Thank you to netgalley I received this as an ARC. It was an okay read. I don't think it was for me. I found myself skimming through it. I felt it was missing something. . Solid 3 Stars for me!

Thankyou to NetGalley, BooksGoSocial and Regis P Sheehan for the opportunity to read and review a copy of Succubus.
I thought this book offered a good read. The storyline was delivered at a good pace and keeps the reader entertained.

Thanks to the author and NetGalley for this book.

I labelled this book 'thriller' and 'non-fiction' because that is what it is. Although the extraction of a young scientist from North-Korea is fiction, the book is more non-fiction because of all the technical background and information the author gives the reader.
Therein lies the result of three stars instead of four or five. Although this background information is very interesting if you are keen to learn more about the hunt for Hussein and the awful things that are going on in North-Korea, it is a bit much, a bit too rich in details. On the other hand, there is the 'fiction' part, which is actually a good and interesting story and much easier to read - except for the great many names. People keep popping up, do or say something and disappear again, only we have to learn a lot about them that we don't need to be able to follow the rest of the story.
It is ok but it misses a good editorial hand to work on the unbalance between fact and fiction, between summing up facts and the 'show, don't tell' the readers need.