with the complex twins in the center aided by another assassin who is trying to help them get past their differences. Over arching it all is the presence of Claire, the mother who raised and trained the twins.
The series has been building on this complexity and really delivers as this second installment rushes to a finish. I'll be waiting for the third episode.
March 15, 2020
The second book in a new series by the author of the Vanessa Michael Munroe book series, Liars Legacy is about a brother-sister team of assasins/spies. This book raises the stakes, the intensity and the creativity of the threat to the brother-sister duo and their response.
The world seems out to get the twins. American assisin teams are dispatched to kill them, the Russians want to kidnap them and use them as assasins to wreak havoc on their democratic enemies and in the midst of it all, their father (separated from them at birth as their mother had to flee for her life) appears to be trying to reach them.
The twins have been trained since birth by their mother to protect themselves at all costs and the skills they've learned make them among the most dangerous enemies anyone can have. Masters of disguise, highly skilled fighters, brilliant strategists and weapons experts they need to use all their skill sets to survive and find their unknown father.
I found the difficult relationship between brother and sister to be a distraction in the first book. Here, their is a building détente between them that makes them more appealing as heroes and enhances the underlying story.
This book is better than the first and it's obvious that there are more to come in the series. Although not as compelling as the Vanessa Michael Munroe series, this series is turning into an interesting journey and I'm looking forward to the next edition of the series.
The world seems out to get the twins. American assisin teams are dispatched to kill them, the Russians want to kidnap them and use them as assasins to wreak havoc on their democratic enemies and in the midst of it all, their father (separated from them at birth as their mother had to flee for her life) appears to be trying to reach them.
The twins have been trained since birth by their mother to protect themselves at all costs and the skills they've learned make them among the most dangerous enemies anyone can have. Masters of disguise, highly skilled fighters, brilliant strategists and weapons experts they need to use all their skill sets to survive and find their unknown father.
I found the difficult relationship between brother and sister to be a distraction in the first book. Here, their is a building détente between them that makes them more appealing as heroes and enhances the underlying story.
This book is better than the first and it's obvious that there are more to come in the series. Although not as compelling as the Vanessa Michael Munroe series, this series is turning into an interesting journey and I'm looking forward to the next edition of the series.
April 8, 2020
Spy novels are not a genre I usually read because I get lost along the way. However, I like Stevens and her work so read this second in her Jack & Jill series. It picks up pretty close to where Liars Paradox left off. Clare is MIA again and Jack & Jill are on the run. People are chasing them. People are chasing the folks that are chasing them. They just want to try to find their father, if he indeed still exists. Holden, introduced in the last book, is now following them. Page 113 sums up:
There were five, maybe six players in motion now.
- The twins tracking their father.
- The Russians tracking the twins.
- The Americans tracking the twins.
- The Americans who had been tracking him. (Holden)
Clare, the mother, was still a question mark.
The thing is, trying to track the twins is very hard. From page 114:
But these two had no home, no family, no friends, no employers, and they had a lifetime of turning invisibility into an art form, and a kill team at their backs.
Kara, an American agent, is part of the picture and I think will be part of the cast of players in future books about these two. Lots of dead bodies in the end.
I can see why Stevens says this one was so hard to write, particularly under the pressure of a publisher's deadline. She would have had to pay a lot of attention to detail to keep the story on track.
There were five, maybe six players in motion now.
- The twins tracking their father.
- The Russians tracking the twins.
- The Americans tracking the twins.
- The Americans who had been tracking him. (Holden)
Clare, the mother, was still a question mark.
The thing is, trying to track the twins is very hard. From page 114:
But these two had no home, no family, no friends, no employers, and they had a lifetime of turning invisibility into an art form, and a kill team at their backs.
Kara, an American agent, is part of the picture and I think will be part of the cast of players in future books about these two. Lots of dead bodies in the end.
I can see why Stevens says this one was so hard to write, particularly under the pressure of a publisher's deadline. She would have had to pay a lot of attention to detail to keep the story on track.
December 23, 2019
This *could* be read as a standalone, but if I'm being honest the action starts RIGHT FROM THE OPEN and it's complex with several players, and I feel like you would be more comfortable sliding right into the story if you read Liars' Paradox first.
Otherwise the first 1/3 of the book might be a bit confusing as you try to figure out the main players, as it picks up just past where the last book finished, which I LOOOVE.
In the first book, I found the main characters more intriguing, interesting, layered, and engaging rather than actually likable, which is totally okay for me - I don't have to like you to pay attention to you. They've grown on me though, for sure, and they're even more fascinating in this new book.
The peeling away of layers of deception and disguise and the quick-change artistry.
The advance thinking chess-like 'game' that is their lifestyle, out of habit AND necessity.
They're pretty freaking brilliant, but with all too real weaknesses and flaws.
I am a huge fan of this author, including her first series of character Vanessa Michael Munroe.
I highly recommend!
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Otherwise the first 1/3 of the book might be a bit confusing as you try to figure out the main players, as it picks up just past where the last book finished, which I LOOOVE.
In the first book, I found the main characters more intriguing, interesting, layered, and engaging rather than actually likable, which is totally okay for me - I don't have to like you to pay attention to you. They've grown on me though, for sure, and they're even more fascinating in this new book.
The peeling away of layers of deception and disguise and the quick-change artistry.
The advance thinking chess-like 'game' that is their lifestyle, out of habit AND necessity.
They're pretty freaking brilliant, but with all too real weaknesses and flaws.
I am a huge fan of this author, including her first series of character Vanessa Michael Munroe.
I highly recommend!
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October 6, 2024
I Respect Taylor Stevens
...but I like her Vanessa Michael Munroe books best. Jack & Jill are strictly 2nd string players for me.
I liked this J&J II better than I did the first Double J novel. This novel took a deep dive into character development, as far-fetched as it is.
The subplot about American politics was too close to reality for comfort. I do believe several countries worth of super-hackers would love to have McDoofus Part II as president 2024. We will not let that happen in reality--as the last two elections prove:
The majority of American voters believe in Truth, Justice, and the American Way of Democracy, more than they trust self-proclaimed super-hero Trump, the never wrong, never lost, never make a mistake deluded maniac. Sure, this is a book review, but 30 days before the most important election, I have to say it loud and proud: patriots will never vote for a person who does not believe in America's free and fair elections! Other countries try to emulate the free elections, free press, and free speech of America. So Trump can lie all he wants--that's legal I guess (there are limits--wearing a swastika flag is illegal in Germany because, History.)
#Vote2024
...but I like her Vanessa Michael Munroe books best. Jack & Jill are strictly 2nd string players for me.
I liked this J&J II better than I did the first Double J novel. This novel took a deep dive into character development, as far-fetched as it is.
The subplot about American politics was too close to reality for comfort. I do believe several countries worth of super-hackers would love to have McDoofus Part II as president 2024. We will not let that happen in reality--as the last two elections prove:
The majority of American voters believe in Truth, Justice, and the American Way of Democracy, more than they trust self-proclaimed super-hero Trump, the never wrong, never lost, never make a mistake deluded maniac. Sure, this is a book review, but 30 days before the most important election, I have to say it loud and proud: patriots will never vote for a person who does not believe in America's free and fair elections! Other countries try to emulate the free elections, free press, and free speech of America. So Trump can lie all he wants--that's legal I guess (there are limits--wearing a swastika flag is illegal in Germany because, History.)
#Vote2024
September 23, 2025
The Broker, a shadowy assassin, lies dead, unleashing chaos among the killers he once hired and controlled. The U.S. government, which trained these ruthless operatives, now fears their unchecked power.
Fraternal twins Jack and Jill endured a brutal upbringing under their mother's cruel tutelage. She taught them to kill and evade those hunting them, but her erratic behavior left them questioning her motives. Unsure if her warnings stemmed from real threats or her own manipulations, the twins distanced themselves from each other, building emotional walls.
As the story begins, Jack and Jill travel to meet a mysterious Russian they suspect might be their father. Both American and Russian authorities mark them as targets, intensifying the danger.
Taylor Stevens crafts a gripping narrative that pulls readers into a dark, unsettling world while occasionally pushing them back with its intensity. Her prose turns gritty when the story demands it, and her dialogue crackles with sharp, life-or-death tension.
Jennifer O’Donnell’s narration delivers a taut, no-nonsense performance that amplifies the book’s suspense. Her distinctive style brings Stevens’ vision to life, enhancing the story’s urgency and earning it an extra layer of depth.
Fraternal twins Jack and Jill endured a brutal upbringing under their mother's cruel tutelage. She taught them to kill and evade those hunting them, but her erratic behavior left them questioning her motives. Unsure if her warnings stemmed from real threats or her own manipulations, the twins distanced themselves from each other, building emotional walls.
As the story begins, Jack and Jill travel to meet a mysterious Russian they suspect might be their father. Both American and Russian authorities mark them as targets, intensifying the danger.
Taylor Stevens crafts a gripping narrative that pulls readers into a dark, unsettling world while occasionally pushing them back with its intensity. Her prose turns gritty when the story demands it, and her dialogue crackles with sharp, life-or-death tension.
Jennifer O’Donnell’s narration delivers a taut, no-nonsense performance that amplifies the book’s suspense. Her distinctive style brings Stevens’ vision to life, enhancing the story’s urgency and earning it an extra layer of depth.
March 30, 2020
Confusing
I loved the Vanessa "Michael" Munroe character in that book series. The Jack and Jill characters in "Liars' Paradox," and this one, "Liars Legacy," not so much. The first novel was ok, but I had trouble following the plot line in this book. In addition, the relationship between the twins is not only extremely dysfunctional, but difficult to understand and navigate, as are the burgeoning relationships between Jill and Holden and Jack and Kara. The relationships between the twins and their mother, Claire, is completely incomprehensible. I really had a great deal of trouble figuring out what was going on in this plot -- which countries' assassins were hunting each other and why, the two American hit squads, how the Russians were involved -- they were preventing the twins from meeting their Russian father unless the twins killed the Secretary of State? Maybe? But Holden was the assassin? Maybe? But for whom? If Dimitry is the father, who is he & why was he ineffectual in accomplishing the meeting? All in all, this story line was way too convoluted and confusing. Hope the next book is less complex.
I loved the Vanessa "Michael" Munroe character in that book series. The Jack and Jill characters in "Liars' Paradox," and this one, "Liars Legacy," not so much. The first novel was ok, but I had trouble following the plot line in this book. In addition, the relationship between the twins is not only extremely dysfunctional, but difficult to understand and navigate, as are the burgeoning relationships between Jill and Holden and Jack and Kara. The relationships between the twins and their mother, Claire, is completely incomprehensible. I really had a great deal of trouble figuring out what was going on in this plot -- which countries' assassins were hunting each other and why, the two American hit squads, how the Russians were involved -- they were preventing the twins from meeting their Russian father unless the twins killed the Secretary of State? Maybe? But Holden was the assassin? Maybe? But for whom? If Dimitry is the father, who is he & why was he ineffectual in accomplishing the meeting? All in all, this story line was way too convoluted and confusing. Hope the next book is less complex.
June 13, 2020
Kensington Books and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Liars' Legacy. I voluntarily chose to review this book and my opinion is freely given.
Twins Jack and Jill were raised by their mother to be spies, to be ruthless in their pursuits, and to let no one get in their way. Pitted against each other from an early age, will the twins be able to align themselves on the same side for their own sake?
In the world of espionage, being hunted or prey depends on circumstances. In Liars' Legacy, there are different factions that are both in danger and dangerous. As far as spy thrillers go, this book has the classic elements, but the convoluted plot was not a successful way to tell the story. There were too many hunters and prey, which muddied up the plot until the story itself was lost. I liked the first book in the series, Liars’ Paradox, more because of the newness of the characters and the fast pace. Too much of this book was spent on who was hunting who instead of on actual plot. For these reasons, I would be hesitant to recommend Liars' Legacy to other readers.
Twins Jack and Jill were raised by their mother to be spies, to be ruthless in their pursuits, and to let no one get in their way. Pitted against each other from an early age, will the twins be able to align themselves on the same side for their own sake?
In the world of espionage, being hunted or prey depends on circumstances. In Liars' Legacy, there are different factions that are both in danger and dangerous. As far as spy thrillers go, this book has the classic elements, but the convoluted plot was not a successful way to tell the story. There were too many hunters and prey, which muddied up the plot until the story itself was lost. I liked the first book in the series, Liars’ Paradox, more because of the newness of the characters and the fast pace. Too much of this book was spent on who was hunting who instead of on actual plot. For these reasons, I would be hesitant to recommend Liars' Legacy to other readers.
January 10, 2020
Taylor Stevens' books aren't for everyone, but if you like "high-octane psychological thrillers," LIARS' LEGACY is a page turner!
The second installment in Stevens' Jack and Jill series, LIARS' LEGACY picks up right where Liars' Paradox leaves off. Jack and Jill (who are known by a myriad of different names) are killer-for-hire twins who travel to Europe to meet the father they've never known. Their psychotic assassin mother may or may not be behind their secretive journey. What we know for sure is that there are at least nine other assassins tracking Jack and Jill and/or their counterparts.
This plot does not disappoint! It has twists and turns and multiple trips across Europe and America as the twins attempt to stay one step ahead of the CIA teams who track them. The best part about this book, for me, was that Stevens manages to work a bit of heart and humor into these ruthless characters, and that made me care about them more, and made the book very hard to put down.
FIVE racing STARS
The second installment in Stevens' Jack and Jill series, LIARS' LEGACY picks up right where Liars' Paradox leaves off. Jack and Jill (who are known by a myriad of different names) are killer-for-hire twins who travel to Europe to meet the father they've never known. Their psychotic assassin mother may or may not be behind their secretive journey. What we know for sure is that there are at least nine other assassins tracking Jack and Jill and/or their counterparts.
This plot does not disappoint! It has twists and turns and multiple trips across Europe and America as the twins attempt to stay one step ahead of the CIA teams who track them. The best part about this book, for me, was that Stevens manages to work a bit of heart and humor into these ruthless characters, and that made me care about them more, and made the book very hard to put down.
FIVE racing STARS
July 26, 2020
With this second story in her Jack and Jill Thriller series Taylor Stevens once again raises the bar in contemporary thrillers. Her introduction of the young, hunted, assassin twins known in the trade as Jack and Jill in their first story, Liars’ Paradox, brought us the disturbingly complex genesis of two of the most compelling protagonists in recent genre fiction. In Liars’ Legacy we enter the even more complex and frightening world of global ‘dark’ political machinations, as the twins each follow their own ultra-dangerous agenda which are inextricably intertwined. Against his better judgement a former foe joins forces with the twins to facilitate their conjoined missions (and keep them from killing each other). A truly remarkable story of intrigue, manipulation, and violence set in a geopolitical maelstrom. Highly recommended!
May 19, 2023
Definitely read the first book before this one. It's been a long time between reading the two books for me and it took me a while to recall the characters.
Jack and Jill are twins. They know their mother as Clare, however she has many other names as she is a first class spy/killer and has trained her children rigorously to hone their skills like hers. They aren't children any more, by any means, and have the usual sibling rivalry.
This time, someone is out to kill Jack. Jill has his back, but she's as prickly and contentious as ever.
Jack is still in search of finding/meeting/confirming their mystery father.
Jill is intent on carrying out the contract she was hired to fulfill.
And so they traipse through Europe and the US.....
Jack and Jill are twins. They know their mother as Clare, however she has many other names as she is a first class spy/killer and has trained her children rigorously to hone their skills like hers. They aren't children any more, by any means, and have the usual sibling rivalry.
This time, someone is out to kill Jack. Jill has his back, but she's as prickly and contentious as ever.
Jack is still in search of finding/meeting/confirming their mystery father.
Jill is intent on carrying out the contract she was hired to fulfill.
And so they traipse through Europe and the US.....
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