I usually at least like and sometimes really like Carsen Taite novels, and so I was really surprised that for the most part this novel put a frown on my face. Perhaps it's just me and where I was in the moments I was reading this book, but,while I thought the plot was interesting I couldn't stand the characters.

It's the story of Rook and Zoey. Rook is a DC fixer for whom works is life. Zoey is a Major in the Army for whom the Army is life. They meet a couple of times unofficially in various settings and then they're told to work together or an investigation into the son of a big time general. There's a lot of back and forth during that. Personally and business-wise. And lots of twists in the investigation too.

My problem was that I never really liked Rook at all. She never seemed to grow during the book either. By the end of the book she says some different stuff, but how she acts stays mostly the same. And with Zoey it just seemed like what was said about her totally contradicted what the character actually said and did.

I did like seeing Julie and Addison again. And then there was George. I think he was my very favorite character in the book.

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books. ( )