Like with every Alex Rider novel Anthony doesn't deprive us of the action, mystery, and evil geniuses that he has been know to create in his previous novels.
In this particular novel we get to see how Alex struggles with life because of his inquiries towards an international pop star because neither MI6 nor his best friend will believe him! (tough life)
This book, like the rest in the series, are packed with the perfect amount of action, suspense, and mystery that every book needs without making it too overwhelming.
The pace in the book is neither too slow nor too fast it is just right ( Goldilocks would have liked this book ). I also liked how Anthony made us believe that Alex had no way out or that he had been defeated because the cliche good-boy-always-wins-without-struggle thing is getting very old. In fact it is not getting old it just died.
The characters also really developed from where we last saw them in POINT BLANK, even though we didn't see much of Sabrina at the time. We saw an interesting relationship build between Alex and Yassen up until the end of the book where...you know...um...STUFF HAPPENS. (this is a no spoilers post)
One of the characters that I didn't ( and don't ) like too much is Sabrina. From the last book when they "introduced" her to this book I just found her very annoying and flat. I did notice how Anthony tried oh-so-desperately to incorporate her more and give her a little bit more meaning, but I just wasn't feeling it.
A great bedside read that you will most likely fly through in day.
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