Olivie Blake has some of the most elegant, clever, writing I have experienced, and I have enjoyed every book I have read. Particularly, she writes anger and depression in a way that is both conversational and visceral. I really enjoyed the argument scenes in this book. However, some of the elements felt forced and anti-climatic.

For example, why kill Belen when she did? So much more could have happened with her geopolitical goals and a potential reunion with Libby. I loved the Gideon and Nico ending - fantastic!! - but reintroducing Libby was very sudden and unexplained.