Designation 932 review

    Lady Em with another Catherine Miller review. I had to review this book from the Wholeness Project because they're in the same universe as the Deridia series. You are even introduced to one of the Deridia characters at the end of the second book. And I apologize for being late again, I am really trying not to make a habit of it!

    

    In this book a group of men are created in artificial wombs and trained to be assassins with numbers instead of names. They are able to change their features, are implanted with languages and cultural norms of many varied planets. They are experts in poisons, in causing much pain if the client requires, or even making the target seem to die of natural causes.

These created beings are taught to be cold and unfeeling, except they failed in this last goal with 932. He is weary of his life, and bitter and resentful towards his captors (so called because he refuses to think of them as masters), but does his best not to show it, and just tries to carry out his assigned tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible so as to not incur further punishments.

    His "training" continue to unravel as he interacts with a scarred girl, Enys, a girl close to one of his targets, and he finds a way to break free from the Project. Not a lot is said about the Project, or the group that has been creating the assassins, in this first book, but it is explained more in the second. 932 becomes more human with his interactions with Enys, and even takes a human name. As in many of Miller's books, the inner monologue is very strong, while there isn't always much dialogue, but the reader is able to watch 932 access his softer feelings as he finds a way to save Enys, one of the few humans he has ever found to be kind and caring. 

    This book is slow-ish in the beginning, but if you can make it through the first bit, it gets more exciting and has a couple twists that may not be surprising, but are definitely interesting. 

    Finally, the romance is sweet; not a speck of smut here. 932 has sweet and tender feelings toward Enys, which eventually are returned, but the two barely have any physical interaction as they are mostly trying to find a way to stay alive and off the Project's radar. I will review a book with more "heat" next week, for readers who prefer to have such things in their books!

I found this book deserving of 4 out of 5 quills. If you want to take a look, click the link below. It's a free read on Amazon Unlimited.

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