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That Super Secret Spy School I'm Not Supposed to Know About #1
Mission: Naughty Horace
What do a hacker group, a hairless cat, and a botanist with a foot fetish have in common? Agent Mauve's next mission.
Agent Mauve is progressing with her language modules and gun and fight training, but she's still a baby agent. Thinking she's going out with Agent Red to just be arm candy and to sneak off towards the end of the meeting to steal data from a hotel room, it ends up being so much more than that.
The data that was stolen ends up bringing Mauve's friend, and soon boyfriend, Jeremy's work under scrutiny as possibly being a cover for The Arm.
Mauve is in over her head doing things she's not trained for while still trying to keep her training. Could baby Agent Mauve possibly bring down The Arm?
Agent Mauve is progressing with her language modules and gun and fight training, but she's still a baby agent. Thinking she's going out with Agent Red to just be arm candy and to sneak off towards the end of the meeting to steal data from a hotel room, it ends up being so much more than that.
The data that was stolen ends up bringing Mauve's friend, and soon boyfriend, Jeremy's work under scrutiny as possibly being a cover for The Arm.
Mauve is in over her head doing things she's not trained for while still trying to keep her training. Could baby Agent Mauve possibly bring down The Arm?
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First published March 9, 2016
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September 26, 2017
Mauve is an agent, colourful of course, although her looks aren’t the focus, who is supposed to run around like her body’s on fire and her mind’s in the fridge but her world is so gosh darn physical that you could assume realistically that she’s got a physique mostly knitted together out of bruises. Scratches too, as in this story her nemesis is an evil cat. Puuurfect. Sorry, that pun was fit only for the piranha tank but my excuse is I have a cold and my virus-addled mind has me believing that puns are somehow funny. I’ll try to delete them all at the end by might miss a few. Reading about exercise can feel exhausting, especially for those of us who get a stitch when we run a tap. Anyway, the big question: How does Dr Evil’s glamourous cat socialise with other cats? They probably have some extravagant and nefarious process. Maybe every now and again they’re flown in under the radar from Panama with a consignment of dope hidden up their
The character of Agent Mauve is quite intriguing as, unlike every other agent in fictional history, she’s learning on the job because all the long term professional agents have been doxxed (identified and outed) by a group of dissident hackers. New agents have had to be recruited in a hurry, which is why they got Mauve – non standard material – the most interesting focus for a writer. In fact, she’s so non-standard that reading this would make you feel that anyone could muddle along and do it. As Terry Pratchett said, “If all the elves can sing, I’d want to write about the tone deaf one.” Mauve isn’t tone deaf, as far as I know, but she definitely is vulnerable to food poisoning and cat allergens, so that occasionally affects the client experience.
The main quality needed to be a secret undercover agent, according to all the usual authors, appears to be nerves of steel. Number two, in the Mauve series, is training masochism and third is the ability to learn everything quickly, whether that’s a martial art or a language, juggling knives or messing with computers. How to manage and misdirect people is more about common initiative, although codename Mauve does have to debase herself every now and then and that’s the source of some excruciating sympathy humour.
Mauve’s job is similar to training for a sport but that sport would have to be strange one which has laws that no one sticks to and rules that see you coming and bend out of reach, where you aren’t sure who’s your opponent and not everything is what you were expecting. Some marks shown here are clever and some are fools but the agent, flirting and acting with a license to do the wrongs that make a right, has to interact with all of them and thus the show rolls on.
There’s a structural split in the real spooks’ world, a division between the inward circle of responsibility (in America: FBI teams) and the externally facing spies (CIA) and then there’s the “everyone knows” data gatherers (Google) that people accept intrusion from, on balance. I would guess most external spying is now done without the spies ever meeting their targets, e.g. in a time of national crisis, if the US government asked Amazon for access to everything on their international for-hire cloud servers, what do you think would happen? In this division between the domestic and the foreign, Mauve’s agency is to date a purely within-nation outfit. The supra-national might be more fun but I think Mauve would need a secondment to get into that.
As mentioned before, Mauve shows initiative and is a good student, learning languages from what you’d think are the obvious sources and yet no one ever seems to go to. As members of the public, our activities are much less daring but it’s good to be briefed on the things you need to know in your own daily routine, such as denture cleaning solution being the best way to remove wine stains from the inside of your decanters (top tip in Winchester). In Mauve’s case, what she needs to learn is the best way to become indispensable to a criminal cat fancier with a deviant foot fetish. Rather her than me.
Horace is a cat with a cattitude problem (sorry again, awful), that any ruthless government employee would soon have dangling out of the window if it tried to spoil a sting. In this tale Horace’s role is to put the imp into Mission Impossible and insert the unpredictable element you can’t train for and a real field operative would be expected to overcome. Mauve is often seen being tested and at this rate will soon be hot-housed out of her “baby agent” status with rapidity. In the Mafiosi you apparently have to kill someone to be “made” and accepted (or be a selective accountant) but it looks like in a cell of this modern security service the key is to judge how familiar you want to get with your own sense of revulsion.
After a thumpingly good but very brief initial character introduction story and now a full book at a slightly slower pace, Mauve’s team are slipping into the roles quite like an orphan’s new family, learning to rely on each other’s skills and overlooking each other’s unauthorised behaviour. There is a sense of the fraternity house to some of the things they do though, as if their mental age hasn’t caught up with their responsibilities yet. Then again, I can see the cast are radical misfits and bright enough to decline conformism because that makes for a better book. Throw people with different skills together and watch them become a family who can beat any challenge seems to be the plan, with the protagonist as an early-career, humanly flawed superstar in the making. This series is a vehicle for a single character so far, Agent Mauve, with all the positive characters circling around to support and get her there like the monkey and pig gods helping the quest of a monk in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. The black hats all embody tests, obstacles on her road to greatness. This is no different from the majority of heroic adventure characters in fiction, with the possible exception of Marvin the Martian, who did it all himself.
This is a rollicking adventure (the precise definition of rollicking appears to be: you can insert oars in it) but it would have benefitted from a bit more dazzle and perhaps some extra insights into secondary characters’ lives. The Chinese Restaurant family could use more development as her contact there seems to be a very useful source of wisdom and that’s possibly a factor that Mauve needs to tap into. She doesn’t need to be a spiritual character to do this job but all previous fate-picked accidental questers pick up a little ancient thought along their weary road and it’s just the sort of unorthodox learning that helps make them special over the long term.
When Mauve wants to encourage the spooky world to interview her boyfriend and bring him on missions, the credibility lessens a little but it does add to a sense of personal worry that the story probably needed. Who makes you smile, or is no one up to the job? If that thought spooks you as much as it worries me, many of us are still fumbling in the dark while Mauve is already there, solving the case.
The character of Agent Mauve is quite intriguing as, unlike every other agent in fictional history, she’s learning on the job because all the long term professional agents have been doxxed (identified and outed) by a group of dissident hackers. New agents have had to be recruited in a hurry, which is why they got Mauve – non standard material – the most interesting focus for a writer. In fact, she’s so non-standard that reading this would make you feel that anyone could muddle along and do it. As Terry Pratchett said, “If all the elves can sing, I’d want to write about the tone deaf one.” Mauve isn’t tone deaf, as far as I know, but she definitely is vulnerable to food poisoning and cat allergens, so that occasionally affects the client experience.
The main quality needed to be a secret undercover agent, according to all the usual authors, appears to be nerves of steel. Number two, in the Mauve series, is training masochism and third is the ability to learn everything quickly, whether that’s a martial art or a language, juggling knives or messing with computers. How to manage and misdirect people is more about common initiative, although codename Mauve does have to debase herself every now and then and that’s the source of some excruciating sympathy humour.
Mauve’s job is similar to training for a sport but that sport would have to be strange one which has laws that no one sticks to and rules that see you coming and bend out of reach, where you aren’t sure who’s your opponent and not everything is what you were expecting. Some marks shown here are clever and some are fools but the agent, flirting and acting with a license to do the wrongs that make a right, has to interact with all of them and thus the show rolls on.
There’s a structural split in the real spooks’ world, a division between the inward circle of responsibility (in America: FBI teams) and the externally facing spies (CIA) and then there’s the “everyone knows” data gatherers (Google) that people accept intrusion from, on balance. I would guess most external spying is now done without the spies ever meeting their targets, e.g. in a time of national crisis, if the US government asked Amazon for access to everything on their international for-hire cloud servers, what do you think would happen? In this division between the domestic and the foreign, Mauve’s agency is to date a purely within-nation outfit. The supra-national might be more fun but I think Mauve would need a secondment to get into that.
As mentioned before, Mauve shows initiative and is a good student, learning languages from what you’d think are the obvious sources and yet no one ever seems to go to. As members of the public, our activities are much less daring but it’s good to be briefed on the things you need to know in your own daily routine, such as denture cleaning solution being the best way to remove wine stains from the inside of your decanters (top tip in Winchester). In Mauve’s case, what she needs to learn is the best way to become indispensable to a criminal cat fancier with a deviant foot fetish. Rather her than me.
Horace is a cat with a cattitude problem (sorry again, awful), that any ruthless government employee would soon have dangling out of the window if it tried to spoil a sting. In this tale Horace’s role is to put the imp into Mission Impossible and insert the unpredictable element you can’t train for and a real field operative would be expected to overcome. Mauve is often seen being tested and at this rate will soon be hot-housed out of her “baby agent” status with rapidity. In the Mafiosi you apparently have to kill someone to be “made” and accepted (or be a selective accountant) but it looks like in a cell of this modern security service the key is to judge how familiar you want to get with your own sense of revulsion.
After a thumpingly good but very brief initial character introduction story and now a full book at a slightly slower pace, Mauve’s team are slipping into the roles quite like an orphan’s new family, learning to rely on each other’s skills and overlooking each other’s unauthorised behaviour. There is a sense of the fraternity house to some of the things they do though, as if their mental age hasn’t caught up with their responsibilities yet. Then again, I can see the cast are radical misfits and bright enough to decline conformism because that makes for a better book. Throw people with different skills together and watch them become a family who can beat any challenge seems to be the plan, with the protagonist as an early-career, humanly flawed superstar in the making. This series is a vehicle for a single character so far, Agent Mauve, with all the positive characters circling around to support and get her there like the monkey and pig gods helping the quest of a monk in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. The black hats all embody tests, obstacles on her road to greatness. This is no different from the majority of heroic adventure characters in fiction, with the possible exception of Marvin the Martian, who did it all himself.
This is a rollicking adventure (the precise definition of rollicking appears to be: you can insert oars in it) but it would have benefitted from a bit more dazzle and perhaps some extra insights into secondary characters’ lives. The Chinese Restaurant family could use more development as her contact there seems to be a very useful source of wisdom and that’s possibly a factor that Mauve needs to tap into. She doesn’t need to be a spiritual character to do this job but all previous fate-picked accidental questers pick up a little ancient thought along their weary road and it’s just the sort of unorthodox learning that helps make them special over the long term.
When Mauve wants to encourage the spooky world to interview her boyfriend and bring him on missions, the credibility lessens a little but it does add to a sense of personal worry that the story probably needed. Who makes you smile, or is no one up to the job? If that thought spooks you as much as it worries me, many of us are still fumbling in the dark while Mauve is already there, solving the case.
June 7, 2017
I was really looking forward to this book as I am familiar with the author and like her work, but first I knew I had to read book #1 of this series for fear I would be lost. I was although unaware it was only a short story yet it was a quick read and gave me the background I really did not need- I was now prepared. Special Agent Mauve #2 was a fun and quirky read that I am coming to see is this writers forte. I am starting to get this uncanny feeling she is none too pleased with the political situation in her country of residence, not too sure why that is? Funny though the way she gets her little digs in-you almost have to read between the lines to see some of the connections, I am a Canadian though- we have our own issues in that realm of stupidity.
This was a well written story that kept me entertained throughout, it flows well and has a real sense of a long series if the writer so chooses in my opinion.
I will say that I had an issue with the grammar, nothing significant and most may not even notice this yet I did because it repeated. The occasional missing 's' or 'ed', a letter where it wasn't supposed to be or a missing one where it should be. This by no means took away from the story whatsoever yet I found myself re-reading to make sure I had read something correctly. The only reason I mention this at all is having read other works by J.B. it has never been an issue, perhaps a tad rushed with this one?
Something to look at maybe? Either way I can't wait for the next one.
Definitely recommended for her unique style of storytelling, and just a plain fun read.
This was a well written story that kept me entertained throughout, it flows well and has a real sense of a long series if the writer so chooses in my opinion.
I will say that I had an issue with the grammar, nothing significant and most may not even notice this yet I did because it repeated. The occasional missing 's' or 'ed', a letter where it wasn't supposed to be or a missing one where it should be. This by no means took away from the story whatsoever yet I found myself re-reading to make sure I had read something correctly. The only reason I mention this at all is having read other works by J.B. it has never been an issue, perhaps a tad rushed with this one?
Something to look at maybe? Either way I can't wait for the next one.
Definitely recommended for her unique style of storytelling, and just a plain fun read.
June 9, 2017
Coming soon to a touchscreen near you- Special Agent Mauve, Mission: Naughty Horace. Clarence is a feline-loving botanist with a foot fetish and a wheat-based weapon that could be used to take over the world. It’s up to agent Mauve and her rag-tag group of colorfully named spies to stop Clarence before he sells his technology to the highest bidder. But does Agent Mauve have the right feet for the job?
This wasn’t my first J.B. Trepangnier book and I was glad to see the same straight-forward writing style that keeps a story moving at the right pace. This series is a comedy about a spy code-named Mauve. I got a real kick out of the long-running joke of having all the agents named after colors. At first it’s subtle and not noticeable as they go through common names like Black and Green but eventually it gets to hysterical proportions after the common colors are taken. There are a lot of funny situations presented throughout the book, including Agent Mauve’s training. An extra treat is the inclusion of Mauve’s home life. Spies gotta live too. Mauve is a fun and down-to-earth character and I was glad to find that she’s not the stereotypical female lead. She’s not the most girly-girl in the world and often needs tips on make-up, bras and flirting. This author has a great and subtle sense of humor as opposed to the typical, obvious buildup to every punchline that you can see coming from a mile away. It makes this book a fun read and keeps the story interesting throughout.
This wasn’t my first J.B. Trepangnier book and I was glad to see the same straight-forward writing style that keeps a story moving at the right pace. This series is a comedy about a spy code-named Mauve. I got a real kick out of the long-running joke of having all the agents named after colors. At first it’s subtle and not noticeable as they go through common names like Black and Green but eventually it gets to hysterical proportions after the common colors are taken. There are a lot of funny situations presented throughout the book, including Agent Mauve’s training. An extra treat is the inclusion of Mauve’s home life. Spies gotta live too. Mauve is a fun and down-to-earth character and I was glad to find that she’s not the stereotypical female lead. She’s not the most girly-girl in the world and often needs tips on make-up, bras and flirting. This author has a great and subtle sense of humor as opposed to the typical, obvious buildup to every punchline that you can see coming from a mile away. It makes this book a fun read and keeps the story interesting throughout.
December 31, 2019
“Mission: Naughty Horace (Special Agent Mauve #2)” is another sad example of a sequel that sucks compared with the first book
I loved, loved, loved “origins”, as did all the girls in our road trip car. But we all were extremely bored with this sequel. Slow moving, not nearly as clever as book 1.
Sorry, not sorry…but 2*
I loved, loved, loved “origins”, as did all the girls in our road trip car. But we all were extremely bored with this sequel. Slow moving, not nearly as clever as book 1.
Sorry, not sorry…but 2*
March 3, 2023
I have to say: It had been a very long time since I've laughed so hard and so much while reading a book! "Oops, I did it again" is crazy hilarious at times, mostly because of an fmc who suffers from brain vomit and such a complete lack of brain-to-mouth filter, she says the craziest things. Combine that with a tendency to make impulsive decisions, and no ability to read the room at all and you see Jordan end up in the most hilarious situations ever.
I was intrigued by the blurb of this series-starter, but the book itself trumped all my expectations. I loved every single thing about it, and it was precisely what I needed: a funny story I didn't have to take too seriously. At the start of the book, it is clearly mentioned there will be FF and even though I'm not bi or bicurious myself, it doesn't stop me from enjoying a good series at all. The connection Jordan slowly forms with her teammates is wonderful, and I can't wait to watch it unfold further.
This is definitely a book I can highly recommend! I can't wait to get my hands on book two.
I was intrigued by the blurb of this series-starter, but the book itself trumped all my expectations. I loved every single thing about it, and it was precisely what I needed: a funny story I didn't have to take too seriously. At the start of the book, it is clearly mentioned there will be FF and even though I'm not bi or bicurious myself, it doesn't stop me from enjoying a good series at all. The connection Jordan slowly forms with her teammates is wonderful, and I can't wait to watch it unfold further.
This is definitely a book I can highly recommend! I can't wait to get my hands on book two.
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November 3, 2023I won't rate this dnf. I got to about 50% and things started to feel like cheating and even though I know the book ends in a poly relationship I wasn't enjoying the journey.
Was the book good before my hard stop? It was moderately funny if you enjoy characters that stumble into things through ridiculous decision making.
Was the book good before my hard stop? It was moderately funny if you enjoy characters that stumble into things through ridiculous decision making.
April 18, 2023
An absolute vast to read!!
If you are ready for some crazy fun then dig in!! JB Trepagnier takes you on a ride you won't soon forget. I can’t wait to read what's next!!
If you are ready for some crazy fun then dig in!! JB Trepagnier takes you on a ride you won't soon forget. I can’t wait to read what's next!!
March 13, 2023
Great book with spies and reverse harem. The FMC decides she needs something new in her life and ends up becoming a spy. Cue reverse harem. The burn is pretty slow. She is with one of her harem in this book and the others she has feelings for but they aren’t together yet. Can’t wait for the next one!.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 8, 2024
"Mission: Naughty Horace" follows Special Agent Mauve, a somewhat clumsy rookie who is thrust into a big mission in the aftermath of a leak at her organization that has released the name of many of the organization’s agents and forced them into hiding. Thus when the organization gets a lead on the group responsible for the leak, The Arm, as well as a scientist intent on selling a bacteria strain that could be weaponized, Mauve must sink or swim as she gets close to those involved with the bacteria strain in order to put a stop to mass genocide and bring down The Arm.
I’ll say right now I haven’t read the first book in the series. Despite that, I didn’t feel lost and this story starts out with a humorous, almost wacky tone that drew me into it. We see just how in over her head Mauve is right from the get-go, from butchering languages she attempts to learn to nearly botching a mission that ends with her having an extreme allergic reaction to cats. It’s funny and well-written to the point that I was chuckling from the start through the misadventures she has.
The characters are all well-written too, such as Green, a giant of a man who seems to not know his own strength, and Cadmium, a woman with a hidden past and a very creative mind for revenge. Even the villains are thoroughly despicable and unlikeable, from incompetent sexual perverts to blackmailers holding people’s secrets against them. Of course, the humor continues even from there and it’s funny to see how Mauve interacts with them.
However, without wishing to spoil anything, the villains for the most part all share the same inept nature, which means there’s not much of a threat from them. This would be fine if the humor continued throughout like it had in the beginning. But Mauve quickly becomes a more capable agent during the story, which soon leaves her without much of a challenge, aside from sexual perverts. In fact, many of the missions seem like they run together, as she and her fellow agents use the same tactics against the villains again and again to squeeze more information out of them.
Also, Mauve isn’t always privy to how well the organization is doing against the villains and we’re left to rely on the other characters at the organization telling Mauve and us that they’re making headway. We’re told a lot of what happens instead of shown and I can’t help but feel it may have been better to switch to the point of view of these other agents or the villains themselves to show these events played out in real time instead of receiving a recap now and then. Or maybe have Mauve more involved in these side events. That and the humor and villains’ schemes seems to take a bit of a backseat in favor of focusing more on Mauve’s dating life as the book goes on, to the point that it almost seems more like a romantic comedy than a comedy spy novel. Then again, even her dating life goes almost swimmingly, so there’s not much in the way of tension there. Even when it seems like her spy work may interfere with her love life, these problems are resolved almost as quick as they come up.
This isn’t to say the writing or the book itself is bad. It’s not and the characters are all enjoyable with their different personalities. It’s just that there’s not much in the way of challenge or obstacles thrown their way. Save for a hiccup now and then, things always seem to turn out well and a lot of Mauve’s missions involve the same work, with her receiving an update of events happening off-screen. I like the character and I want to read about her and the organization, but with little tension and the humor’s presence toned down as Mauve grows and the plot continues, I was left wishing for a major upset or a large problem for them to overcome that never came.
In the end, I did enjoy the characters enough to continue reading and the book fleshes them out to the point that I would want to read a sequel, provided there was more danger and more obstacles for the characters to overcome. And the stage does seem set at the end of the novel for that.
If you’re in the mood for a spy novel with some likeable characters and more levity than the typical grim seriousness of most undercover stories, you may like this. Please note, this leans more towards adults, as there is some strong language and many sexual instances throughout. Overall, I’ll give it four stars for the characters, the humor here and there, and setting the stage for what seems to be a thrilling follow-up.
I’ll say right now I haven’t read the first book in the series. Despite that, I didn’t feel lost and this story starts out with a humorous, almost wacky tone that drew me into it. We see just how in over her head Mauve is right from the get-go, from butchering languages she attempts to learn to nearly botching a mission that ends with her having an extreme allergic reaction to cats. It’s funny and well-written to the point that I was chuckling from the start through the misadventures she has.
The characters are all well-written too, such as Green, a giant of a man who seems to not know his own strength, and Cadmium, a woman with a hidden past and a very creative mind for revenge. Even the villains are thoroughly despicable and unlikeable, from incompetent sexual perverts to blackmailers holding people’s secrets against them. Of course, the humor continues even from there and it’s funny to see how Mauve interacts with them.
However, without wishing to spoil anything, the villains for the most part all share the same inept nature, which means there’s not much of a threat from them. This would be fine if the humor continued throughout like it had in the beginning. But Mauve quickly becomes a more capable agent during the story, which soon leaves her without much of a challenge, aside from sexual perverts. In fact, many of the missions seem like they run together, as she and her fellow agents use the same tactics against the villains again and again to squeeze more information out of them.
Also, Mauve isn’t always privy to how well the organization is doing against the villains and we’re left to rely on the other characters at the organization telling Mauve and us that they’re making headway. We’re told a lot of what happens instead of shown and I can’t help but feel it may have been better to switch to the point of view of these other agents or the villains themselves to show these events played out in real time instead of receiving a recap now and then. Or maybe have Mauve more involved in these side events. That and the humor and villains’ schemes seems to take a bit of a backseat in favor of focusing more on Mauve’s dating life as the book goes on, to the point that it almost seems more like a romantic comedy than a comedy spy novel. Then again, even her dating life goes almost swimmingly, so there’s not much in the way of tension there. Even when it seems like her spy work may interfere with her love life, these problems are resolved almost as quick as they come up.
This isn’t to say the writing or the book itself is bad. It’s not and the characters are all enjoyable with their different personalities. It’s just that there’s not much in the way of challenge or obstacles thrown their way. Save for a hiccup now and then, things always seem to turn out well and a lot of Mauve’s missions involve the same work, with her receiving an update of events happening off-screen. I like the character and I want to read about her and the organization, but with little tension and the humor’s presence toned down as Mauve grows and the plot continues, I was left wishing for a major upset or a large problem for them to overcome that never came.
In the end, I did enjoy the characters enough to continue reading and the book fleshes them out to the point that I would want to read a sequel, provided there was more danger and more obstacles for the characters to overcome. And the stage does seem set at the end of the novel for that.
If you’re in the mood for a spy novel with some likeable characters and more levity than the typical grim seriousness of most undercover stories, you may like this. Please note, this leans more towards adults, as there is some strong language and many sexual instances throughout. Overall, I’ll give it four stars for the characters, the humor here and there, and setting the stage for what seems to be a thrilling follow-up.
March 3, 2023
I absolutely love the MFC, I feel like she was like a mix between Penelope from criminal minds, but also Cher from clueless. The banter between all the agents is hilarious. Jordan has the kind of confidence I wish I had, and her relationship with Jeremy is so hot once they got together. It’s obviously a slow burn for this first book but you can tell it will turn into some serious steam I would give this some 2 to 3 on the spice level, ands a 5 for plot. I like a bit more detail in the smexy times but I know that’s not for everyone. I can see this becoming a good long series and I can’t wait to see more character development and the relationships.
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June 12, 2017
She ain’t no James Bond! LOL Or, Jason Bourne, for that matter, either!
In fact, she needs help with proper protocol for wearing a backless dress and walking in high heels! She’s not a klutz or anything. She’s just a video-playing-beer-and-pizza-consuming-comfortable is better kinda girl trying to play a kinky, bubbly blonde for her first mission. And, ew, so gross, the “mission” is a short, bald, older man who has something The Color Coded Agents need, (Agents Green, Blue, Red, Black, etc.,) and the only way they can get the info is by letting this sad, pathetic little gross man play with her feet. Ugh, ew, and gross! LOL
My favorite part, OMG!, is when pathetic little gross man, (oh, I forgot “sad,” too, LOL) keeps calling our Agent Mauve, over and over again, so Agent Green picks up the phone, and in his deepest, sexiest (did I just say that? LOL) voice, tells sad-pathetic-little-gross-man that Kitten (the name sad-pathetic-little-gross-man calls her) is busy right now, oh so busy, and maybe she’ll get back to sad-pathetic-little-gross-man later, if she can because she will be so tired, oh, so tired, and maybe not able to walk… and then hangs up! But it’s okay because this was to torture sad-pathetic-little-gross-man for being so gross in the first place. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do! LOL
The storyline is littered with these quick-witted, startlingly funny moments, peppered with Mauve’s can-do attitude. Mauve gets beat up by Green, her combat, martial arts trainer, choked out, bashed, beaten and concussed, and she never complains or tells him to stop. She figures it’s up to her to get better. I love the fact that she’s not whiney. She might complain about something but she doesn’t whine. One is a legitimate grievance, and the other is a sense of entitlement that others need to do for her because … just because! LOL It feels like Mauve is almost surprised that the agents consider her complaints reasonable and legitimate. Maybe they can’t do anything about the complaints but that she is validated for having them. I like when an author does stuff like this well. More complexity. Deeper. Because we as humans are complex and deeper. Shallow people are uninteresting. Mauve is very interesting. ;)
I didn’t realize this was a Book #2 in a series. I probably should have read the first in the series before this one. I wasn’t too lost, but it might have fleshed it out a little more before jumping into some weird color coded name calling! LOL I didn’t realize Mauve’s name wasn’t really Mauve, it was Clare, so I figure that had something to do with Book #1. There is a set-up for Book #3: Who is The Arm? And I’m sure the growth of the 4 Horsemen will be spectacular with great humor and snarky fun. I also can’t wait to see how Horace/Darth Vader gets integrated into Mauve’s life, that hairless wonder that nearly killed her… LOL
All in all, a good, fun book. Not what I expected. Way more fun that I’d hope for even with the whole, “What do a hacker group, a hairless cat, and a botanist with a foot fetish have in common? Agent Mauve's next mission,” set-up. I mean, I was hoping for weird, quirky fun, but this totally went sideways from that and really tickled my funny bone.
In fact, she needs help with proper protocol for wearing a backless dress and walking in high heels! She’s not a klutz or anything. She’s just a video-playing-beer-and-pizza-consuming-comfortable is better kinda girl trying to play a kinky, bubbly blonde for her first mission. And, ew, so gross, the “mission” is a short, bald, older man who has something The Color Coded Agents need, (Agents Green, Blue, Red, Black, etc.,) and the only way they can get the info is by letting this sad, pathetic little gross man play with her feet. Ugh, ew, and gross! LOL
My favorite part, OMG!, is when pathetic little gross man, (oh, I forgot “sad,” too, LOL) keeps calling our Agent Mauve, over and over again, so Agent Green picks up the phone, and in his deepest, sexiest (did I just say that? LOL) voice, tells sad-pathetic-little-gross-man that Kitten (the name sad-pathetic-little-gross-man calls her) is busy right now, oh so busy, and maybe she’ll get back to sad-pathetic-little-gross-man later, if she can because she will be so tired, oh, so tired, and maybe not able to walk… and then hangs up! But it’s okay because this was to torture sad-pathetic-little-gross-man for being so gross in the first place. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do! LOL
The storyline is littered with these quick-witted, startlingly funny moments, peppered with Mauve’s can-do attitude. Mauve gets beat up by Green, her combat, martial arts trainer, choked out, bashed, beaten and concussed, and she never complains or tells him to stop. She figures it’s up to her to get better. I love the fact that she’s not whiney. She might complain about something but she doesn’t whine. One is a legitimate grievance, and the other is a sense of entitlement that others need to do for her because … just because! LOL It feels like Mauve is almost surprised that the agents consider her complaints reasonable and legitimate. Maybe they can’t do anything about the complaints but that she is validated for having them. I like when an author does stuff like this well. More complexity. Deeper. Because we as humans are complex and deeper. Shallow people are uninteresting. Mauve is very interesting. ;)
I didn’t realize this was a Book #2 in a series. I probably should have read the first in the series before this one. I wasn’t too lost, but it might have fleshed it out a little more before jumping into some weird color coded name calling! LOL I didn’t realize Mauve’s name wasn’t really Mauve, it was Clare, so I figure that had something to do with Book #1. There is a set-up for Book #3: Who is The Arm? And I’m sure the growth of the 4 Horsemen will be spectacular with great humor and snarky fun. I also can’t wait to see how Horace/Darth Vader gets integrated into Mauve’s life, that hairless wonder that nearly killed her… LOL
All in all, a good, fun book. Not what I expected. Way more fun that I’d hope for even with the whole, “What do a hacker group, a hairless cat, and a botanist with a foot fetish have in common? Agent Mauve's next mission,” set-up. I mean, I was hoping for weird, quirky fun, but this totally went sideways from that and really tickled my funny bone.
April 29, 2018
Author J. B. Trepagnier made this reader feel as if he were with her antagonist—Clare, AKA Mauve—every waking minute (not sleeping minute—no dreams). Talk about intimacy—the lavish use of detail let us in on every thought, every emotion. Clare, the hero of Special Agent Mauve—Mission: Naughty Horace, relates what it must be like for a twenty-something to undergo training by a government espionage agency.
It was a little surprising that the agency would accept an applicant with such a thin resumé. However, the author explained that the agency had been hacked, had to send many of its agents into hiding (something like witness protection), and so were severely understaffed. The setup played nicely into the plot; the agency had to find out who hacked them and outed the identity of their agents.
While progressing nicely learning how to fight and to speak a foreign, Mauve was still not an accomplished graduate when sent out on her first mission. Her assignment was to use her good looks to weasel out information from a pathetic looking man. This loser at love was trying to pedal a bacteria he had bred that could become a bio-chemical weapon.
Her fake interest in this mark contrasted hugely with her sex life with her boyfriend. That intimacy was the main action that took place outside work. The energy never flagged.
That relationship, and her relationships with everyone at work, were likewise described thoroughly. Their back stories, their tendencies, made them all real individuals. The language in general and the dialog in particular was very contemporary and realistic for the college age set.
The buildup to the big confrontation with the bad guys was very gradual. What kept it from dragging was that the story felt so realistic, via the intimate experiences of Clare during training and during free-time frolicking. Life was good!
There was not much in the way of setting, as is often the case in stories about spy agencies. But the book is part of series; perhaps all that was established earlier. If you want a day-in-the-life feeling of an agent in training, Special Agent Mauve—Mission: Naughty Horace is a book for you.
It was a little surprising that the agency would accept an applicant with such a thin resumé. However, the author explained that the agency had been hacked, had to send many of its agents into hiding (something like witness protection), and so were severely understaffed. The setup played nicely into the plot; the agency had to find out who hacked them and outed the identity of their agents.
While progressing nicely learning how to fight and to speak a foreign, Mauve was still not an accomplished graduate when sent out on her first mission. Her assignment was to use her good looks to weasel out information from a pathetic looking man. This loser at love was trying to pedal a bacteria he had bred that could become a bio-chemical weapon.
Her fake interest in this mark contrasted hugely with her sex life with her boyfriend. That intimacy was the main action that took place outside work. The energy never flagged.
That relationship, and her relationships with everyone at work, were likewise described thoroughly. Their back stories, their tendencies, made them all real individuals. The language in general and the dialog in particular was very contemporary and realistic for the college age set.
The buildup to the big confrontation with the bad guys was very gradual. What kept it from dragging was that the story felt so realistic, via the intimate experiences of Clare during training and during free-time frolicking. Life was good!
There was not much in the way of setting, as is often the case in stories about spy agencies. But the book is part of series; perhaps all that was established earlier. If you want a day-in-the-life feeling of an agent in training, Special Agent Mauve—Mission: Naughty Horace is a book for you.
September 26, 2017
This was a fun and quick read, my first book from the author.
The book is told from only one character: Clare, Agent Mauve. Her wit and sassy character make her instantly likable. Agent Mauve is learning the ropes of being a spy among other color-coded agents –Red, Black, Green. And I’m surprised when they are all supportive of her and guide her through. She always feels the need to prove herself – and goes to lengths she doesn’t need to in the line of work.
The story is not thriller-slash-action-slash-gripping type. It is more a Chick Lit genre. It focuses on Agent Mauve, her struggle to fit in with other agents, and her new relationship with Jeremy. A sweet one at that. They both have to pretend to court and flirt (gross! But it’s the job) to solve the mission. That adds to some jealousy/friction.
I find myself chuckle and smile many times throughout the book, esp at the agent being mauled by Horace the hairless cat. No harm was done though it turns out she was allergic. But she gets the job done, retrieves and downloads the files while being attacked by Horace. How sweet that she gets to cuddle Horace in the end without being mauled.
I love the snappy dialogue (this is Clare and Green, her trainer).
“You want me to come at you with a knife?”
“I’ll be wearing a protective suit. I thought this would be fun for you.”
“Stabbing at you?”
“How else you going to learn?” he joked, clapping me on the back so hard I nearly ended up on the floor.
“You hit your girlfriend like that?”
“No. She’d break my face. I touch her like the delicate, face kicking princess that she is.”
“Are you going to hit me like that when I can kick you in the face?”
“I’m going to keep hitting you like that until you also become a delicate, face kicking princess.”
The book also paves the way for the next one: who’s the hacker in the WH? Who’s the Arm? Agent Mauve is onto the next mission.
Enjoyable, fun, quick read.
The book is told from only one character: Clare, Agent Mauve. Her wit and sassy character make her instantly likable. Agent Mauve is learning the ropes of being a spy among other color-coded agents –Red, Black, Green. And I’m surprised when they are all supportive of her and guide her through. She always feels the need to prove herself – and goes to lengths she doesn’t need to in the line of work.
The story is not thriller-slash-action-slash-gripping type. It is more a Chick Lit genre. It focuses on Agent Mauve, her struggle to fit in with other agents, and her new relationship with Jeremy. A sweet one at that. They both have to pretend to court and flirt (gross! But it’s the job) to solve the mission. That adds to some jealousy/friction.
I find myself chuckle and smile many times throughout the book, esp at the agent being mauled by Horace the hairless cat. No harm was done though it turns out she was allergic. But she gets the job done, retrieves and downloads the files while being attacked by Horace. How sweet that she gets to cuddle Horace in the end without being mauled.
I love the snappy dialogue (this is Clare and Green, her trainer).
“You want me to come at you with a knife?”
“I’ll be wearing a protective suit. I thought this would be fun for you.”
“Stabbing at you?”
“How else you going to learn?” he joked, clapping me on the back so hard I nearly ended up on the floor.
“You hit your girlfriend like that?”
“No. She’d break my face. I touch her like the delicate, face kicking princess that she is.”
“Are you going to hit me like that when I can kick you in the face?”
“I’m going to keep hitting you like that until you also become a delicate, face kicking princess.”
The book also paves the way for the next one: who’s the hacker in the WH? Who’s the Arm? Agent Mauve is onto the next mission.
Enjoyable, fun, quick read.
June 19, 2017
Mission: Naughty Horace is not typically the type of book I would normally read, but I’m glad I did. Special Agent Mauve is a kick-ass female protagonist! She’s smart but insecure, determined, and has a dry wit that you may miss if you’re not paying attention. And, although, Mauve is a rookie agent just cutting her chops in the world of espionage, she still carries with her that down-home, girl next door charm about herself.
In a nutshell, the plot follows Mauve as she embarks on her first assignment. It’s easy enough, or so she thinks, just be a piece of drunken eye-candy and then sneak into a hotel room to steal a little data. But, unfortunately, things don’t go that smoothly. That’s, because, Horace just so happens to be in the room and he gives Agent Mauve a taste of his mind.
With the story being built around a bacterium that has the potential to become weaponized and thereby threaten the world, Mission: Naughty Horace takes the reader on a series of peaks and valleys as the plot plays out. And, with a good dose of humor sprinkled throughout, I was thoroughly entertained how everything unfolded.
For the most part, Trepagnier keeps the story moving; the flow I would say is steady at an above average pace. The writing is not too verbose nor overly simplistic and predictable.
I’m going to give Mission: Naughty Horace 5 stars because it was a story that truly kept my attention and made me not want to put it down, or when I did, it made me want to go running back to it. I would recommend this book to friends and family, it’s a winner!!!
In a nutshell, the plot follows Mauve as she embarks on her first assignment. It’s easy enough, or so she thinks, just be a piece of drunken eye-candy and then sneak into a hotel room to steal a little data. But, unfortunately, things don’t go that smoothly. That’s, because, Horace just so happens to be in the room and he gives Agent Mauve a taste of his mind.
With the story being built around a bacterium that has the potential to become weaponized and thereby threaten the world, Mission: Naughty Horace takes the reader on a series of peaks and valleys as the plot plays out. And, with a good dose of humor sprinkled throughout, I was thoroughly entertained how everything unfolded.
For the most part, Trepagnier keeps the story moving; the flow I would say is steady at an above average pace. The writing is not too verbose nor overly simplistic and predictable.
I’m going to give Mission: Naughty Horace 5 stars because it was a story that truly kept my attention and made me not want to put it down, or when I did, it made me want to go running back to it. I would recommend this book to friends and family, it’s a winner!!!
January 27, 2018
What Do You Get When A Kick-Ass Kitten Meets A Foot Fetishist? Pure Entertainment.
Smart and sassy, it’s apparent from the get-go that Trepagnier had as much fun writing this novel as readers will have, diving into the life of Agent Mauve. Oysters, snails, figs, and chocolate aside, my favorite moment, which sums up the way our heroine is all-too-human, is when she comes back to her apartment with her skin itching and burning beyond belief. She draws a bath and pours in instant oatmeal packets for soothing relief, but since it is instant apple cinnamon, it makes her skin burn more than before she jumped in—a hilarious and relatable situation. But, aside from missteps such as that, who wouldn’t want to be a special agent? Who wouldn’t want to master Mandarin Chinese? Who wouldn’t want to be strapped with two Glocks? Who wouldn’t want to find a new file on their computer called MISSION 9188675 and know that adventure lay ahead (this time out involving bacterium that can either be used for good—developing medications and vaccines—or evil, used as a weapon)? Who wouldn’t want to wear stilletto heels and a backless dress that plunged to one’s belly button in front and be able to pull it off? Who wouldn’t want to join someone in putting down an extra-large pizza, brownie, and close to a case of beer for dinner and not gain a ton of weight? Who wouldn’t want hot sex with a great boyfriend like Jeremy? The Horace in the title, by the way, is a cat, and not a particularly nice one, but he just adds to mayhem, madness, and flat-out good fun.
Smart and sassy, it’s apparent from the get-go that Trepagnier had as much fun writing this novel as readers will have, diving into the life of Agent Mauve. Oysters, snails, figs, and chocolate aside, my favorite moment, which sums up the way our heroine is all-too-human, is when she comes back to her apartment with her skin itching and burning beyond belief. She draws a bath and pours in instant oatmeal packets for soothing relief, but since it is instant apple cinnamon, it makes her skin burn more than before she jumped in—a hilarious and relatable situation. But, aside from missteps such as that, who wouldn’t want to be a special agent? Who wouldn’t want to master Mandarin Chinese? Who wouldn’t want to be strapped with two Glocks? Who wouldn’t want to find a new file on their computer called MISSION 9188675 and know that adventure lay ahead (this time out involving bacterium that can either be used for good—developing medications and vaccines—or evil, used as a weapon)? Who wouldn’t want to wear stilletto heels and a backless dress that plunged to one’s belly button in front and be able to pull it off? Who wouldn’t want to join someone in putting down an extra-large pizza, brownie, and close to a case of beer for dinner and not gain a ton of weight? Who wouldn’t want hot sex with a great boyfriend like Jeremy? The Horace in the title, by the way, is a cat, and not a particularly nice one, but he just adds to mayhem, madness, and flat-out good fun.
August 18, 2017
Having read the first book in this series, I was quite eager to get stuck in. I can tell you, I wasn't disappointed. The story centres around Clare (Agent Mauve). She almost reminds me of the MC in Get Smart, clumsy for the most part, but quite skilled at her job.
I like the fact that the author used the first person POV for her MC. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But in this case it does work. The first half of the book centres around Agent Mauve's training, and her first mission..to retrieve data from a man called Clarence, which has some comic results. Throughout the rest of the story she keeps meeting with Clarence and getting information out of him... also wondering who she can trust along the way.
For the most part, the story is well written, with only a handful of minor errors. But I tend to rate a book on good content and plot...and this one ticks all the boxes.
I like the fact that the author used the first person POV for her MC. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But in this case it does work. The first half of the book centres around Agent Mauve's training, and her first mission..to retrieve data from a man called Clarence, which has some comic results. Throughout the rest of the story she keeps meeting with Clarence and getting information out of him... also wondering who she can trust along the way.
For the most part, the story is well written, with only a handful of minor errors. But I tend to rate a book on good content and plot...and this one ticks all the boxes.
August 1, 2017
Zany R-rated Comedy
This was a fun read with a fast-paced plot and lots of laughs. The R-rated parts are as funny as they are raunchy. Have a sense of humor when reading.
For some reason, I thought this was book 1 in the series. No harm done because it was easy to get into without any confusing parts. It reminded me of the old Get Smart show from the ‘60s without the dumb parts.
The protagonist is the perfect quirky but tough special agent who can hold her own while still being down to earth and believable. I could have done without the hairless cat since they’re just creepy, but at least it wasn't a rat.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This was a fun read with a fast-paced plot and lots of laughs. The R-rated parts are as funny as they are raunchy. Have a sense of humor when reading.
For some reason, I thought this was book 1 in the series. No harm done because it was easy to get into without any confusing parts. It reminded me of the old Get Smart show from the ‘60s without the dumb parts.
The protagonist is the perfect quirky but tough special agent who can hold her own while still being down to earth and believable. I could have done without the hairless cat since they’re just creepy, but at least it wasn't a rat.
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
March 10, 2023
Omg, I've never laughed so hard in my life. The pigeons, the hairless cat attack! Oops I Did It Again was a riot, I love when I find crazy authors that think outside of the box.
Jordan is crazy but in the best possible way and while she's not the sharpest tool in the shed she has spirit, a sense of humor, works her butt off, and has a good heart. There's an innocence about her that draws people in if they give her the chance. I would be friends with her.
I should also mention that Jordan has no clue when it comes to romantic entanglements. How she manages to find herself a harem is beyond me. The girl doesn't realize when people have feelings, she doesn't even know how to flirt, no judgment (because I can't talk) just fact. First up is the sexy nerd, Jeremy who has been her best friend for years. They've always vibe perfect and he finally got the balls to make a move the bff is tatted up and pierced and fine. I wholly approve. Moose, aka Luke, is Jordan's trainer. He teaches Jordan physical combat in a way she can get. Luke is a really good teacher and the friend that she needs, the man is a big ole softie and the attraction is there. There will be FF in this series but it's lite in this book, this is new for Jordan, she's figuring it out. Finally, there is Casper who was a little uptight and more than a little uppity but he comes around. This is more of a slow burn, the harem is just starting to come together.
It was like a rom-com and spy thriller had a baby but was pretty hilarious. Seriously every one of the harem members plus the mfc really don't have a clue about each other, there were friends-to-lovers. Add in the fact that this book had checked all the boxes for a spy thriller. Codenames and training, surveillance and seduction, hackers and a mysterious formula, spies being outed and so many laugh-out-loud moments that had me cracking up.
Oops I Did It Again was a delight. I had so much fun reading this book. I could totally see this being a movie I would obsess over. I love to find authors who have such a unique perspective, they give the best and most creative stories usually filled with smut while also having an excellent plot, the humor is just a bonus and I've found that with JB Trepagnier. Oops is just the first book in the series, I can't wait for the hijinks to continue.
Jordan is crazy but in the best possible way and while she's not the sharpest tool in the shed she has spirit, a sense of humor, works her butt off, and has a good heart. There's an innocence about her that draws people in if they give her the chance. I would be friends with her.
I should also mention that Jordan has no clue when it comes to romantic entanglements. How she manages to find herself a harem is beyond me. The girl doesn't realize when people have feelings, she doesn't even know how to flirt, no judgment (because I can't talk) just fact. First up is the sexy nerd, Jeremy who has been her best friend for years. They've always vibe perfect and he finally got the balls to make a move the bff is tatted up and pierced and fine. I wholly approve. Moose, aka Luke, is Jordan's trainer. He teaches Jordan physical combat in a way she can get. Luke is a really good teacher and the friend that she needs, the man is a big ole softie and the attraction is there. There will be FF in this series but it's lite in this book, this is new for Jordan, she's figuring it out. Finally, there is Casper who was a little uptight and more than a little uppity but he comes around. This is more of a slow burn, the harem is just starting to come together.
It was like a rom-com and spy thriller had a baby but was pretty hilarious. Seriously every one of the harem members plus the mfc really don't have a clue about each other, there were friends-to-lovers. Add in the fact that this book had checked all the boxes for a spy thriller. Codenames and training, surveillance and seduction, hackers and a mysterious formula, spies being outed and so many laugh-out-loud moments that had me cracking up.
Oops I Did It Again was a delight. I had so much fun reading this book. I could totally see this being a movie I would obsess over. I love to find authors who have such a unique perspective, they give the best and most creative stories usually filled with smut while also having an excellent plot, the humor is just a bonus and I've found that with JB Trepagnier. Oops is just the first book in the series, I can't wait for the hijinks to continue.
March 14, 2023
So hilarious. I stopped breathing because I laughed so hard at some parts.
Do not take an online course to be a spy. Do not do tae boe videos for self defense and do not use a potato gun to practice shooting. Pigeons LOL.
It worked for Jordan though.
Jordan and Jeremy are so CUTE.
Jordan's interview outfit, snork, ha ha. Her jumping on the chair wiggling and celebrating, so funny.
Casper had his doubts about Jordan being able to become a spy.
Jordan's first mission , eww but so funny.
Poor Jordan getting attacked by the cat, ouch, ouch. But so funny what she did to Luke when he was yelling at her to become one with the pain, he did not see that coming.
Clarence and his sick feet kink. Eww. I would scrub my skin for hours in the shower.
I love Luke, Casper, Bailey and Jeremy. I want to be like Bailey, she is tough and outspoken.
Jordan starts having feelings for all of them. Will she stay faithfully to Jeremy or will go for all of them. No female with female scenes in this book.
Jordan may be able to save the world because the botanist can not resist her feet.
Find out if Horace the cat can win Jordan over to liking him?.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Do not take an online course to be a spy. Do not do tae boe videos for self defense and do not use a potato gun to practice shooting. Pigeons LOL.
It worked for Jordan though.
Jordan and Jeremy are so CUTE.
Jordan's interview outfit, snork, ha ha. Her jumping on the chair wiggling and celebrating, so funny.
Casper had his doubts about Jordan being able to become a spy.
Jordan's first mission , eww but so funny.
Poor Jordan getting attacked by the cat, ouch, ouch. But so funny what she did to Luke when he was yelling at her to become one with the pain, he did not see that coming.
Clarence and his sick feet kink. Eww. I would scrub my skin for hours in the shower.
I love Luke, Casper, Bailey and Jeremy. I want to be like Bailey, she is tough and outspoken.
Jordan starts having feelings for all of them. Will she stay faithfully to Jeremy or will go for all of them. No female with female scenes in this book.
Jordan may be able to save the world because the botanist can not resist her feet.
Find out if Horace the cat can win Jordan over to liking him?.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 20, 2023
A new series!
I love the tropes this author comes up with to write about. In Oops, I Did it Again, Jordan is a hapless call tech at an insurance agency. She spends her day taking calls from unfortunate and often angry claimants. All she can do is take down their claim and commiserate with them. Anything beyond that would require a state license. Her absolute bestie, Jeremy, is a programmer. When he calls to share the news that all the spy companies have had their agents leaked to the public, Jordan gets a wild idea on how to pull herself out of mediocrity. She's going to become a spy!
Expect to giggle and flat out lol. Jordan is definitely not your standard spy material, but she is endearing, if not romantically clueless. She is totally in love with Jeremy but thinks she's been friend-zoned. The romance is a total friends-to-lovers slow build RH. I can't wait for the next in the series.
I love the tropes this author comes up with to write about. In Oops, I Did it Again, Jordan is a hapless call tech at an insurance agency. She spends her day taking calls from unfortunate and often angry claimants. All she can do is take down their claim and commiserate with them. Anything beyond that would require a state license. Her absolute bestie, Jeremy, is a programmer. When he calls to share the news that all the spy companies have had their agents leaked to the public, Jordan gets a wild idea on how to pull herself out of mediocrity. She's going to become a spy!
Expect to giggle and flat out lol. Jordan is definitely not your standard spy material, but she is endearing, if not romantically clueless. She is totally in love with Jeremy but thinks she's been friend-zoned. The romance is a total friends-to-lovers slow build RH. I can't wait for the next in the series.
May 25, 2023
Our heroine is new to her job, but she is not going to let that stop her. Of course, the bad guys are going to be pulling their punches either, so she better learn fast.
This is book one of the series, so a fine place to start.
This is a paranormal reverse harem romance with spy stuff. What fun! The story is well written and easy to read. The characters are well done, with nice backgrounds and unique personalities. I really liked our heroine as she has a good bit of spunk and is definitely fun to watch in action. The story involves a nice bit of action and intrigue, as well as a healthy dose of humor. Overall, it makes for a great start to the series and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout for review purposes.
This is book one of the series, so a fine place to start.
This is a paranormal reverse harem romance with spy stuff. What fun! The story is well written and easy to read. The characters are well done, with nice backgrounds and unique personalities. I really liked our heroine as she has a good bit of spunk and is definitely fun to watch in action. The story involves a nice bit of action and intrigue, as well as a healthy dose of humor. Overall, it makes for a great start to the series and I can't wait to see what happens next.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout for review purposes.
June 27, 2023
*No Spoilers* Book 1 -That Super Secret Spy School I'm Not Supposed to Know About series- Adult read, slow burn, RH, Humour
The perfect summer read; a fast paced, feel good romp with Jordan, the most delightful, naive and likeable FMC you could meet.
You laugh and cringe along with her escapades and get hot under the collar too with all the potential suitors that get her pulse racing.
Dropped in at the deep end Jordan has her nemesis's from pigeons to bald cats and the focus on feet instigated a pedicure for me -my feet are so pretty now! lol
Great character development, slow build in the Harem but great potential for fireworks, loving Moose by the way. All the characters diverse and full of personality and quirks, story arc superb and blends adventure with romance perfectly; this just pops for me.
Love this book and cannot rate it highly enough, roll on Book two.
The perfect summer read; a fast paced, feel good romp with Jordan, the most delightful, naive and likeable FMC you could meet.
You laugh and cringe along with her escapades and get hot under the collar too with all the potential suitors that get her pulse racing.
Dropped in at the deep end Jordan has her nemesis's from pigeons to bald cats and the focus on feet instigated a pedicure for me -my feet are so pretty now! lol
Great character development, slow build in the Harem but great potential for fireworks, loving Moose by the way. All the characters diverse and full of personality and quirks, story arc superb and blends adventure with romance perfectly; this just pops for me.
Love this book and cannot rate it highly enough, roll on Book two.
March 13, 2023
OMGGG... y'all! This book was GREAT. I love Jordan, she's hilarious, so your everyday gal, everyone wants to be her friend kind of gal.
This book has it all, spies, hacking, fighting, hot guys and girls, some really kinky criminal element, and so much more.
At just under 400 pages, this one will keep you laughing and wondering what's going to happen page after page. Warning, if you're here for the why choose, it's barely starting in this one, but there is promises of a lot of good stuff coming in later book.
This book will have you in STITCHES! Watch what you drinking and where when you read this one.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book has it all, spies, hacking, fighting, hot guys and girls, some really kinky criminal element, and so much more.
At just under 400 pages, this one will keep you laughing and wondering what's going to happen page after page. Warning, if you're here for the why choose, it's barely starting in this one, but there is promises of a lot of good stuff coming in later book.
This book will have you in STITCHES! Watch what you drinking and where when you read this one.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
March 7, 2023
ever laughed thru an entire book… read this one!
Ok so I absolutely LOVE all JB’s books (yep read them all) but seriously this is my absolute fbombing favorite! Very quirky FMC, there is this whole thing about “stalker pigeons” obsessed with potatoes that I just can’t explain. Slow starting harem, but ouch it’s a HOT one. Do not drink anything while reading this book… you will shoot that sh*t from every hole in your face and choke on the liquid while you die of laughter-choking (I’m sure that’s a thing). Absolute Must Read. JB bring us more naked cats chasing Yoda on a string! 🤗
Ok so I absolutely LOVE all JB’s books (yep read them all) but seriously this is my absolute fbombing favorite! Very quirky FMC, there is this whole thing about “stalker pigeons” obsessed with potatoes that I just can’t explain. Slow starting harem, but ouch it’s a HOT one. Do not drink anything while reading this book… you will shoot that sh*t from every hole in your face and choke on the liquid while you die of laughter-choking (I’m sure that’s a thing). Absolute Must Read. JB bring us more naked cats chasing Yoda on a string! 🤗
March 9, 2023
Read : March 9, 2023
Rating :4,5 Stars
This was pretty much funny from start to finish.
I liked our mc, even though she does learn stuff freakishly fast, she also put in effort and I liked that part since it's usually just *magically* improves in 2 days.
Some transitions were a bit odd, to me, but maybe that's because I'm tired AF right now.
I will most definitely read the next book.
- The cover model looks so weird to me, I think it's mainly the pose with the footwear, that doesn't look like it would work well. Or is it just me? -
Rating :4,5 Stars
This was pretty much funny from start to finish.
I liked our mc, even though she does learn stuff freakishly fast, she also put in effort and I liked that part since it's usually just *magically* improves in 2 days.
Some transitions were a bit odd, to me, but maybe that's because I'm tired AF right now.
I will most definitely read the next book.
- The cover model looks so weird to me, I think it's mainly the pose with the footwear, that doesn't look like it would work well. Or is it just me? -
March 11, 2023
Super agent
I loved it and can't wait for the next book. I love Mauve, she paid to take a fake agent course and had to think outside the box to score on the fighting and shooting parts. So funny. Interactions with Clarence and Horace were hilarious and gross! Byzantium is like the perfect boyfriend, so sweet. Mauve and Byzantium are living the dream. And at the end they are thinking they may be into poly romance with their roommates. Oh lalala. I want to hug Moose to. So good, lots of action and plenty of fun. I highly recommend.
I loved it and can't wait for the next book. I love Mauve, she paid to take a fake agent course and had to think outside the box to score on the fighting and shooting parts. So funny. Interactions with Clarence and Horace were hilarious and gross! Byzantium is like the perfect boyfriend, so sweet. Mauve and Byzantium are living the dream. And at the end they are thinking they may be into poly romance with their roommates. Oh lalala. I want to hug Moose to. So good, lots of action and plenty of fun. I highly recommend.
February 3, 2024
I really wanted to love this! But other than the beginning of the book, the rest of it was mostly plot and whilst it was okay it wasn't overly interesting or exciting. Admittedly skimmed a bit!
I can enjoy a slow burn but there isn't much chemistry between all the characters other than them getting on well and occasionally thinking they like each other.
The spice scenes are very minimal and glossed over too, and for a whychoose genre you expect a bit more from it.
I did actually like the FMC character though, her personality was fun.
I can enjoy a slow burn but there isn't much chemistry between all the characters other than them getting on well and occasionally thinking they like each other.
The spice scenes are very minimal and glossed over too, and for a whychoose genre you expect a bit more from it.
I did actually like the FMC character though, her personality was fun.
March 12, 2023
OMG this was so good! A well written story where we meet our fmc who has taken a six week online course to become a spy! It’s a hilarious, laugh out loud and entertaining tale that has fantastic world and character building especially our fmc who has absolutely no filter and ends up saying the most craziest things at times as she gets sent to spy school and meets some very intriguing characters. I have to say I really really enjoyed this and cannot wait for book two!
March 18, 2023
Funny Beginning to a Why-Choose Spy Romance
Jordan wants to quit her job answering phones at an insurance company, so she decides to go to “spy school”. It fake, but it gets her in the door at Stantech. From there, Jordan’s life keeps getting better… and worst. I’m expecting this to be a great new series; Luke (Green), Casper (Red), Bailey (Cadmium), and Jeremy (Byzantium - who even knew that was a colour!?) are a hoot!
March 7, 2023
Absolutely Fantastic. Jordan is such an amazing character. I also really enjoyed Bailey. Those two are my favorite characters. The other agents are great also. I'm really excited to read the rest of the series and see what happens.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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