CIA officer Talia Inger has reconciled with the man who assassinated her father, but that doesn't mean she wants him hovering over her every move and unearthing the painful past she's trying to put behind her. Still, she'll need him--and the help of his team--if she hopes to infiltrate the Jungle, the first ever crowdsourced crime syndicate, to rescue a group of kidnapped refugee children. But as Talia and her elite team of thieves con their way into the heart of the Jungle, inching ever closer to syndicate boss the White Lion, she'll run right up against the ragged edge of her family's dark past. In this game of cat and mouse, it's win . . . or die. And in times like that, it's always good to have someone watching your back.I love the combination of spy thriller and Leverage-like team of con-men and thieves working together to make the world a better place. I especially loved seeing the team draw closer together and open up and be real with each other. Sometimes I had trouble wrapping my mind around the layers of mastermind Tyler's plans, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the thrills. And this was full of thrills; if anything, it was more fun and intriguing than book one. The Jungle was obnoxious and a little cheesy, but it really worked--the fact that the team acknowledged that its theme was overblown made it clear it was a quirk of the villain, not just melodrama on the part of the author.
And it's fun to read a book full of geeky pop culture references that I actually get (and, honestly, even use, like the Last Crusade reference). I really enjoyed it.
Thank you Revell and NetGalley for the complimentary e-book. I was not required to write a positive review, and all opinions are my own.
Talia Inger
1. The Griffon Heist
2. Chasing the White Lion
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