4.5 Stars

This book was such an excellent choice to start off the reading year. I had so much fun reading this, to the point where I didn't want to put it down.

I really enjoyed Enne and Levi as characters', and their dynamic together was very fun to read. The setting was excellent with a Las Vegas flavour that I thoroughly enjoyed. I also liked the idea of the volt system for currency, that was something new I'd never seem before.

The only real problem I had with the book was that it wasn't quite developed enough.

Apart from Levi and Enne (and perhaps Lola to an extent), the rest of the character's didn't feel quite so alive and three dimensional. Even Jac left a lot of unanswered questions about who he was. Similarly, the world was a little underdeveloped as well, we don't know how a lot of the 'normal' aspects of everyday life have come about as local norms. I spent a lot of the novel waiting for an explanation of the origin of the Shadow Game, and never really got it.

I am hopeful that, as this is a trilogy, we'll get more development in the future books - of which, I will definitely be picking up!

Lastly, I just want to say, whoever compared this to Six of Crows should really rethink that comparison. Just because they both involve heists and magic doesn't make them in anyway the same. It's a disservice to both authors.

Overall, definitely a series I can see myself continuing to read with great pleasure.