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kreela's review
5.0
“and with a quick flattening of my right hand, I gave my moths the command for [map]. My moths dispersed and, after a few moments, in my mind’s eye, a blueprint of the venue slowly formed,”
That is the coolest. ability. ever. Imogen could use gaming commands like [map], [shield], [grab]? I know this book reads like a marvel superhero action flick, but the ex-gamer in me loved it. Imogen, Dane, Jacob, Swann, and my new favorite mother figure, Ruskin all had a chance to shine.
Since Imogen spent a large part of the novel working through her own insecurities and trust issues, and frankly, deciding to take her career into her own hands, it was not as funny as the first novel. However, the climatic fight in a Vegas amusement park left me cheering and bothering my husband with snippets of the action.
There are some pithy phrases I would like to share with my coworkers and friends. Things like:
“I drove until even existential dread couldn’t surpass the annoyance of sequential three-minute stoplights.”
• Second novel in a series. I recommend you start with the first one.
• Young, moral heroine taking circumstance and learning how to make a career out of it.
• Wonderful and capable side-characters
• Evil Hive Will was a perfect villain, and I sympathized with him.
• Romance: yes, there is a kiss. It is spectacular.
That is the coolest. ability. ever. Imogen could use gaming commands like [map], [shield], [grab]? I know this book reads like a marvel superhero action flick, but the ex-gamer in me loved it. Imogen, Dane, Jacob, Swann, and my new favorite mother figure, Ruskin all had a chance to shine.
Since Imogen spent a large part of the novel working through her own insecurities and trust issues, and frankly, deciding to take her career into her own hands, it was not as funny as the first novel. However, the climatic fight in a Vegas amusement park left me cheering and bothering my husband with snippets of the action.
There are some pithy phrases I would like to share with my coworkers and friends. Things like:
“I drove until even existential dread couldn’t surpass the annoyance of sequential three-minute stoplights.”
• Second novel in a series. I recommend you start with the first one.
• Young, moral heroine taking circumstance and learning how to make a career out of it.
• Wonderful and capable side-characters
• Evil Hive Will was a perfect villain, and I sympathized with him.
• Romance: yes, there is a kiss. It is spectacular.
bookivore's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.25
A robust second book to this new series. I highly recommend you read the first book before this one, or the events in this book might take a while to get a grip on. If you have read and enjoyed book one, get stuck into this one. As the overall story progresses and evolves, new twists and side stories embellish the novel without distracting too far away from the core story. Lots of action, mystery, rogue nanotechnology, and big decisions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Cursing
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