[Excerpt]:
I Am Justice. An unusual title. Something about the name and the front cover piqued my interest. Obviously, I assumed, this book would focus on a woman, one who fought bad people/crime in some form. In essence, this seemed like a badass heroine-type story. And the synopsis basically confirmed this. I was very excited to read this one since it appeared to be a fast thriller read. Rarely (at least in my experience) do I find thriller books that focus on women being tough and badass (a true tragedy and missed opportunity).
Off the bat, I was invested in the story. From page one, Justice showed me she was, indeed, badass. She was also independent, witty, and tough-hearted when necessary. She was simultaneously fun and firm. The writing was very well done. Short, quick sentences for the action scenes/chapters. Descriptive language but not flowery.
[Full review on my blog!]

For a new series by a new author this one grabbed me right away. I probably should like what Justice and her family stands for, but I do. I like that they help those that need it and how some of those kids find a way into the family. It totally put me at odds with a character towards the end.

Justice is a bit of an odd fish at first. It was only when she let her guard down with Sandesh that she becomes a little more human. I liked that she fought her family on Sandesh and how she didn't want to go after what she did, that she thought the best of those close to her.

I hated how Justice was betrayed at the end, hated that she had to learn that and see it in action. But with Sandesh in her life I have a feeling she will weather it much better.

I look forward to reading more from this author in the future.

A fast-paced, exciting adventure story combined with passionate romance, I Am Justice is Diana Munoz Stewart’s debut novel, the first of the Band of Sisters series.

Justice Parish, rescued from sex-trafficking while a child, is adopted by Mukta Parish, herself a victim of abuse. Mukta has organized a “sisterhood of vigilantes to combat sex trafficking which she runs it under the guise of a boarding school for the wealthy. There is a varied cast of feisty women all with various emotional and/or psychological issues.

The love interest is Sandesh Ross, ex-military, who has established an NGO to counter the effects of war. Sandesh, after years of military service, suffers from PTSD. Justice uses her anger to fuel her battles. Tired of being angry, Sandesh redirects his at doing good deeds. The attraction between Sandesh and Justice is predictably immediate. Though frequently set aside for the sake of their mission, their passion does overflow into some hot sex scenes that sometimes manages to show their real connection.

My problems with this book included rather cardboard characters in bad guys’ organization. Despite occasionally being in the bad guy’s POV, the reader doesn’t get a sense he has any redeeming qualities, and the best bad guys are those that walk a tight line between good and bad. There is also a goodly amount of unresolved backstory, the above-mentioned stilted characters, plot action that occurs so rapidly it’s frequently not well-grounded enough for readers to process, and some plot holes big enough to fall into. Also the sex-trafficking seems to be mere window dressing, and isn't really addressed. Despite its faults, I had a good time reading it.

I Am Justice by Diana Munoz Stewart is the first book in her new Band of Sisters series. This is my first book reading this author, and after completing I Am Justice, it will not be my last. I loved I Am Justice, and cannot wait for the next book in this fantastic series.

We meet Justice Parish, our heroine, as she spies on a club that kidnaps young girls. Justice is one of the adopted sisters of the wealthy Parish family that runs an academy for girls. Their mother runs the Mantua Academy for Girls (also known as League of Warrior Women) and Parish Industries, with the help of her security expert, Leland; they had adopted all the sisters when they were young, and being saved from abusive childhoods.

Justice and her sisters were trained to be tough assassins, vigilantes to fight against the victims of sex trafficking, kidnapping of young girls, as well as war victims. Justice is tough, smart and sassy, and a cutthroat warrior. She is determined to find the men responsible for her sister’s death, and will do anything to protect all young girls in danger. When working for the academy, Justice’s is the firms PR, which is also a cover for her to use when, sent on missions.

Sandesh Ross, our hero, is a former Special Forces, who is now leading a humanitarian group to save victims in the Middle East. When he is offered a much needed large donation from Parish Industries, he accepts the help of their PR person, Justice, who flies to Jordan. Sandesh will learn in a short time that this pretty young girl, is not the sweet PR he thought she was.
Justice manages to find the two men responsible for her sister’s death, and while she kills one of them, she will barely escape with her life, putting Sandesh and his team in danger from the surviving evil brother who is intent to kill them.

What follows is an ultra exciting adventure that will have Sandesh and Justice running from the drug lord, and his team to escape to Israel. While in hiding, they both find themselves attracted to each other, with Sandesh determined to win her totally over, to the point of him going to America and helping protect her against the drug lord and a traitor in their company. There are so many different attacks on her family & the school, which made things more dangerous and action packed; also making the search for the traitor a major issue.
The romance between Sandesh and Justice was really beautiful to watch. The chemistry between them was sizzling, and they were so great together. I loved meeting all the sisters, the family and the children they save.
When Sandesh’s life is in danger, as he becomes a pawn, Justice and her team will race to help save him, even though they know it is a trap. This was a wild intense battle that had me holding my breath to see who would survive, as well as emotionally heart wrenching when the traitor is revealed. I do not want to give any spoilers, as this book is too good to be ruined.

I am Justice was an exciting, action filled, fast paced, intense, fiery, emotional story, with a beautiful romance and great characters. Diana Munoz has written such a wonderful story that promises more great things to come from the other sisters, who will have their stories told. I have never read anything by Munoz, but be sure that I will be going forward. You need to read I am Justice, as it was so very well done.

I am Justice is a can't put down action back book that will have readers turning the pages late into the night.
Make sure to suspense your belief since the story is about a all female adopted group of assassins with that being said that is what makes I am Justice a fun read.
The author Diana Munoz Stewart is able to create likable characters with rough edges that seem to soften as the story moves though the pages.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher Sourcebooks Casablanca for the advance copy of Diana Munoz Stewart

In I Am Justice, we meet the Parish family headed by the wealthy Mukta Parish, a once child victim in an acid attack who was later adopted by a wealthy couple.

In a bid to offer that same opportunity to other young female victims, The League of Warrior Women is born with Mukta, the matriarch, known to many adoptees as 'Momma'.

The League's fiercest Warrior is Justice, an adopted daughter and sister who is determined to save as many young girls as she can from the same human trafficking crime family as she herself was a victim of.

This is a novel that is full of intrigue, loyalty and betrayal, all served with a side of romance in the form of Sandesh Ross an ex-Ranger turned charity founder.

There is no doubt that this is the start of what could turn out to be a long running series of novels featuring the Parish siblings and I, for one, am looking forward to the continuing saga of 'The League' and the baddies they bring to, their own special brand, of justice. The addition of sometimes scorching hot romance and you have a recipe that will tantalise the taste buds of many.

The book hooked me from the start. It was an intriguing premise and the characters were interesting. It was a bit hard to keep everything straight at times, but I suppose that’s the danger in the first book of a series that encompasses as much as this one does. The relationship between the two main characters happened a little fast for me, and I wasn’t all that thrilled with the secret organization. It came off a bit sinister. But I was caught up in the story and liked the mix of suspense, danger and romance. The writing was engaging and I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

Fans of Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooters and M.L. Buchman's Firehawk series should enjoy this fast-paced adventure with believable elements of sociopolitical intrigue seemingly taken directly from hard news headlines. In I Am Justice, the first entry in the Band of Sisters series, Diana Munoz Stewart infuses the scenes between Justice and Sandesh with profound emotional range without losing the hectic pace that propels the narrative.

This was quite a hard book to read with the dark subject matter and all the trauma of the heroine and her family. Overall it is a good romantic suspense and written well. I liked the badass heroine(s), they are amazing women.

I must admit this was not really my cup of tea, but I can appreciate the writing and the storyline.

I sadly couldn't finish this book. I found both the hero and heroine to be all over the board. One second thinking that there's no way they can have sex with each other and the next their tongues are down each other's throats. Their actions also don't feel in line with both of them supposedly being highly trained operatives. I appreciate being given the chance to read it though.

This is my first time reading this author, and while I liked it I can't help but feel that it could've been more. There was a lot of telling, and not enough showing if that makes sense. I liked the characters, and the premise was very interested. I will definitely try the next one though, in the hopes that it gets better as it goes on.

I chose to read this book based on the discription it's not my normal genre but I'm always willing to branch out. This book deals with sex trafficking of kids I like how Justice was tracking down some bad men who was the head of a sex trafficking ring. Finding out the league was betrayed by someone from within was both surprising but not I'm glad things worked out in the end and definitely will be looking forward to reading more books in this series and more books written by this author

Hmmmm..Well I am still unsure of this one..I just found fit too much, and what I wanted I couldn't get, I know I know I am unclear well lets just say that I do not recommend, I am not saying it was bad it just was not for me, I have many many books I read and have to read and I wish I spent my time on another book..

Overall, it was an admirable attempt but ultimately the writing was too weak to hold this story up. It was one of those classic Writing 101 pitfalls where the author spends far, far too much time telling us what is happening and barely any time at all showing. Which may make for a good story in your head when your indulging in imagination, but makes for a very boring read.

Interesting characters, lots of action, sex positive encounters- those were all good. But some major parts need to be edited for this to be an enjoyable read.

I love books about strong women. That's what I Am Justice is. Justice, the heroine, is a skilled fighter with unrivalled courage and determination. Her goals in life involve ridding the world of sex traffickers. She meets Sandesh, an ex-soldier who runs a charity with the goal of helping people who were hurt by the people she wants to take down. 

After escaping from a sticky situation, Sandesh rescues Justice. Although they had flirted before this, the heightened emotions and adrenalin allow their feelings to blossom. They share secrets and build an unconditional trust in each other when trusting anyone else is risky. Justice and Sandesh both know someone close to her has betrayed her. They have to keep her safe and rid the world of one particularly vicious man. 
I would have liked to see more drama between Justice and Sandesh. Relationships aren't all butterflies and rainbows. The two of them have many reasons to distrust each other, to be angry at each other, but none of that is brought up in the relationship. I feel like an argument or two would have made them much more relatable. Nonetheless, I loved both Sandesh and Justice.  

This book is full of tension and suspense. I never knew what to expect next. Oh, there are also several sexy scenes throughout the story which kept things interesting. I loved getting to know all the different characters Justice considered her family. The book is well written and engaging, told in alternating perspectives. 

One thing I didn't like was the inclusion of Walid's perspective. Firstly because, I refuse to have empathy for anyone involved in human trafficking. The last thing I want is for him to seem human. Secondly, it made little sense. It felt like I was reading the ramblings of a mentally ill person. When he spoke of his brother, at times it sounded as though he was speaking of a lover. It was confusing and I don't think it added much to the story. 

Overall this was a very engaging and well written story. I would recommend this book for anyone looking to add action and suspense to their romance.

I loved the heroine in this book, very kick ass, but I'm not sure I know who the good guys and who the bad guys are. That said, character development flowed as did the story line. Twists in the plot, looking for the traitor to the cause and the love story - all in all, a great read.

I am Justice is a contemporary, dark, fast-paced action romance between a woman warrior heroine and a conflicted ex-soldier hero. Justice is an adopted member of an enormous, almost exclusively female family/organization that covertly works to rescue women and children caught in human trafficking, and to assassinate the men involved. Sandresh is a caring ex-soldier who wants a life that involves more than just destruction. He has started a charity of ex-soldiers to help in many ways in many places with many things (it is not exactly described completely in the book). Justice’s powerful family connects with Sandesh’s newly created charity to further their mission against the leaders of one of the largest international human trafficking organizations. While taking care of business, sparks fly between Justice and Sandresh. Their annoyingly immediate, mutual insta-lust was alternatively allowed free reign and bottled up ‘for the sake of the mission.’

The pov shifted between Justice, Sandresh and one of the villains, ‘BadGuyW’. That is pretty typical for contemporary romances, but being inside W-bad-guy’s mind was not helpful, as it was unbelievable, inconsistent, flabby, and did not inspire sympathy, respect, hatred, or even the feeling that BadGuyW was a real person

As a heroine, Justice is complex, conflicted, caring and (sometimes) competent. She survived a horrific childhood experience, and was rescued and adopted by a family dedicated to protecting and avenging women around the world. She is an angry trained assassin, who trips in the woods, loses her cool at inopportune times, and needs rescuing a few times. Simultaneously reserved, she overshares frequently (although we are always reminded that it is ‘rare’ of her to do so), and dislikes men and thinks they are mostly beasts, while being instantly attracted to and attempting to seduce Sandresh.

The Parish family is said to be powerful, rich, etc, in a very unbelievable way. Likewise, the power of the ‘bad guys’ is stressed and yet remains unbelievable, and their ‘guards’ all resembled cartoon cardboard cut-outs. Although we see the pov of one of the head villains, BadGuyW, it just serves to further confuse his character.

I loved the rescuing theme, and the determination of Justice to save victims. Sandresh’s conflicted-warrior character was interesting.

I did not care for the large amount of unresolved back story, presumably setting up later books in the series. (view spoiler)

The chemistry between the main characters is told in a very vulgar, base, masculine manner. The sexy times are extremely descriptive, over the top, very competitive, and repetitive.

As you would imagine in such a dark, cruelly themed book, there is a lot of violence. Graphic violence. Excessive disrespect for humanity, loss of life, and torture. I am not sure how detailed the torture was, because as the descriptions began, I skipped past. What parts I did read was clumsily done; nothing was written on the fascinatingly gripping level of Stephen King.

As I said before, this book is dark. Things that have happened and are happening, both in the book and in the world, are devastating. And while told in the book, I feel that they were more used as story dressing. While people need to be aware that these horrors are happening around the world, the misery was included in the book superficially for background illustration. Likewise, character development was either stilted or unbelievably breakneck.

Overall a noisy, loud, clumsy, drive that never reaches an admirable goal.

The premise is neat that there is a league of well-funded elite female operatives defending women against abuse worldwide. There are some nice interesting touches, such as the nightclub that changes its decade all the time...but Justice is too perfect of a character, scarred but not damaged, tough but not gruff, violent without being scary...she felt a cardboard cutout. It was a fun book. I finished it. The sex scenes were pretty well-written, steamy without being gratuitous. It was better than a lot of stuff out there, but not great enough to really stand out.

Book Worms, this is one that I wasn't sure about. I am still on the fence, I enjoyed it but I didn't. Justice Parrish is an assassin, a very good one at that. Undercover, she is out to get the killers that murdered her sister. Action packed. I think in the future I will revisit this world and re read it. I think my mood wasn't feeling the story, but I felt that It was written well. I didn't have a problem with that, and the characters were likable enough for me to continue to the end.

I would highlight this book as an Avengers meets the Expendables meets the legend of the Amazonians, in a no-holds-bar explosion celebrating female strength and conviction.

This book was such a surprise. Not only did it have a diverse cast of completely different and equally incredible women, it also conveyed the struggles of deep emotional pain and the pressure of psychological trauma and loss. It can be quite easy to ignore the emotional nuances with action-filled novels, but 'I Am Justice' does not disappoint in this regard. More so, the emotional pain gives credence to character strength and conviction to act and do better for themselves or for the women of the world. 'I am Justice' is an excellent, fiery and feisty novel that marks the beginning of a brand new series called 'Band of Sisters' teeming with courageous female protagonists that will no doubt, be as fast-paced, thrilling and romantic as 'I am Justice'.

The novel itself is set in contemporary 21st century, with the main protagonist, Justice Parish, an adopted daughter of the extraordinarily wealth Parish family. To the outside world, she is the formidable and snarky PR executive for the Parish's Mantua Academy for Girls and Parish Industries, but she, alongside her mother Mukta Parish the matriarch of the Parish family, and her adopted siblings, work to rid the world of human and sex traffickers, as a female-led "secret society of vigilantes" (p. 19), the 'League of Warrior Women'. I enjoyed reading Justice's character, in the beginning, she is so wrought with pain and trauma and a righteous-fuelled anger, that to kill the men responsible for her sister, Hope's, death, she will then be free of her suffering. However, the reader witness extreme character development, where Justice begins to understand that there is more to her life than anger and death. In the midst of the swashbuckling action, there is a trembling sense of overwhelming emotion that comes with crippling trauma. The beauty of Justice is that she then uses her trauma to fight harder and realise her life is worth more.

Through the actions of her mother Mukta and Leland Day, the Parish Industries' Cheif of Security, Justice then meets Sandesh Julian Ross, a mouth-watering ex-Special Forces soldier who founded an organisation called the 'International Peace Team' who only employes ex-soldiers to give aid to victims of war and disaster through partnering with international peace organisations around the world, in this case, Selma's Gems on the Syrian-Jordan border in the Middle East. In order to kill the two brothers, Walid and Aamir of the Brothers Grim, head of a sex trafficking ring, Justice will need to go undercover without Sandesh knowing, and fulfil the requirements of her mission. Adding in a major subplot concerned with a traitor in the League, and a beautiful romance between Sandesh and Justice, the overall storyline of the novel is well-written and thrilling. Although there were some aspects of how the use of the hijab, abaya and niqab were used in this book came across sometimes as a 'costume' for the non-Muslim woman to wear for her undercover op, it was a small aspect and a tiny moment in the overall book.

I enjoy strong female protagonists, I think we need more strong women in books, and I Am Justice does not disappoint in this regard. It is a cacophony of independent, intelligent, strong and brave women - a true testament and celebration of female strength.

NOTE: I was able to receive a free copy of this ARC thanks to NetGalley, for a balanced and honest review.