Keystone

Great start to an entertaining new series. Insinuation of new romantic interest between the female lead character, Raven, and Christian Poa (carried over from the Magieri series). Looking forward to see how this series develops.

The writing is pretty good but the story is contradictory and confusing. I don’t understand why half the decisions get made the way they do. Recruiting people off the streets to join your super secret organization on a probationary basis but also introducing them to your entire organization and location seems illogical. Threatening to erase the memory of people who leave or are kicked out and then letting them wander off, possibly for good without this happening is illogical. I don’t know why Raven gets blamed for going “rouge” with her first scheme when she convinced two more senior members of the group to go with her. She didn’t force them to go and they neither tried to stop her nor suffered the same consequences she did. Everyone else a constantly trusting and then not trusting everyone else. She’s both “totally green” but has still managed to kill bad guys on her own for years. Many in the group go cowboy throughout the book but she’s the only one who isn’t supposed to. It’s unbelievable that some of the other members of the group were recruited mere months earlier. That doesn’t jibe with their rapport with each other or the references they make about each other’s habits and mannerisms. Still the writing is solid. I’ve definitely read worse. It just feels a little haphazard and maybe some more editing and attention to consistency would have been beneficial.

Great start to a series. Kept me wanting more. Funny parts are always a good laugh. Some year shedding as well.