Chris C. (Cerwin) reviewed Mendoza in Hollywood (A Novel of the Company, Book 3) on + 107 more book reviews
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Further adventures of Company agent Mendoza. Great series.
Althea M. (althea) reviewed Mendoza in Hollywood (A Novel of the Company, Book 3) on + 774 more book reviews
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I was afraid that, due to the title, this was going to talk overmuch about movies (books that get all meta- about film and media really annoy me - it's a personal thing). But the 'Hollywood' in this case is a good deal before the time of the silver screen - the botanist Mendoza has been assigned to this stretch of country in 1862, studying the native flora and saving anything that might be valuable to her bosses in the future. Still traumatized by the martyrdom of her human lover Nicholas, she is at first bemused and then, willy-nilly, head over heels when she meets a British spy who looks exactly like her lost love.
Full of quirky, unique characters and humor and well as poignancy.
Full of quirky, unique characters and humor and well as poignancy.
Tasula W. (fantasyisbetter) reviewed Mendoza in Hollywood (A Novel of the Company, Book 3) on + 113 more book reviews
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Wonderful book. Second book in Kage Baker's "the Company" time travel series, following In the Garden of Iden. Heroine Mendoza (who had been rescued from the Inquisition in book 1) is assigned with a team to California in 1800's. She meets a man who reminds her of her lost love from book 1, with violent results.
In this series, the Company creates immortal cyborgs out of suitable children, and sends them back in time to preserve priceless treasures or doomed species, or secrete them where they will be found by the Company centuries later. But who benefits, and what is the purpose? The mystery is revealed bit by bit over the course of the Company series.
In this series, the Company creates immortal cyborgs out of suitable children, and sends them back in time to preserve priceless treasures or doomed species, or secrete them where they will be found by the Company centuries later. But who benefits, and what is the purpose? The mystery is revealed bit by bit over the course of the Company series.
