2024 science fiction novella, second of a trilogy. Ada is back on the
job, infiltrating a museum gala in order to do… something.
The narrative style, first person present that doesn't share most
of Ada's knowledge, continues, but in this book I found I didn't mind
it as much. Partly I suspect it's because I knew what I was in for,
and partly it's because the majority of the events here take place
over one long evening, as Ada tries to set up two jobs while also
flirting with Rian, government agent and her designated nemesis. And
this time it is the "high octane sexy space heist" that the first
book's blurb claimed. Even if nothing actually gets stolen. Or does
it?
There's also more on Ada's feelings and why she's arrived at the
position she has, which I found more satisfying than "she is very
angry for reasons she is not currently thinking about" which was what
I felt from the first book. And hanging around the sides of the action
there's also the tech trillionaire who casually takes the credit for
the inventions of people working for him and simply cannot believe
that anyone could actually dislike him — after all, he's insanely
rich. And if that's a little unsubtle, well, these are days for
unsubtlety.
I think this may be the first time I've enjoyed the middle book of a
trilogy more than the first.
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