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Great characters that I became interested in right off the bat, intriguing technology being explored, a plot that moves along and not spending alot of time in the blow-by-blow of the battles.

I wonder if there's a second book planned to continue the storyline or the author wanted to end on a question. Both work for me.

“Sergeant Adriene Valero wants to die. She can't.”

That's the sentence that made me pick up this book. I was expecting something really dark and emotional, but that's not what I got. Not really. I got cheesy interactions with a weird set of comrades that are by far the most unprofessional special forces kind of soldiers I can think of. It will work for some, but didn't work for me.

I kind of gave up around 60%, speed read a few chunks here and there, and then read the final two chapters. The ending is... not very satisfying.

Mmmmaybe a 15 yrs younger me would've appreciated it more?