3.5 better and better stars. This needed another polish edit, but that's just a quibble. The rising tension worked very well because the MC and crew became more and more important to me. There seemed to be some internal conflict about the implants, but I could've missed a point. That's less important to me than the characters themselves. Three stars are for the author delivering on the promise to entertain me. The half star rounded up on sites too dim to allow half-stars is because this is the kind of superhero story I want, but am too impatient to write myself. On to book 2. ( )

Excellent concept in that the plot and technology remind me of Ghost in the Shell. However, too much unnecessary physical detail, background, and side plots slow the story down to a slog. ( )

Just a couple of chapters in: Loving the setting (my home turf, Washington DC) and the protagonist, a woman, cyborg, POC, ex-military, police liaison. Can't wait to read more.

Finished: This was really excellent. Tight cyberpunk mystery, well executed. It could have used a quick and dirty copyedit, as I found some typos in the Kindle edition, but they're easy to ignore in a book this good. I'll dive into the second one posthaste. Do like.
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Beats House of Cards hands down for excitement in DC.

The relationship between protagonist Rachel Peng and her partner is somehow optimistic even though they are both functional alcoholics. Given their circumstances, that might not be such a bad combo.

I'll be back after [b:Maker Space|20987201|Maker Space (Rachel Peng, #2)|K.B. Spangler|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1394041607s/20987201.jpg|31853131].

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This was a pleasant surprise. Digital Divide is sprung from the same world as the wecomic A Girl and Her Fed, but is less supernatural and more techno-thrillery.

I enjoyed the characters and the tensions they experienced. I'm going to read more of Spangler's work. ( )