In a sentence? I lost the plot very early on. I still can not make up my mind, what this book was about: love story with too many lovers, spy suspense novel a-la Cold War or a terrorism suspense novel of post-2001 fame.

I honestly do not know what to make of it. The book was too long. There were too many unecessary details, dialogues and descriptions. There were too many characters as well.

Was it about a mole in the Agency…. Well, the mole was way to predictable, if you ask me.

I have not read the first novel in the series, but one does not have to in order to understand characters and relationships between them in the second novel. It’s a mess anyhow.

What cracked me up is the audacity of the author to pain ‘big bad Russian wolf’ without giving any proper details as to what FSB does or how they do it. Never underestimate your enemy. Why on earth would an author paint a picture of such a stupid, under-developed and limited Russian Secret Service? Does she really think that there is noone and nothing better than Americans? Really? Not even British? Very short-sighted and not-interesting.

If the author has tried to paint a picture of spy life as being not too glamorous, she succeeded. ‘This life isn’t worth it. The price is too high’ runs throughout the novel in one way or another.

All in all, I found this book very long and exhausting. Author does know a lot about various things and it shows in her writing. However, she failed to make it interesting and suspensful.

If you are looking for a one-dimensional spy novel where good guys are pretty and bad guys are ugly and stupid, give this one a go.

I am done though.

Thank you so much to booksgosocial via netgalley for sending me an ARC copy of Road to redemption by Puja Guha.

I didn't realize this was a second book in the series so my opinion may not be the best for this book (so i will skip the obvious developed characters and careers etc.)
Overall the book was good. It was filled with violence and action and for not knowing much about the already well developed characters i really liked them.

Suspense galore made for a hell of a page turner! This novel drew the reader in from the beginning with strong characters and their attempts to strategize held one's attention captive!