A very solid opener to this new “West Wing” style series
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If I tell you that my number one TV show of all time is The West Wing, you can probably guess how excited I am for this series.
And Press is a great introduction to the crazy world that is working in the White House.
I have two minor concerns with this book though which I’m going to spoiler although they don’t reveal anything specific.
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First is the choice of ‘bad guys’, which just felt to me personally a bit too “going with the stereotypical options” and reminds me of big Hollywood movies where the villain always has an English accent.
However, I am hopeful, given elements of the overall series plot which are revealed here, that it may turn out to not actually be as obviously the case. If so, then it will be a fantastically clever twist.
The second is a really tiny thing and more a me problem than the book itself and it concerns character names. When Henley calls Levar by a nickname, it instantly takes me to one of the slang words for a toilet here in the UK – not quite as sweet as the use would indicate because in my head, his name is pronounced La-va when I guess it should be sounded Lee-var 🤔
The other is Calix, Levar’s boss. His name just made me think of a kids scientific building system, which is again totally on me and I’m sure I’ll get over it.
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So they were the only two things which popped me out of a narrative which is superbly paced, packed with great world building without a dumping of information and which has a realness to it which I’m really looking forward to seeing develop further.
Levar and Henley are a gorgeous pair. They’re scorching hot, the chemistry and connection between them flies off the page.
There’s also a fantastic set of secondary characters who are going to make up the rest of the series as I understand it and I’m very keen to see how Nora is going to pair them all up.
The main plot itself is intriguing, I love anything which hints of dodgy dealings in the corridors of power 😁
Very much itching to find out more as this series progresses.
#ARC kindly received from the author in return for an honest and unbiased review.
