"If you care, your enemies have all the leverage they need."
If you are looking for an action-packed suspense thriller with a kick-ass heroine government agent, then this is the book for you. Following the fast-paced WINTER DARK, this second installment still has it all.
The series focuses on organized crime and its boss, Alek Konstantin, who also happens to be intimately involved with Winter to the extent that he's embedded a tracker in her wrist. Previously unknown and in hiding, Winter found him and his identity has been exposed to the world and he is being hunted. Winter both wants and doesn't want to see him again.
There's danger in technology, and the new popular internet application is known as Firestorm. If you want someone dead, the Guardsman will do the hit. Anyone can have anybody killed for the right price. The world is in chaos and Winter decides to go after the Guardsman even as they are targeting her. Then word comes down that the Guardsman intend to wreak havoc at the summit of the world's top leaders scheduled in London and they have a very powerful weapon. Winter needs to figure it out and stop the planned assault in order to save humanity. NO SPOILERS.
Complicated and rife with red herrings and all manner of suspicious players, Winter doesn't know who to trust. There are lots of characters, some from the previous book, and some new ones who all might have ulterior motives in being close to her. Winter is a bit unbelievable as invincible superhero and her relationship with Alek is very twisted, so she's a bit hard to like even if you root for her success in the mission. There's lots of bloody death and carnage. Violence and fight scenes are frequently described in great detail. The sex doesn't resemble lovemaking. But it all works keeping true to the characterization. Yes, definitely I'll want to read the next book despite the aspects I didn't like because it is really just hard to put this aside as you feel the urge to know who is behind the Guardsman. Sure, I could do without the sick romance, but I think that partnership is permanent!
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read, review and recommend.
This is the second book in the series and you should read #1 first.
Genre -- suspense thriller, Mystery, action
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