My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I had no idea what to expect when I started this book. A friend read it, didn’t tell me anything about it, and I didn’t read the blurb before I dove in. I didn’t even look very closely at the cover, which would have given me some clues. I did later see that someone had compared it to X-Men meets X-Files and that seems about right.
I was hooked from beginning to end and am a little sad to say goodbye to some of the characters. I’ve heard the second book in the series isn’t like the first – still good, but pretty different – and I don’t think I’m ready to tackle that one just yet.
One thing I didn’t expect was to laugh as much as I did. What a great story and a great main character. I certainly recommend this one to anyone who enjoys political intrigue and science fiction.
Oh, and the narrator did a great job on the many different voices. Her inflections during narration, though, kept pulling me out of the story. Not too badly but enough to think repeatedly, “please change that!” I understand that she doesn’t do the second book so I’ll be interested to know how I like the new narrator once I get around to it.
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