Reviewed by funstm on
She starts out pretty badass. She saves herself with her hacking and quick thinking when she's ambushed at the airport. And she has some pretty awesome hacking moments. Except for the bit at the end? I didn't get what she did - the phone blew up? Why would anyone write that script as a joke? It took two heads off? It just didn't really make sense. If she had of reprogrammed the battery or something to overload I could've gone with that - but an app to blow it up seemed a bit farfetched. But the majority of this book takes place in Metal's bed with her recovering from a knife wound and it didn't land quite as expected. The suspense plot was bland and made very little sense. When asked why the guy knifed her she responds she has no idea? If she has no idea why he's after her - why on earth is she hiding in the shadows - never going out or getting close to anyone? It made sense if she was in WITSEC and was potentially in danger - but she was out of the program and under the impression she had no enemies so why is she living off grid? I didn't get it. , there was little action and a very thin shaving of a plot. Much like the first book, the romance was ridiculously over the top but unlike the first book, I didn't find it as swoonworthy. Maybe because it felt a bit repetitive. Metal waxes poetically about her attributes for pretty much the entire book and I just got bored. And Felicity didn't really get a chance to showcase much of her badass skills so it just wasn't what I was expecting.
And Jacko - I loved Jacko in the first book but man he was an absolute ass in this one and I hated it.
Still I've read worse books. 3 stars.
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- 26 September, 2020: Finished reading
- 26 September, 2020: Reviewed