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The Syndicate Spy: A Juliet Arroway Novel by Brittany Butler

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This post contains affiliate links. For more details, see my disclosure  here . A spy novel, written by a former spy... This one didn't take much convincing. I was on board immediately. The parts that I enjoyed, I really, really enjoyed but unfortunately the parts that I didn't enjoy outweighed them by a bit. Juliet Arroway is a force to be reckoned with, and after being dealt several tough blows throughout her life, she's still fighting for the greater good.  I'm in no way opposed to a love story sub-plot in a spy novel, but it really felt like the Juliet of the love story and the Juliet who is a strong, intelligent, competent spy were two different people. She seems to fall just short of swooning on many occasions and given the stakes of her job, it was a bit jarring to jump from a scene of intense action to her innermost thoughts about her love life. Worth the read and I think it would make an amazing mini-series.  Thank you to NetGalley and Greenleaf Book Group Pres