I grew up Catholic and in Italy. Catholic Church plays a relevant role in Italy and you are also used to listen to people talking about conspiracies like the one about the death of pope John Paul I or the disappearance of young girls in the 80s, the people who form the Roman Curia and their political games.
All this blah blah to say that I wasn't expecting a book that could be stranger than the reality but this story is more than I was use to expect.
It's a highly entertaining story, fast paced and action packed. It's full of twists and turns and you never know what's going to happen as the author excels at delivering surprising twists.
It's a page turner, once you start reading you keep on turning pages as you want to know what will be next and you're having a lot of fun.
The characters are interesting and fleshed, sometimes you find one of the villain quite likeable. On a general level Marco is my favorite character.
Being Itaian born and bread sometimes I had to suspend my belief but this never stopped me from throughly enjoying this story.
It's the second in a series and it starts just after the end of the previous books. I think it would be hard to read as a standalone.
I strongly recommend this highly entertaining and gripping story.
Many thanks to Bookouture and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine