No Easy Target

This review will be about No Easy Target by Iris Johansen. Published on April 25, 2017, It is a novel with the listed genres on goodreads as; Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary. 

A little about the book; 

ON THE RUN

Margaret Douglas has worked hard to put her painful past behind her. Raised off the grid in an abusive home, her only escape was the nearby forest where she sought refuge whenever she could. There, in the peaceful woods, she discovered a strange gift: the ability to understand animals and to communicate with them. Now, Margaret wants nothing more than to live a quiet life, close to the animals and under the radar. But her abilities have not gone unnoticed...and there are those who would use them for their own purposes. Determined not to be a pawn in anyone's game, every time someone gets too close, Margaret uproots her life and outruns them.

INTO THE LINE OF FIRE

When CIA operative John Lassiter breaks into Margaret's apartment, she vanishes again. Still, Lassiter has good reason to be persistent: one of his men is being held captive by an unrelenting enemy--someone who has set his sights on Margaret. Which means that Lassiter must control her to use her as bait...With danger in hot pursuit, Margaret finds herself matching wits with a man who refuses to stop or be stopped. Turning from the hunted to the hunter, Margaret must use everything she has ever learned to not only survive, but to defeat a great evil. And to prove once and for all that she's no easy target. . .

Review: 

I decided to try something new and read a thriller novel. It has some sci-fi to it as that's what drew me in in the first place but I feel like I need to start reading out of my “normal” reads. 

This book has a good fast pace to it. I was able to keep up on all of what was going on which was awesome, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to due to how fast it was but I feel like I did good.

Margaret is amazing, she’s a true survivor in my eyes and following along her story made me feel deeply for her. I absolutely LOVED that she could talk to animals, this was the main reason why I chose to read this book and it did not disappoint. The way it was set up was phenomenal! I don’t think I can get this story out of my head for a long time, I wish there was a second. I tried looking on goodreads but nothing popped up unfortunately. 

At first, I hated Lassiter, but then I got to know him and the reasons why he was doing things that seemed wrong, and came to understand him, as did Margret. 

There’s a lot of torture, mention of rape, gore, and a spicy scene. There was a lot of action as well once the story progressed more, I feel like I would have liked a bit more at the end but I know the book is mainly focused on Margret so I wasn’t too saddened by it.  

When I first started reading this book, I was a bit worried that I wasn’t going to like it as the writing and the genre were completely different from what I’m used to, but that all changed once I read more than a few pages. I’m so happy and thankful that I found this book because it goes to show that you can branch out of your normal reads and still find something that draws you in just as much. 

5 out of 5 stars for this one! I absolutely loved this book and will consider reading it again!