Description: Young CIA officer Talia Inger has reconciled with the man who assassinated her father, but that doesn't mean she wants him hovering over her every move and unearthing the painful past she's trying to put behind her. Still, she'll need him--and the help of his star grifter, Valkyrie--if she hopes to infiltrate the Jungle, the first ever crowdsourced crime syndicate, to rescue a group of kidnapped refugee children.
But as Talia and her elite team of thieves con their way into the heart of the Jungle, inching ever closer to syndicate boss the White Lion, she'll run right up against the ragged edge of her family's dark past. In this game of cat and mouse, it's win . . . or die. And in times like that, it's always good to have someone watching your back.
Former tactical deception officer and stealth pilot James Hannibal takes you deep undercover into the criminal underworld where everyone has an angle and no one escapes unscathed.
My Thoughts: I didn't find this installment to be quite as easy to get into as the last one. It doesn't seem like all that long ago since I read the previous book, but already I had forgotten who most of the main characters were and how they had all come together. So when this story picked up, I wasn't as invested in the character's or their dynamics as I remember being previously.
Whereas the previous book built up to some of the greater feats these characters could pull off, Chasing the White Lion opens with that, as do many other action and adventure sequels. This story seeks to discover more of Talia's past as she seeks out who ultimately was responsible for ordering her father's death.
As with the previous book, I still was not a huge fan of Talia. She comes off as rather bland, while the others around her are witty and interesting. Still, Tyler is determined to look after her in order to make up for the wrongs in his past. And Talia is still trying to work through hers.
This is still a good action story, though not as charming as the first book. I think that the discovery of the characters had been what caught my attention most before, and here they have already been introduced. But if what you liked from the first book was the action, then this one will still deliver it for you.
I have provided an honest review after having received a copy of this book from the publisher.
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