Meyer, L.A. Viva Jacquelina! (A Bloody Jack Adventure Book #10) 368 pgs. Harcourt Children's Books, 2012.
$11.35. Content: Language: G (2 swears; many borderline); Mature Content: R (or close enough for parents!) ; Violence: PG13.
Jacky is a world traveling adventurer. In this book she is sent by the British to spy on Spain during wartime, where she sees’s action in battle. She spends a lot of time posing for and working with the artist Goya. Then she spends some more time in battle before joining up with the Gypsy’s.
That is the worse summary I have ever written. No one expects a 10th book in a series to be a read alone –this one was nearly impossible to follow, myself lacking the foundation of the previous books. With that limitation in mind, this story was all over the place and was filled with references to past books, adventures, characters, and its historical fiction setting. I found it extremely annoying that every man in sight was all over Jacky like staticy sock. Yes, Yes, we get that she is talented, extremely vivacious, and beautiful. The writing straddled the border between bawdy and rated R, with enough sexual innuendo to probably warrant the author a new contract for action adventure romance novels.
HS –NOT RECOMMENDED Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian & Author.
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