There’s some action in the book but because it was so slow in moving along, it was not enough to keep my interest. By this time I was ‘pot committed’ as poker players would say, so I continued reading. By pages 215, yes I am counting the pages I was hoping it would be more exciting. It’s not a gripping thriller like I’d thought it would be. I was losing patience about this time and thought of not finishing it. The book was really slow to start and by chapter 4, I was wondering if it would move along and pull me in. I don’t mind slow to get moving, if it gets moving. Oh boy, this book was so very slow in its pace! I have more negative things to say about this book so I am just going to go ahead and start with that. However, The Chemist was a big disappointment for me. I have read her renowned Twilight series (which I loved) and also The Host, which I enjoyed. This book is not what I’d expect from Stephenie Meyers.

Synopsis from hardcover version, 518 pages, copyright November 2016 and published by Little, Brown and Company As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it’s her only chance to erase the giant target on her back.

They’ve killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. Now, she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn’t even have a name. government, but very few people ever knew that. In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.

The chemist stephanie meyers