DNF - slow pacing for me and didn't care for any of the characters. This was a 2nd attempt at reading it and still I was unable to finish.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

New York is toxic—decimated by a dirty bomb years ago. The limnosphere is a virtual safe haven—if you're rich enough to buy in. Spademan is a hit man—box-cutter at the ready.
His latest job is to snuff out Lesser, a lowlife lurking around other people's fantasies. As Spademan is about to close the deal, Lesser comes back from the limn with a wild claim: terrorists are planning to attack New York. Again. This time from the inside out.
The warning sends Spademan down a dark path full of unsavory characters and startling revelations. A shadowy political fixer tells him of a long-running power struggle that goes all the way to City Hall. A brilliant Egyptian radical brings Spademan to the mysterious far-reaches of the limn. And a beautiful nurse holds the secret to what, and who, is behind these attacks—and she seems to want to help Spademan stop them. But he works best alone. Or so he thinks.
Spademan has always had his share of enemies, but now they're coming at him from all sides and it's impossible to know whom to trust. To stay sharp, his only option might be the one thing he swore he'd never do again.

I read the first book in this series, Shovel Ready, a little while back and was immensely entertained. It turned a lot of sci-fi / dystopian tropes on their head and really delivered a satisfying read.

While this one maintained the same writing style that won me over the first time (those short, choppy sentences really work for me here), it just seemed to stretch the resilience of the ready with a lot of repetitive information about the explosion, in particular, but also of the city itself.
Then there was the seemingly lack of details...and then "info-dump"...and then *crickets* again...that seemed to take away from the flow of the story. I don't remember if it was like that in the first book, but I doubt it.
Finally, I hate cliffhanger endings. People don't buy books, invest their (limited) time in the story, only to find out that it won't be resolved until a later book. It is unsatisfying and cheap. Might as well put nothing in the book at all except "Buy my next book" on the last page...

Overall, still an intriguing story but I feel that a bit of substance was lacking this time around.


Paul
ARH