This falls into my category of books where I love the premise but feel the book is just too short to do it justice. 

The author reached out and offered a copy of this book to me and it was a summary that definitely caught my eye: 

Fantasy-thriller novella, female spies, psychic powers, saving the queen of the world… yep, right up my alley.

Unfortunately, I feel the book just wasn’t long enough for me to get really invested in the characters and fully understand the world building that was happening and how it related to the plot. 

The book throws you into the heart of the action quickly which I liked - right into a murder, investigations, and sleuthing. The opening chapter really sets the scene and I wanted to know more but the setting of context felt slow and piecemeal. The characters are likable enough, but I feel like we don’t learn enough about them to really become emotionally attached and invested in any of them. 

The world building has the potential to be really interesting, but it isn’t fully fleshed out and we don’t get to really understand what it’s like. The writing did a lot of telling rather than showing so I found it hard to really get lost in the book and pretend I was wrapped in that reality. 

The plot and storyline was interesting, and I did not see the variety of surprises coming which I enjoyed. I just wish I had more writing available to really get invested and understand the characters and context. 

Overall, a decent light read, but I wish there was more to it.