"Fast-paced, dangerous take on computer games gone mad."
Reviewed by Sabrina Marino
Posted May 16, 2005
Contemporary Chick Lit | Mystery Woman Sleuth
In this electronic world, we enter our personal information
on a computer and trust that those who receive it will
guard it. The reality is that we don't really know who sees
this personal information. A person should always think
before pushing the send button on a computer. Melanie
Prescott will now. It seems Melanie provided a personal
profile a few years ago for some computer game she'd played
and now that game has come to life -- to take her life. Melanie is an intelligent blonde. She loves designer
clothes and expensive shoes are her passion. She could shop
forever and probably shops in her sleep. While Melanie is a
true shopaholic, she's also a brain at mathematical codes.
She has to use this knowledge to survive the deadly "game"
and time is running out. Matthew Stryker never played the game, but he'd entered his
profile a few years back. Without a choice, Stryker has
been sucked into the reality game. His role is to protect
Melanie and keep her alive -- a role he intends to fulfill
at all costs. However, the assassin plans on being the only
winner in this game -- he loves the thrill of killing people. Melanie trusts Matthew, once he convinces her he isn't
trying to kill her, and soon she finds her attraction for
him builds. And who wouldn't find this hunk of a Marine
desirable? One of his best qualities is that he can admit
when he doesn't know something, and he isn't afraid to let
Melanie show him a thing or two. THE GIVENCHY CODE is an interesting take on computer games
gone mad. It's full of excitement, danger and puzzles that
made me want to look up all the mathematical problems
referred to as Melanie and Matthew traverse Manhattan
trying to find all the clues to end the "game." I enjoyed
the relationship between Melanie and Matthew and zipped
through this fast-paced story in one setting. I simply
could not put it down. I recommend this high-fashion
heroine's story to anyone who wants to sit and enjoy a
chilling plot and a couple who really show what being
partners is all about.
SUMMARY
As if a recent break-up, scrounging for rent money, and
lusting after designer shoes weren't enough to make
graduate student Melanie Prescott's life challenging,
suddenly she's practically living The DaVinci Code. A mysterious stranger is sending obscure codes and clues
her way and she soon discovers she has to solve them in
order to stay alive. With stakes like that, her
dissertation on "the derivation and primary characteristics
of codes and ciphers used by prevailing nations during
wartime" is looking a little less important than it was
yesterday. Right now she's just worrying about living to
see tomorrow. The only bright spot in the whole freakish nightmare is
Matthew Stryker, the six-foot tall dark and handsome
stranger who's determined to protect her. Well, that and
the millions of dollars that will be her reward if she
survives this deadly game. And she'd better survive.
Because that's a heck of a lot of money to be able to spend
on shoes and handbags and sunglasses and dresses, and,
well, it's hard to be fashionable when you're dead.
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