Unfortunately, this one did not get the balance between research/details and narrative/action correct, and to some extent it felt as though it was leaning far too hard into the other and forgetting that it was supposed to be fiction. As a result it was rather dry, slow-paced and just didn’t hold my attention. Added onto a lack of character development and interaction – especially dialogue – and it was hard to grasp hold of any of them, let alone be invested in them or the narrative and it felt very much like a ‘telling’ – which can work when used well, but which fell flat in this case.

This one had potential but didn’t quite live up to it, and I won’t be reading anymore from this series.