Codename Villanelle

By: Luke Jennings

Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle

Please note: this is novella 1 of 4 which make up the Codename Villanelle series.

In a remand centre in the Ural Mountains, Oxana Vorontsova awaits trial for triple murder. Not what you’d expect from a star linguistics student. Half a world away, her potential has been noted. Sprung from prison and trained in the dark arts of assassination, she’s reborn as the beautiful, lethal Villanelle. The price of her luxurious new life: to eliminate targets assigned to her by a shadowy group of all-powerful businessmen.

©2014 Luke Jennings (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd

Different than Jodie Comer

I will always picture Jodie as our favorite assassin. I’m glad I saw the tv show first. This is different enough that I enjoy it and keep trying to picture her in the place of this assassin who is obviously different. Fun nonetheless and I’m off to listen to more.

I felt betrayed by the TV show

I really like the narrator & this gives more background into Villanelle’s life. It’s only 3 chapters (short and sweet)!

Warning: Not full novel

I bought this book once I was able to borrow a hardcover from the library with the hopes of being able to switch between audio and physical copies with ease. Unfortunately, the audio is of the first chapter only. I am not sure why it is the first chapter. At first, I thought the book hadn't finished downloading, but that waa not the case. I wish I had known about the lack of chapters, no where in the summary does it state it's not the full novel except for the short run time.

For the chapter I did get, I enjoyed.

Want a full book

What a fun origin story. Want to know more about Villanelle. Top notch story telling

I want more

great - i want more please - i downloaded this because the tv show is so great, the book is equally entertaining. but too short