The Geneva Decision: Pia Sabel #1

by Seeley James

• ISBN10: 0988699605
• ISBN13: 9780988699601
• Publish Date: 1 April 2013 (first published 1 February 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Seeley James
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 276
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jeff Sexton]

Entertaining Read, Highly Enjoyable. First time I've ever read a book with a young female soccer player for a lead, and it was very enjoyable. Solid mystery, I had the end game partially wrong. By the end, I kept hearing Chris Pine's James T. Kirk yelling "stop that!" quite frequently. (Read the book and you'll get it. :D)

I really enjoyed this. Pia is awesome. She values honesty and guts and the friendship that grew between her and Tania was the best. It was interesting to see a former soccer player turn semi vigilante. Her billionaire adopted father has let her take over his security business for reasons which weren't really discussed. She has to overcome her inexperience and the hurdles that come with being given something you haven't exactly earned.

As a former gold medal soccer player, Pia is determined, dedicated and methodical in her approach to her self appointed mission and her investigation into corruption. She's against injustice and is willing to fight to make things right. With her years of martial arts training and her unique perspective on how competitive soccer is similar to military dedication, this was an extremely entertaining read. She reminds me a little of Gaia from [b:Fearless|282210|Fearless (Fearless, #1)|Francine Pascal|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1338250270s/282210.jpg|1033180] by [a:Francine Pascal|2423|Francine Pascal|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1337593664p2/2423.jpg] in that she doesn't really seem to have all that much fear. The supporting cast was amusing and I liked that Pia doesn't take their insults to heart but as encouragement to prove them wrong.

I was a bit surprised - I only read the Sabel Security 1-3 summary and not the individual summary of The Geneva Decision - so I kept waiting for Jacob Stearne to show up and he doesn't. Apparently he appears in the next one. Pia was a lot more level headed and nicer than I was expecting - I kind of thought she'd be more psychotic with her killer lover soldier wrapped around her finger. Maybe that'll be in the next one, but I can't quite see it now that I've read the first one.

Either way this was very enjoyable. The mystery was good. Lots of action. And the characters were riveting. Can't wait to get started on the next one.