We have been loving this series since page one of book one, were sold completely by page two of book one, and became book-o-dependent by the second chapter of book two, and yes, the series is THAT good (check it on goodreads).
After reading the TOC, we were sure that we were going to cry this time, because someone is going to die, someone major, and there is nothing we can do about it. We are not ready to lose a character, not from this series. The anxiety and dread of wanting to discover who will die is too big, so we plunge into the book and right away we forget all our problems. Aidan’s back into our lives, yeih!
A surgery, and no time for recovery as the second BIGGEST mission is in place, and this time, it’s “too dangerous to even write down”.
All we have to say is that this will be bonkers, insane, and near impossible, and they will have to achieve it, again. Ohhh man…. *sighs* this will be nuts, and given the fact that they will have less than a year to make it, we race the pages to find out how they are going to pull it off, and as Janice puts it: “this’s about as easy as fuckin’ a porcupine with a chocolate dong.”
And to make things even more difficult, as if achieving the impossible while risking their lives wasn’t enough, we have dirty tricks from the Corps as an added bonus to the mission.
What dirty tricks they are pulling, you ask? Oh nothing much, they are just making perfect copies of people to start off. Lol. But the good thing is that this makes the mission all more exciting (for us readers) and it’s nice to see the mission progress with many interruptions, backtracking their steps and seeing plans going wrong from day one. It adds to the level of reality and relatability of the book, and shows the work the writers put into the book. Nice.
When the first success of the mission comes, we ask ourselves: was it too easy? Wasn’t it too easy?
After reading book one and two, we thought that we were used to the level of tension the writer could throw at us. Boy, were we wrong. There are scenes here that almost stopped our hearts with anxiety, terror and fear of what was going to happen next. Talk about a page turner. Damn. Scary stuff man. Woa.
Does shit hits the fan? Ohhhh yeah. it does. When? We won’t tell, but HOLY [*insert your favorite cuss*] !
We have tight corners and tight scenes here, and we are not talking about sex (yet) but, there are more enemies to be worried about now than simply the Corps. We have mercenaries on the hunt for them and many of them Dusters, and how they deal with them is curious and funny, lol.
The authors did, once again, an EXCELLENT job when it came to relaying trauma, anxiety and panic by showing both the mental and the physiological reaction of these conditions, especially on tense situations. Gorgeous and very relatable scenes indeed. I wish that every writer had this much level of attention to detail when it came to making relatable characters, each in their turn. It’s amazing.
Remember those little secrets the authors refused to give us on book one and book two about Tweak ? Yeah? In this book we finally get enough details to understand why she is so sensitive to touch, and why she punches, (or kicks) everyone that touches her, why she has so many traumas after she was captured and it makes total sense!
Now we understand why Jaz didn’t want to let her go in the first place. Now we understand her motivations. Oh my god… This is so enlightening! Love it. We will warn you that it will make your gut tighten just imagining it, so prepare yourself.
I love the fact that we have two Omis now, * high pitch happy screams*. It’s awesome because we get twice as much of the personal and mental health tips stuff to deal with anxiety and many of the emotional conflicts we experience as people. The authors did great with this aspect of the book! You get a trans, gay cyberpunk book filled with action, thriller, conspiracy, power, values, personal development tips, examples, motivational and inspirational quotes, and mental-health tips that you can apply *more happy screams*.
This is awesome. This is the type of literature we need! These are the types of books that this generation needs. The hell with the perfect Cinderellas, we need Tweaks, Janices, Aidans and Billies. [*Your favourite cuss*] yeah!
And atop of that, we have a new favourite couple. Yas. So cute.
For those who love an out-of-the-blue plot twist, expect several, and a character twist as well that will leave you with your mouth agape. Hahahaha. And to top it all, we have Janice. Three freaking books and we had no clue whatsoever that Janice was… oh my god.
How can a book be this perfect? I mean, it even has poetry on it. It has… Rumi. I simply can’t. I simply can’t take the gorgeousness of this book, omg… this is too much. This book is too perfect, this book is too, damn, perfect. I can’t. I c a n ‘ t.
We have Aidan’s sister as well, and you want to keep an eye on that fact, because it’s going to cause a lot of emotional feather ruffling. Trust me. She is quite bombastic too. And Karma? Oh sweet Karma… Oh god *laughs*.
An unexpected ending for the book, with lots of unpredictable plot twists and surprises, so… yeah, this book, this series is… Let me define it like this and end up this review: We didn’t want to stop reading, because we can’t get enough of it, wooooooo!
Pros:
- Excellent characters full of depth, relatability and personality. Quite colorful
- Excellent plot that turns out to be quite addictive
- Excellent emotional relatability and advices
- Valuable content all the way
- Realistic story of toil and effort
- A natural progression to the previous book that adds to the series overall note
- Lots of plot twists and turns that lead to unpredictable results
- Dynamic story and characters
- Solid book in every aspect
- The suspense and thriller is unbearable at times
Cons:
- None
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