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annineamundsen's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 ⭐
Some tropes I'm not a big fan of (like bury your gays), but other than that I liked it
Some tropes I'm not a big fan of (like bury your gays), but other than that I liked it
worldsunlikeourown's review against another edition
4.0
Find this review and more on my blog at Worlds Unlike Our Own.
Having proven herself, Jessie is back on the team, and she, Hala and Caitlin head to Pakistan on their next mission to find the man whose crimes resulted in the creation of Athena and extract information from him regarding a planned terror attack. Their information leads them to a girls’ school in Mumbai – one of Kit’s schools - but they are not in time to prevent it. Jessie must work with local detective Riya to uncover the organization behind the bombing before any further attacks occur.
I have to admit, I had my doubts about this book and nearly didn’t read it at all, but I’m glad I did! This was a huge improvement on the first book, and the plot moved so much faster – I maintain that this series would be great on screen. I adore spy stories and one like this where we get to see not only the action, but what goes on behind the scenes, pretty much describes my favourite kind of thriller.
The biggest difference in this book is that Jessie doesn’t work alone, but with her team and the support of Athena and all its resources, so we get to see some good team dynamics. The breakneck action easily draws the reader in, and as the many twists keep the story entertaining as Jessie and her friends try to figure out not only the culprits behind this deadly attack, but also who can really be trusted as everyone begins to appear suspicious.
Now this isn’t a bad thing exactly, but I found it strange that a group of super secretive spies were working so openly, and that too with a bunch of people outside their organization who are definitely not supposed to know who they are and what they do. After the great care they took in this matter in the first book, this sudden 180 was just odd.
On the downside, there was very little time spared for any sort of character development in this book. It’s mostly building off the information that was introduced in The Athena Protocol which was rather disappointing as I was hoping to get some insight on the characters we didn’t see as much of previously. Athena being a vigilante organization on this scale still sounds strange to me, but that is actually discussed in this book as an enterprising journalist seems to be intent on digging up the truth behind the organization. Personally, I found it to be a bit of a letdown how easily this hurdle was resolved.
I found the ending to be rather abrupt, considering how good the build-up was, and the main point of the story was essentially wrapped up in two lines with the action happening off page, but I’m looking forward to any future novels in this series. Overall, The Shadow Mission was a solid read, if a little shorter than I would have liked. If you’re in the mood for a fast-paced and entertaining read with some high-stakes thrills, this would definitely be a good choice.
Having proven herself, Jessie is back on the team, and she, Hala and Caitlin head to Pakistan on their next mission to find the man whose crimes resulted in the creation of Athena and extract information from him regarding a planned terror attack. Their information leads them to a girls’ school in Mumbai – one of Kit’s schools - but they are not in time to prevent it. Jessie must work with local detective Riya to uncover the organization behind the bombing before any further attacks occur.
I have to admit, I had my doubts about this book and nearly didn’t read it at all, but I’m glad I did! This was a huge improvement on the first book, and the plot moved so much faster – I maintain that this series would be great on screen. I adore spy stories and one like this where we get to see not only the action, but what goes on behind the scenes, pretty much describes my favourite kind of thriller.
The biggest difference in this book is that Jessie doesn’t work alone, but with her team and the support of Athena and all its resources, so we get to see some good team dynamics. The breakneck action easily draws the reader in, and as the many twists keep the story entertaining as Jessie and her friends try to figure out not only the culprits behind this deadly attack, but also who can really be trusted as everyone begins to appear suspicious.
Now this isn’t a bad thing exactly, but I found it strange that a group of super secretive spies were working so openly, and that too with a bunch of people outside their organization who are definitely not supposed to know who they are and what they do. After the great care they took in this matter in the first book, this sudden 180 was just odd.
On the downside, there was very little time spared for any sort of character development in this book. It’s mostly building off the information that was introduced in The Athena Protocol which was rather disappointing as I was hoping to get some insight on the characters we didn’t see as much of previously. Athena being a vigilante organization on this scale still sounds strange to me, but that is actually discussed in this book as an enterprising journalist seems to be intent on digging up the truth behind the organization. Personally, I found it to be a bit of a letdown how easily this hurdle was resolved.
I found the ending to be rather abrupt, considering how good the build-up was, and the main point of the story was essentially wrapped up in two lines with the action happening off page, but I’m looking forward to any future novels in this series. Overall, The Shadow Mission was a solid read, if a little shorter than I would have liked. If you’re in the mood for a fast-paced and entertaining read with some high-stakes thrills, this would definitely be a good choice.
malinuknow's review against another edition
4.0
I actually liked the first book a tiny bit more, mainly because the love relationship felt more real. But overall, this is an intense series!! Things happen all the time and i had a hard time putting it down for the night or even a meal
aternes13's review against another edition
4.0
Can't not really like a book with kickass girls saving other girls. Loved it just as much as the first.
perfectpurplepineapple's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
san89's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
cecireda's review against another edition
3.0
I think this went a bit too fast. The storylines didn’t get time to be developed, the new characters just didn’t have time to actually appear so I just didn’t care about them and thought weird how the old characters liked them so much after meeting them twice. I also felt like they forgot about the things that happened in the first book till the half of this second book and then they just threw like “oh this happened before” and left it at that.
The basic plotline was very interesting but it was finished too easily and that didn’t match with how serious the characters said the situation was. And the other side plotlines were forgotten and got only a sentence in the end to be dealt with.
Also I feel like for a group of basically private spies they were really dumb about procedure and hidding and dealing with people who shouldn’t know they were there dealing with those things. It’s weird because the first book didn’t had this problem.
It’s not a bad book, it would work for a 40 min television show but it was definitely disappointing for a full book, especially after I liked the first one so much. I’ll still read the next one if it’s released but I really hope it looks more like the first one than this one.
The basic plotline was very interesting but it was finished too easily and that didn’t match with how serious the characters said the situation was. And the other side plotlines were forgotten and got only a sentence in the end to be dealt with.
Also I feel like for a group of basically private spies they were really dumb about procedure and hidding and dealing with people who shouldn’t know they were there dealing with those things. It’s weird because the first book didn’t had this problem.
It’s not a bad book, it would work for a 40 min television show but it was definitely disappointing for a full book, especially after I liked the first one so much. I’ll still read the next one if it’s released but I really hope it looks more like the first one than this one.