A very romance-heavy sci-fi espionage book. The main couple is endearing and cute. The love interest is protective without being overbearing. The protagonist is emotionally open without being melodramatic, and a capable hacker.

Here is my video review: https://youtu.be/bqJ33eMl384?t=789

This is a book 2, but it still makes sense without reading book 1. Book 1 follows a different protagonist, so this story stands on its own quite nicely.

My favorite thing about this book was that our main character, Kee, felt unique. She doesn’t neatly fit into one stereotype box. She’s her own complicated self. She is emotionally strong (in that she doesn’t freak out over every little thing, and is emotionally mature), and yet she also tears up at the drop of a hat (and kind of hates her eyes for it). She bombastically dies her hair rainbow colors, and is outgoing and sassy. And yet she is also a HYPER FOCUSED hacker who takes her tech job very seriously. She is resourceful and good under pressure, and yet bad in a physical fight.
In short, it was a joy to follow her in this book.

The only thing that I would critique about this book is that I wish that there was more drama. Both the action-plot and the romance-plot didn’t feel pressing enough for me. This book is fast paced, and yet relatively low-angst.

Thanks to Avon and Harper Voyager and Netgalley for a copy of this book to review. All opinions are my own.