Review: The following contains spoilers for the the first and second parts of the Airhead trilogy: Airhead and Being Nikki.
Runaway is the
final part of the Airhead trilogy and picks up a few days
after the end of Being Nikki. The Em Watts version of Nikki
Howard has been imprisoned by Brandon Stark along with the real Nikki
Howard, her mum and her brother in Brandon's beach house in South
Carolina. The real Nikki Howard has a secret that will bring
Brandon's dad, the CEO of Stark Enterprise to his knees leaving the
door open for Brandon to take over. She will spill the beans if she
can have her own body back something which Brandon apparently agrees
to.
In leaving with
Brandon, Em was forced to tell Christopher, her long-time friend and
boyfriend-to-be (she hopes) that she didn't love him so she's very
surprised when he turns up to rescue her. However things don't go to
plan and he leaves without her. A second rescue attempt is more
successful and the group return to New York.
With the gang
reassembled, Em has to work out the significance of Nikki's
information and work out how to ruin Stark as well as preparing to be
the Stark Angel on national tv in a diamond bikini set. And make
Christopher love her again...
Runaway is an
exciting thriller with strong female leads who are complemented by
the male characters, with their technology knowledge, to form a
strong team. Em is brave to the point of foolhardiness in her pursuit
of the truth but is also, finally, prepared to ask for help. Runaway
sees Em comfortable with her new self at last. There are some great
secondary characters including Lulu, Em's best friend with her own
special skill set and Nikki's brother Steven who uses his brawn as
well as his brain when necessary. It's a shame that the series has
ended as I enjoyed spending time in Em's world however the series is
wrapped up neatly and all mysteries solved.
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