Status Updates From WHISPER Flashpoint

Another chapter of newly introduced, named, characters - between these new entries, plus the insane amount of tactical and military exposition and jargon, chapter 7 requires a lot of focus to follow events. But, if I understand right, the Antagonist has *finally* entered the game - High hopes, I'll be watching him close.

The twist this chapter would have had a much stronger impact had the relationship between the relevant characters been explored more thoroughly, and if this twist came later - while I'm interested to see where the current situation goes for this group, I wish things didn't feel so rushed along

Despite it being the same structure and execution as the last chapter, it felt a lot more engaging seeing this council have a back-and-forth about the matter of independence. While both arguments were represented, it did feel a bit one-sided, but I'm hoping later in the book the consequences are explored.

Please, Brandon, *please* slow down on introducing named characters; at least break it up with chapters showing us what Miguel and crew are doing, you set up an interesting premise on his sudden return after 10 months in enemy territory - I'm hoping to see his relationships with his teammates, even his apparent beef with Duster, explored

*Lots* of exposition dumping through walls of text. With this many new, named, characters, take the 300+ pages of the book to space out this information so there's no overload on the reader. Also, Fero forgot to end-quote a sentence and missed a typo ('Doctor' as 'Dcotor') - Again, all interesting info, but show, don't tell

There are a lot of interesting concepts presented that I wish were shown rather than told; I'd love to have seen the accident that took Miguel out for 10 months and some of the aside remarks other characters have made - I feel like I'm reading a sequel with no leading title sometimes. I will say, I enjoyed Miguel's interrogation; It was an exposition dump, but presented in a way that I could get behind

in one chapter, two different men spat on the floor, which is kind of funny. Less funny, Jez's eye color changed from hazel to black in the span of a few pages - I'm hoping the rest of the book was better proofread