I think this series is actually quite good, but I picked up this book without having read the previous ones so I couldn't make a whole lot of sense of it. It's definitely not a stand alone if you want to understand all the storylines and it will give you a better connection to the characters I think.
For now, it seemed like a series I would like and I will go back and try to get my hands on the other books so I can read it all in order.

There was so much going on, and I thought this book did a nice job of bringing the series together and shedding light on some of the mysteries that were alluded to in the first four books. I enjoyed all of the characters and felt like they all served a purpose. There was so much depth overall and it kept me thinking long after I finished reading.

I loved how the book and handled the complexities of choices in a morally defunct society. Very enjoyable and eye opening.
I highly recommend it

3.50 Stars. This is the fifth book in the Cassie Tam Files. I like this series and have read all of the books. I think the series as a whole is a solid 3.50 stars. The best way to describe these books is futuristic mysteries. Cassie is a PI, sixty years in the future, so there is a light sci-fi feel to these books with the added tech.

While most books have a main mystery for Cassie to solve, all of the books really are connected. This series is a must for reading in order. This book five really was the culminating book tying together a bunch of loose ends and info from previous books. If you picked this book up out of the blue you would be confused as to what is going on. These books are too connected that you have to read in order to get the whole picture.

While I’m giving this fifth book a solid 3.5 rating, I did have some mixed feelings. Because this is a big sort of climax of the series type of book, there was a lot going on. My memory was working hard to keep everything straight and remember everything from previous books. I felt at times things were a little convoluted but part of the issue, I think, was my memory. If I had reread all the books I think this book would have flowed better. One cool thing is that Doyle wrote a time-line in the back of this book that puts all the pieces together to understand what really happened in the whole series. If you are like me and tend to forgot a few things, all the answers are there at the end. That was a really good idea by the author.

I did enjoy that there was a good amount of excitement in this book. It was one of the more exciting ones. There was a war brewing between two factions that both want Cassie on their side. As a reader you don’t know which side Cassie is going to pick and the not knowing was actually fun and kept me really engaged.

I also was happy with where the romance between Lori and Cassie is going. The romance is very PG, nothing explicit, but I really have grown to love these two as a couple. This book felt like the most growth ever in their relationship and the ending made me very happy. Lori is a fantastic character in her own right so I’m always happy for more Lori.

It’s interesting but I can’t tell if this is the final book of the series or not. All the big loose ends are wrapped up and the ending was a good and satisfying ending (if it is the end of the series), I’m just not sure. Doyle left it opened that if the series continues there is plenty more for Cassie to do and it could be really fun to read about. Or this could be the end and if it is I’ll miss this series. While this series never blew me away, it always held my interest and I fell for the main characters. I’ll keep my fingers crossed it’s not the end of Cassie and Lori, but if it is, it was a good way to end.