Well, that was pretty impressive. The intensity in the last 100 pages or so was through the roof and I was pretty much gripped in place. Couldn't put it down no matter how hard I tried. Even my cat couldn't take my attention away from the book.
I thought this book was going to be mainly about side cases and stuff, I didn't expect the case they were trying to solve right now to be pulled back to the main event. And I was 100% on board with that, though there were millions of questions left to be answered. I seriously want to know a lot more about Jiang Ting. His past and how and why the mysterious dude seemed pretty much obsessed with the guy. They seemed to have some kind of history together and ooooooh, I'm really excited for the next book. There was this convo between the police bosses about Jiang Ting that had me startled. The way Yan Xie's boss described him as someone whose words couldn't be trusted and that he had this kind of talent that allowed him to convince people. And that pretty much painted Jiang Ting to be quite a grey character. I kinda suspect that there would be a lot more to this character and that statement might be a misunderstanding, but deep down I kinda wish that he stays grey to the end 'cause doesn't that sound exciting as hell? I mean I know Jiang Ting was very smart and that his detective sense was god-tier so I wish that his talent would be used in a more exciting and thrilling way than let it stay ordinary. I don't know if that makes any sense but oh well.
As for Yan Xie, fuck, the guy was cute as hell. I fell in love with his lively personality and the way he carried himself. Such an unserious and serious person all at the same time and I think that was what made him so special, and kinda unique in a lot of sense. Their romance started to blossom slowly and I'm excited about its direction given the current situation. By the way, I'm a sucker for romance and I usually read books that focus mainly on relationship and romances. So the fact that this story makes me equally excited about both the main plot and romance, which is quite a sub-plot here, at the same time is quite commendable. Kudoes for that. The action scenes were exhilarating as hellll oooooh im hyped. Aight im hooked now.