Review The Baby Merchant Presented By Kit Reed Formatted As Kindle

isn't a bad book, but I had a hard time identifying with any of the characters, Of course, I don't have any kids of my own, or any desire for any, so that's quite possibly a factor of how I work, rather than a lack in the writing.
MY REVIEW
For some reason I had thought that this book was more dystopian and perhaps along the lines of Bumped by Megan McCafferty, having said that it was a really good read.
I enjoyed this book even though it wasn't exactly what I was expecting,
Kit Reed writes so well and describes things so well that you can, for example, imagine the surroundings of the Del Mar motel, The book has quite complex relationships in it, The relationship between Tom and Daria, That even though Tom feels Daria never wanted him, he still feels that he has to protect her from the nastiness of a Jake Zorn exposé,
I liked the indecision of Sasha Egan, initially she wants nothing to do with her baby, she cannot wait for the time to come when she can hand the child over and relinquish all responsibility for it.
Yet when her precious baby goes missing she is like a tigress who has been separated from her baby cub,
The changes that baby merchant Tom Starbird goes through is also amazing, He starts off thinking of the babies as a "product" the babies mother is just the person he need to distract long enough to steal her baby away, Tom provides a "service" for those that can afford it, tom chooses babies he thinks are unwanted and "removes" them from that home and places them with a couple who desperately want a baby but have run out of "normal channel options" to have one.
Tom does target those mothers whom in his opinion do not want the responsibility and do not wish to be encumbered by a child, Tom tries to not become emotionally involved too, He doesn't usually handle the "product" himself he has staff to do that, The whole case with Jake Zorn is however different from the very beginning as Tom has actually decided to retire from his "job",Tom has even paid off his former employees.
Then Jake Zorn comes along and blackmails him into one last job,
I suppose in a way you have to feel sorry for Jake Zorn, as in his own way he is only trying to make his wife Maury's dream of having a baby come true.
Its the way he goes about enlisting Tom that is the bad thing,
I did enjoy the mystery, suspense and intrigue of this book, Where Tom hints to us at his upbringing, then later in the book we learn what his mother Daria did to make Tom feel this way,
The ending is left for you to finish in your imagination as to what happens to Tom, We are given a set of "clues" or "glimpses" into the fact that Sasha will be fine in the end,
So did I enjoy this book Yes Would I recommend it Yes Do I think there will be a bookNo as the majority of loose ends are tightly wrapped up, and Kit says she doesn't do series in the Interview she did with me.
Will I read more books by Kit Reed Oh, Yes! weird, this guy is stealing babies and selling them to parents who can't conceive,

it was ok, i didn't finish it. i think it was due at the library before i left for vaca or something, but i'm not heartbroken that i didn't finish it, so that says something, I found the beginning of this novel hard to read the momtobe is confronted with many uncomfortable situations outside of her control, which was difficult for all involved because she's a control freak.
It was prickly reading.

However, the author does delightful things in a mechanical sense, Characters are set up that you root for as well as characters that you can't stand, and then their wants/needs are juxtaposed so that no happy ending seems possible.
The villain is wonderfully repugnant, It was squirmy and a joy to read all at the same time, but I had to keep reading in order to see if he was thwarted by the unlikely hero.
This was very well done,

I wasn't wowed by Thinner Than Thou, but The Baby Merchant was so good that I'll be trying more of Reed's work, Kit Reed was an acquaintance of mine from a conference she's been attending for years, When I snagged The Baby Merchant a few years ago in the book room signed copy!, I knew it would be great for teaching my college classes about communication, media, and ethics.
This fall, I assigned the text to my ethics class, and it was generally wellreceived by the student, The core of the book is about pregnancy, babies, and families, and for students who are on the cusp on thinking about that next stage of life, it provides much for consideration.
Few of the characters are likable, and it's hard to know who to root for, As soon as readers start to feel some sympathy for a character, they go and do something narcissistic or despicable and opinion quickly changes, There were so many great moments to mine for discussions about ethical issues, We talked at length about adoption services, CPS, infertility, motherhood,

fatherhood, personal identity, surveillance, and on and on, The only drawback is the book is considered out of print a local bookseller told me it looks like it's print on demand copies, so my campus bookstore couldn't order it.
Luckily, there's an abundance of used copies and Ebooks available, With Kit's recent passing, I hope there's a renewed interest in her work and the wonderful, tangible worlds she built within her pieces, I highly recommend this book! The idea of a nearfuture black market in babies who haven't yet been microchipped by the authorities was intriguing but the societal questions were quickly set aside in favor of weak thrillerish plot and a heavyhanded moral at the end.
Disappointing. So, this was good! I like the premise behind this book: it's the future, the US has outlawed adoptions from other countries, babies are now a hot commodity, The main character relieves overburdened mothers of their unwanted babies read: steals, and then rehomes them in rich homes who want a baby desperately and don't care how they get them.
It was an interesting story, I found the ending slightly unsatisfactory, but I have a tendency to do that, Anyhow, good. Not great, but highly satisfactory, Good book, she is a very interesting writer, I liked Thinner Than Thou a bit better, even though it was a bit more far fetched, I thoroughly enjoyed The Baby Merchant, Whilst both Tom Starbird and Sasha Egan were either unwillingly or unknowingly involved in Jake Zorn's search for a baby, they had starkly contrasting opinions and lives, which made reading from each of their perspectives fascinating.
My favourite character was Sasha, because despite being indecisive and inexperienced she remained determined to make sure her child would have the best care, . . whether that meant him being with her or with another family, I really like the cover of The Baby Merchant it depicts the story within perfectly! The baby in the case represents the business like manner with which Tom Starbird treated the babies that he rescued.

Let me start by saying this, This book would make a great film,


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Right onto my review


I did give this book a hard time, yes in places it was slow, There was a chapter that i didn't understand why it was there, it didn't seem to add anything to the book, But, that said, i did enjoy the book,
It took me a while to warm to the characters, i did eventually like them, Daria Starbird, not sure i like her now, she still seems self absorbed,
Tom Starbird, believe or not, i like him, Yes what he did was wrong, but you can do the wrong thing for the right reasons,
Sasha Egan, to start with i didn't like her, she seemed cold, yet once she went on the run, she changed, she had to protect herself amp her baby.
The moment she fell in love with him, it touched my heart,
I hated Gary, for the word go, he wasn't interesting in Sasha or the baby, he was motivated by money amp greed only,
Zorn i don't know what to say about him, yes he is ruthless, he has a mean streak, but, . . he did love his wife, her happiness was important to him,
Maury, she was slightly pitiful, her desire to have a baby had take over her every moment,

Anyway, Tom had decided to quit the business, that is till Zorn showed up, Tom had no choice but to take the job, Zorn had something to hold over Tom, something Tom never wanted anyone to know,


So yes i enjoyed the book, it had an excitement underneath, I am glad i read it, I wish i'd read it earlier, I would of like to of known what happened to Tom, in a way i had hoped he amp Sasha would get together, i felt a connection there, How could he be punished for crimes that wasn't reported There is a few unanswered questions, like, what happened to Daria, to Maury, to Zorn Did Sasha make a go at being Jimmy's mum did she become an artist

Would i read a second book YES i would.
Would i read another book by Kit Reed YES i would, A very engaging story about a man who grabs unwanted babies to sell to parents who can't have babies of their own, He gets blackmailed by a slimy journalist and pulls off one last baby grab, He has regrets and does what it takes to right his wrongs, reed starts with an intriguing premise, but i was ultimately unsatisfied by the conclusion, i particularly disliked how the conclusion still skews toward motherhood, despite the originally satirical tone, and i felt reed hadn't thoroughly examined the messages in her story, Odd story I didn't think it was particularly well written, Kit Reed, author of Thinner Than Thou and other novels, has written an SF satire and psychological thriller that provokes larger questions about money, status, happiness, parenting, and even technology newborns receive microchips in their heads.
Instead of idealizing the parentchild relationship, Reed shows a refreshing array of emotions that asks what it really means to raise and care for another human being, The Robin Hoodesque character of Tom Starbird captivated all critics when he disappears from the narrative, the story slows a bit, Overall, however, Baby Merchant is fastpaced thriller filled with interesting characterizations and situations that hit close to home, Just ignore the spoiler on the book flap, This is an excerpt from a review published in sitelinkBookmarks magazine, .