Spies and Other Gods by James WolffMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. My first thoughts about Spies and Other Gods was that the agent in charge thinks of himself as always the smartest person in the room regardless to what room he walks into or who walks into the room. In this case it appears that he is so arrogant that he doesn't recognize that someone has walked into the room that is smarter than him. Why on earth would they send a historian to investigate assassinations?
Two days later I have read this book in one of the most unconventional means ever. I skipped an entire section because I could no longer stand not to know what happens to Zak and Aphra. Once I know that answer and I back my way into why I thought it happened, I went back to where I left off to determine if my thoughts were accurate. I could have stopped then since I had most of the answers to my questions. Why was Aphra assigned to this investigation? Why would a researcher be sent to investigate a complaint made about an intelligence investigation? These were the most compelling questions to me and honestly they were the factors that drove this book for me.
Of course, knowing some of the answers still left a hole in my thoughts. I needed to know Aphra’s story. Of course, we get to know Zak’s story as well which compelled me back to where I left off before skipping to the answers. The answers led to more questions so I had to go back. The story was compelling so only having the answers was not enough. Knowing someone’s why seems to be a huge trendy catchphrase these days and it is not really one that I spend a lot of direct time on usually as I am not a fan of trendy catchphrases. But, in this case, knowing what drives Aphra is the most compelling thing that drives this story. It is a great read and if I were to sit down to read this knowing what I already know about it, I would read it the same way despite skipping to the end not being one of my methodologies where there is a mystery in the middle of a slow burn spy story. I will post this on my blog at as it never gets enough attention these days. Ladytechiesbookmusings.Blogspot.Com
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