The Fall of IO

Executive Summary: I found the start slow, but once a certain something happened, things really picked up for me. I'm looking forward to the next book.Full Review[b:The Lives of Tao 15981711 The Lives of Tao (Tao, #1) Wesley Chu https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1361886088s/15981711.jpg 19932371] was a pleasant discovery a few years back. It got better with each book, and really stuck the landing. When this series was announced I was really excited to be returning back to the great world building Mr. Chu established in that series.Io is very different from Tao. And Ella couldn't be any more different from Roen. For that reason I've struggled with this series at times. I liked the first book in the series, but not as much as that original series.I feel like the start of this book had some pacing issues as it felt like Ella was basically avoiding moving the story forward. Then something happened and the story took a turn for the better. The world Mr. Chu has built the Quasings inhabiting humans throughout history is fun to read about. Mix in the spy thriller elements and you've got a winning combination. This series does a good job of continuing on the story from the first series, while being different enough to be redundant.I'm hoping that there is less time between books 2 and 3 than there was between books 1 and 2 because I'm really looking forward to see how this wraps up. This doesn't quite leave off on a cliffhanger, but it does set things up nicely for the next book.