There were a few unresolved plot points that sidetracked me at times. Overall it was a nice follow up to the first book.

I wanted to enjoy this book more, but I'm afraid I didn't. This first volume was pretty engaging, but this one didn't hold my attention at all. I felt there were too many convoluted and unresolved plot lines. I was disappointed by the end, but your mileage may vary.

A little bit slower paced than the first book, but not painfully so. It was a good continuation to the story, but I feel like it's a bit outside the subjects I generally enjoy so I'm not sure I can give a fair review. A little too much politics for my taste, but the characters and story are good so I think it's just personal preference that has me giving it three stars.

Fortunately I didn’t have to wait five years for the second instalment in the “Empathy” series. As the dust settles on the disaster that ended the events of “Imminent Dawn”, the Halmans are lawyered-up and figuring out how to get through the panel of enquiry that has been set up. Chandra and Kyra are struggling to find the balance they had in their marriage before Kyra was in a coma which is not helped at all by their inability to communicate. Meredith Maxwell is still missing and her friend and former colleague, Ren Dupont, is following whatever leads he can to find her. Ty still sees Chandra and Kyra but feels alone. Alistair and Ariel think they can avoid testifying by being married.

I enjoyed this but not as much as I enjoyed “Imminent Dawn”. I found the pace a little slower and much of that had to do with the political landscape and the politicians. I find my eyes glazing over a little bit in most novels when politics comes into play. A big part of my engagement with the first novel was the research study into the implanted chip and the connectivity it promised. Along with this was the very human element of Chandra wanting to communicate with her comatose wife.

There is still the human element in the struggles that Chandra and Kyra face but I felt there wasn’t enough page time for them. I’d have liked to have seen more of Ty, Ariel and Greg, even though Greg is a fairly minor character. There are a number of new threads that have opened up and I am still invested in seeing where this story goes.

Book received from Netgalley and NineStar Press for an honest review.