The beginning of this volume started out very intense and grounded, focused on the harrowing fighting between Rhodey and Tony, two men who obviously care about each other but also feel hurt by one another. I was looking forward to seeing their conflicts resolved, however that ended up quickly being put on the back-burner so a larger plot with the Mandarin could advance.

Since I have never read any comics Mandarin previously, the story became slightly difficult to follow and I finished it just feeling bored. The Force Works team also isn't that interesting to me, and clearly others agree since the only issues of theirs on the Marvel Unlimited app are the ones that tie in to this event.

While I read this mainly for Rhodey, his character is largely and ironically pushed aside for Tony to be put in the spotlight again. The events that happened in these issues are so different from how his series started out that it's difficult to process that they're connected and even part of the same comic. I didn't hate this altogether, and it was entertaining going back and forth between different series to read all the tie ins, but the volume was still a disappointing and unsatisfying ending to something I was looking forward to reading.