The action is as amazing as ever. I love the story and characters too. This is still among my favorite book series.

However, the book starts off with a dream sequence which went on for twice as long as necessary. It takes up 10% of the book and is immediately followed by an extended sex scene. It was probably the first time I skipped parts of an MSE, because I became impatient and wanted to get to the story and action. Previously, sex scenes felt sorta earned, intimate, a culmination of Victor earning someone's trust fully. (Or at least, they were brief.) And while I'm nitpicking, applying descriptors like "more ripped than prime Schwarzenegger / Bruce Lee" to non-steroid humans also feels lazy and unrealistic.

Anyway, the action scenes are still awesome, if not better than ever. And the story progressed nicely, if a bit slow.

3.5 stars. ( )