I received a free copy of this from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Protagonist: 5/5
Love Interest: 5/5
World Building: 4/5
Plot: 4/5

Overall score 18/20 which is 5 stars.

Let me say first of all that I loved this book. I was gonna read it slowly on the side but it kinda took over all my reading time and I'm so glad it did.

We technically have two protagonists and they're each other's love interests and that's Fox and Seven. Neither of them are what you'd completely expect and that's great. Seven was vulnerable an funny as well and Fox was stubborn and someone you could look up too. Both have bad things in the past but they work well together for a reason.

I now have to make note of some of the side characters because they were great and i love the glimpses into the past of some of them. I adored Joanne and I adored Twelve and Eighty Eight though you probably weren't supposed to at first. But all of them together really built the world and I love that it was so multi-national. Though I will warn that the spy is someone obvious.

The world building was interesting and you mostly got a good picture. There were times where you could have done with a little more information. You don't know how far in the future this is happening and the tech could have been a little more detailed but it was a good example of show not tell. My main issue was that the big final battle technically happened in the background as the main characters sit around. After everything that happened, you then not seeing that final thing, it's kinda sad and irritating.

But the ending was enjoyable, the explanation for the agents fascinating and everything about the characters within the plot is pretty damn amazing.

I really enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it to people looking for some new sci-fi in a VR type world.