Published: Nov. 08, 2012
Words: 98,355 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301805907

Short description

Zoey, now a sixteen year old girl has lived with the memory of watching her adopted parents murdered for ten years now. Filled with frustration, she started going out in the streets of NYC at night, trying to stop history from repeating itself. Now as the attention of some unwanted people start to draw towards her, she has to ask herself, is it all really worth it?

Extended description

Zoey Aquarius D'Bandit has lived with the memory of watching her adopted parents murdered at age six years old for ten years now. She remembers every detail as if it was yesterday, but the detail that she remembers the most is the eyes, his eyes, the murderer’s eyes. A case that has never gone solved, a murderer who has never gotten justice. A case that still haunts her every night she walks the streets of New York City, looking for trouble, trouble to stop, justice to be served. Since age eleven, she has been going out at night by herself to help those like her parents who have never been helped, to stop some of the present crimes from replaying her own history. To change the lives of as many people as she can. Her wits and hard training has been enough to get her out of trouble for a number of years since then. But now, as attention of some unwanted people starts to close in on her, she has to ask the question: Is it really worth it? Is she really HELPING the people around her, o.. (Read more) Zoey Aquarius D'Bandit has lived with the memory of watching her adopted parents murdered at age six years old for ten years now. She remembers every detail as if it was yesterday, but the detail that she remembers the most is the eyes, his eyes, the murderer’s eyes. A case that has never gone solved, a murderer who has never gotten justice. A case that still haunts her every night she walks the streets of New York City, looking for trouble, trouble to stop, justice to be served. Since age eleven, she has been going out at night by herself to help those like her parents who have never been helped, to stop some of the present crimes from replaying her own history. To change the lives of as many people as she can. Her wits and hard training has been enough to get her out of trouble for a number of years since then. But now, as attention of some unwanted people starts to close in on her, she has to ask the question: Is it really worth it? Is she really HELPING the people around her, or just destroying any chance at a decent future for herself? As the world around her seems to keep on crumbling, hope and some people who have her back, is all she has to hang on to, is that really enough?
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Tags

crime, mystery, new york city, heroine action

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Review by: brittany perez on Feb. 13, 2013 :
I thought the story has good potential you have a good story, very intense and a lot of details. I feel that there are sometimes too many details for example as you are walking I think you describe too much of what you see. This takes away on what you should be focusing on and what’s going to happen next, but the good part is the necessary details, the way you described everything that’s important in the scene. I didn’t understand in the beginning when character was jogging and seen the 3 little kids behind the fence, you stated that they were 3 years younger than you, but you are 16 how would they be 3 years younger than you. In one other scene the character bought a cell phone to call 911, she took out a piece of paper and wrote (messily), the word “messily” I know it’s an adverb and you used it correctly but I suggest you use another word because it doesn’t sound right it throws off the sentence. I enjoyed the book and I wish you luck with it.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Shambhawi Paudel on Feb. 07, 2013 : (no rating)
I am not rating this book because I believe this is not the final book. This book needs a thorough reread, edit and lots of changing in it.

In all fairness, this book had a really interesting premise. A girl fighting injustice done to her through her own sense of justice. This could have been turned into a really, really good story.

Even if I was not distracted by the grammatical errors, errors in punctuation and stuff - which I mostly was - it seemed at all times that the author was trying too hard. Herman had this really good story but she couldn't deliver it well. It is not that she is bad writer - though she could try using a simpler language that does not seem to scripted or trying. It is that the reader feels like they are reading the unedited first draft of the manuscript where the author's thoughts are flowing freely on the paper but lack structure or edition.

If an edited version of the book is ever available I'd be happy to give it another go. Until then this is an unrated review.

This ebook was provided to me by the author in exchange of an honest review
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Samantha Randolph on Jan. 24, 2013 :
Bandit Flame is the story of a girl protecting her city and trying to solve her parent's murder from her childhood. There is a lot of action and mysteries to be solved.
I loved the base of this book. I loved the overall idea of a teen girl trying to save her world. However, this isn't a book I would recommend. I think the effort was great, and there is so much potential in this book, but it held a lot of problems. The grammar and even spelling in parts needs so much work. This book needs a hard core edit. While I was reading it, I couldn't focus on the story, because I was so distracted by the constant run-on sentences and other grammar errors. I think after a good edit, my rating would go up a few stars.
Almost on every page, about one to five words, sometimes more, would be completely capitalized. These words were like that to put emphasis on the words; I understand that. However, I felt like that was way too strong; it seemed like the page was screaming at me. The sarcastic elements in the dialogue are nice, but let them speak for themselves, or consider italicizing them instead to get the point across. It made it seem like the narrator was going to get hurt trying to get my attention, but if the capitalization had been relaxed, she would have gotten plenty of it without trying that hard.
I felt the plot wasn't bad. It seemed to take it a while for big things to start happening, but it did have some direction. Like I said, the basics are great. The writing just needs a lot of maturing.
I think I would be willing to give the second book a try, but only if these big issues were fixed. While content is extremely important, it is hard to notice it when a book needs some serious editing. After editing, there is definitely something here, and it would be great to see this author's potential really developed.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Samantha Randolph on Jan. 24, 2013 :
Bandit Flame is the story of a girl protecting her city and trying to solve her parent's murder from her childhood. There is a lot of action and mysteries to be solved.
I loved the base of this book. I loved the overall idea of a teen girl trying to save her world. However, this isn't a book I would recommend. I think the effort was great, and there is so much potential in this book, but it held a lot of problems. The grammar and even spelling in parts needs so much work. This book needs a hard core edit. While I was reading it, I couldn't focus on the story, because I was so distracted by the constant run-on sentences and other grammar errors. I think after a good edit, my rating would go up a few stars.
Almost on every page, about one to five words, sometimes more, would be completely capitalized. These words were like that to put emphasis on the words; I understand that. However, I felt like that was way too strong; it seemed like the page was screaming at me. The sarcastic elements in the dialogue are nice, but let them speak for themselves, or consider italicizing them instead to get the point across. It made it seem like the narrator was going to get hurt trying to get my attention, but if the capitalization had been relaxed, she would have gotten plenty of it without trying that hard.
I felt the plot wasn't bad. It seemed to take it a while for big things to start happening, but it did have some direction. Like I said, the basics are great. The writing just needs a lot of maturing.
I think I would be willing to give the second book a try, but only if these big issues were fixed. While content is extremely important, it is hard to notice it when a book needs some serious editing. After editing, there is definitely something here, and it would be great to see this author's potential really developed.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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