| Code Name: Baby | 
 enlarge | Author: Christina Skye
Publisher: HQN Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 415357
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0373770693
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780373770694
ASIN: 0373770693
Publication Date: November 1, 2005
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 Not my favorite Christina Skye work December 1, 2005
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've enjoyed other books in the author's Code name series but I was taken by surprise when I realized this was a paranormal romance - which is a departure from her other Code Name novels. And, honestly, I didn't like it.
Ms.Skye's other stories about men and women who are extraordinary in their abilities are something I've enjoyed. A Navy Seal is an incredible example of what some men are able to do - within the scope of being a human. To suddenly take the next step and make the man practically a cyborg was disappointing. I also have to add that I felt a great deal of sympathy for the villian and felt that the moral dilemma presented up front in the novel in the first chapter was never resolved successfully. Now, that might have been interesting.
I couldn't help thinking that Ms. Skye has been swept up in the paranormal hoopla that is currently so popular in romance. Vampires, werewolves and now, government created cyborgs.
In my opinion, it simply wasn't necessary. I don't want to read about men who are enhanced to 'perform for hours'- I want to read about real men and women caught up in extraordinary circumstances. All romance is a bit of fantasy - but I was not expecting Ms. Skye to ruin a perfectly incredible hunk of manliness with over the top, superhuman abilities. I didn't buy it. He could have been 'super wonderful' without the computer chips. I know I would have enjoyed the book a lot more.
I will be much more leery buying her next title concerning foxfire characters.
 Paranormal Thriller November 21, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Code Name: Baby was a new type of paranormal that I enjoyed. Christina introduced mind-altering used by a special group of Navy SEALS who can make you believe you see and feel things that aren't really there. Added to that are special dogs who can work as a team and do amazing feats. Izzy was again a part of the book, after all it wouldn't be a SEALS book without him. Code Name: Baby had it's funny parts with Miki, Kit's friend. For those lovers of the Code Name series, I do recommend this book and look forward to many more.
 Mix of sci-fi, fantasy and a bit November 12, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
of romance. I found myself skimming the book frequently, looking for the good parts. I don't like sci-fi, so the 'enhanced' male character, I actually found freaky and scary, not sexy! I had a hard time suspending disbelief at the many off the wall happenings and I feel that the scenes towards the end of the book weren't written to be understood, at all, really. Prior books were good, fun and a must read.
 Code Name: Boring November 8, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I was really not impressed with this latest installment of the code name: series. While I liked the earlier novels, princess and nanny, baby left a lot to be desired. It was hard to connect with the characters and the psychic dog angle just really didn't seem to be working. Kit and Wolfe were sort of interesting, but it would have been nice if they spent less time arguing and getting injured and more time on character and relationship development. Maybe I missed something, but compared to the last two, I had a really tough time slogging through this novel and the conclusion felt generally unsatisfying. I think that we need Izzy's story, and then to just retire this code-name franchise.
 fast-paced romantic thriller October 25, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Foxfire top secret Navy SEAL seven-man squad were all genetically changed using experimental nanotechnology and biological enhancements. Each has their own skills, but all are monitored by Lloyd Ryker from a distance. They work incidents that are impossible for normal people to survive.
One member Lieutenant Trace O'Halloran uses his mind to make sweeps of perimeters. He notices strange activity from a teammate Gabriel Enrique Cruz, who can control animals, but apparently lost control and has gone rogue. Trace's commander Wolfe Houston is stunned because Cruz died last year. Ryker sends Wolfe to track down Cruz whose target apparently is Trace's sister Kit, a law enforcement dog trainer based in New Mexico, who is working with four special Labrador puppies that unbeknownst to her have been genetically altered so that they work strategically as a team. Cruz wants to become the leader of Baby, Diesel, Butch, and Sundance. Wolfe and Kit know each other so his assignment to capture Cruz seems easy except that his friend's baby sister is an adult that he desires with all his heart; a distraction he cannot afford if he is to protect her and the canines.
The latest Foxfire tale (see CODE NAME: NANNY and CODE NAME: PRINCESS) is a fast-paced romantic thriller that never slows down hooking the audience from the moment Trace realizes what is going on. The story line is action-packed, but the key protagonists and the canines seem genuine even with the genetic modifications. Baby the pack leading runt steals the show in many ways as fans of the series will appreciate this strong tale as Christine Skye makes her cast, human and canine, seem like real people and dogs just having extrasensory skills.
Harriet Klausner
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