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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
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The Last Adventure of Constance Verity

Written by A. Lee Martinez

Narrated by Cynthia Farrell

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Constance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she's sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to reset her destiny and become the one thing she's never been: ordinary. Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become the world's great adventurer. She is a master of martial arts, a keen detective, and possesses a collection of strange artifacts. Constance has spent the past twenty-eight years saving the world, and she's tired of it. All she wants is to work in an office and date a nice, normal guy. And she's figured a way out. The only problem is that saving the world is Constance's destiny. She's great at it, and there are forces at work to make sure she stays in the job. Then again, it's also her destiny to have a glorious death.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 5, 2016
ISBN9781501934650
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A. Lee Martinez

A. Lee Martinez enjoys juggling, origami, skulking, and time travel.

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  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Wasn't for me. I can see the humor but it didn't land it, and there wasn't much else for me to grab onto. Kind of Buffy x Hitchhiker's Guide.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    3.5/5 starsThis was really fun! I enjoyed Connie as a character and her situation in life. I enjoyed how she developed throughout the story and how she began to accept herself and the life she lived. The writing was compelling and I enjoyed the plot, even if it got ridiculous and convenient at times..it was just the nature of the story being told.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I read the first Constance Verity book second because when I looked at the title, clearly "The Last Adventure" is not the first book, right? I *was* already familiar with A. Lee Martinez's sense of humor so the mistake is entirely on me. In any case reading the books in the wrong order didn't really make any difference. Martinez's stories are comedy-adventure entertainment, not epic sagas that may or may not be finished before the author dies. If they were movies you'd watch them in the summer and eat a lot of popcorn, sometimes spitting out mouthfuls as you laugh.Anyway, Constance has been imbued with a special luck and knack for heroing since she was a baby. Trouble finds her and she kicks its ass. But now in her 20s shes thinking that life might be a lot nicer if she was "normal" and could just go on a date without the restaurant turning out to be full of triad-ninja-assassins bent on world domination. So she, her best friend & (unofficial) sidekick, and her ninja-thief-assassin ex-boyfriend set out to find the source of hero power and get it removed. Along the way pretty much all of the action-adventure tropes get ticked off and immediately twisted into parodies of themselves. In the end, of course (I said there was a sequel, right?) Constance does not completely let go of her power and her heroing life, but she does tone it down in a typically Martinez middle-ground ending which is neither the triumphant hero or innocence regained.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Constance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she’s sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to assassinate her fairy godmother and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary. I have a hard time reviewing A. Lee Martinez's books only because I consistently enjoy them for pretty much the same reason with each one I read. His books are pretty much always fun, fast paced and very clever and this is no exception.The story is a fairly standard one, our hero wants to change her fate and learns valuable lessons along the way, but as with most of A. Lee Martinez's books, it's how you get there that makes it special. Constance isn't your typical hero and how she became a fated hero isn't quite what we are used to. In enjoyed Constance and Tia and their friendship, their banter and bickering and how they were always there for each other in the end.I also really liked how Tia got her own story arc of a sort, and how she wasn't just a stereotypical “sidekick” in the end. I loved the batshit insane, everything but the kitchen sink feel to the world Constance lives in, mythological monsters and aliens and space travel and fairy godmothers all mashed together and it should be too much and messy but it all just...works. I seriously want to see more of this world, which is a good thing since this is the first in a planned trilogy, Martinez's first, so I have more to look forward to with this setting and these characters.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I usually like books by A. Lee Martinez. He's found a niche in the fantasy genre that takes a humorous, satirical approach to the different tropes. Generally this approach works. Usually because he twists it in a way that is both recognizable with something new. Unfortunately, in this book, he takes those tropes, than bludgeons them with a mallet, to form something that is flat, un-funny, and generally annoying.This book SHOULD be good. But its not. Constance is a walking stereotype who wants to be normal. But, she just ends up being a stereotype - there is nothing deep about her. Why she wants to be normal was not handled well- it fell into the tell vs show problem.Her adventures were overdone and seemed to be fairly standard - while this is a book about the absurdity of the hero saving the world over and over and over (think James Bond and Indiana Jones), Martinez never got the feeling correct - instead, it just came out annoying.The villains are actually the best part of this book. I especially like how Area 51 is handled, but is not enough to save the book, which is too bad, because there are good parts to the book - just not enough to save it from an annoying main character.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book was a hoot!Constance Verity's fairy godmother "blessed" her with an interesting life, starting at age 7. What this means in practice is that she has to save the world/universe/whatever on a daily basis; sometimes twice a day if it goes quickly. And after many years of this, she is tired of it and wants nothing more than to retire to a boring/normal life. But...There are wheels within wheels, schemes withing schemes, and conspiracies within conspiracies. Connie is bored with all that, though. Is there any way she can get some downtime to just spend hanging out and enjoying her BFF and her very normal boyfriend?As usual with Martinez, there are a number of laugh-out-loud passages that I wanted to read to anyone within earshot.It is very silly. It is very fun. It resembles superhero comics.And it looks like this is not, actually, her last adventure...
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The first in a planned trilogy for fans of old school pulp adventures. Sit back, strap your self in and enjoy a thrill ride filled with plenty of action, humor, impossible escapes, and quirky characters. Count me in on reading the next two!