Marie Lu’s style keeps the pace moving, and the tension high. I usually enjoy her books, and this was no exception.
I suppose it wouldn’t be totally necessary to have read the first book in the series to follow this one, but it helps. Here, Winter Young, the world’s biggest pop star, again teams up with Sydney, a secret agent with a private firm. They hooked up briefly in the last book, and neither could stop thinking about the other, but they couldn’t imagine another scenario in which it would make sense to use a pop star as a secret agent. This time they need him to get Sydney in to a particular arena where he’ll be doing a show, and Sydney can pose as his bodyguard. She’s going in to try to rescue a fellow agent, who also happens to be an old flame of hers.
Of course, nothing is as it seems, and soon the whole thing blows up into an international scandal involving assassinations and double-crosses. Along the way, Sydney and Winter, who both have their own reasons for keeping the other at a distance, are forced to confront their feelings for each other.
It’s a fast read. Not totally clean, but could be a lot worse.
My rating: ****
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