I enjoyed this book a lot. Nikki has an overbearing mother and at 25 is still wondering what to do after becoming a linguistcs major. She tries for a job and after a bad interview, and is drinking at a bar when a handsome man asks her to pretend she is his wife. She finally agrees, and notes some strange things about the situation that helps her later on. Then, pushed by her mother, she attends a Carrie Mae convention, (Carrie Mae being a transparent spoonerism of Mary Kay) and wins a free starter kit, but is actually propelled into the clandestine side of Carrie Mae, after a disastrous attempt to sell beauty products. She is sent to a camp where women are trained in espionage, and finds herself in Thailand where she is about to have the adventure of a lifetime. Some language and suggestiveness, but generally a fun and good read if you like thrillers. I only persevered because the main chick's name was Nicole...called Nikki (my nickname until kindergarten). I'm in the fifth chapter, and considering quitting. Following a training session, one girl was called out for blue eyeliner...because you know spies must always be impeccable dressed with perfect makeup...(a day later) okay, i finished it. it was a fun little good-once read. not brilliant...but not prohibitively irritating either.
What do You think about Bulletproof Mascara [With Earbuds] (2010)?
Great story. Loved the regular girl turned spy story. Totally silly and fun!
—Mzthibo
First novel by a writer who lives in Tacoma.
—Theo
