The joy filled sequel to Marie Lu's spy thriller Stars and Smoke is the perfect world blending, exciting, passionate novel for readers to dig their teeth into this summer. Bringing back much loved characters Winter Young and Sydney Cossette, Lu holds nothing back is she dives deeper into their star crossed romance, and the world of these thrill chasing hero's.
From the blurb;
'New Sparks.
'Old Flames.
'A mission that's playing with fire.
'It's been a year since global pop sensation Winter Young and secret agent Sydney Cossette barely survived their mission together in London, and Winter hasn't stopped thinking about her.
'So when Sydney shows up with a new assignment, he has no choice but to accept. Together, they head to Singapore to rescue a fellow agent.
'Of course, nothing is ever simple when it comes to Winter and Sydney. Turns out the agent in trouble is Sydney's ex, and as old romantic feelings give way to new jealousies, the due find themselves ensnared in yet another treacherous scheme.
'To make it out alive, they're have to learn to be partners again - and perhaps something more...'
Highly anticipated, Icon and Inferno is a masterful sequel to Stars and Smoke which jumped off of the page as a striking thrill adventure, introducing deliciously crafted characters in an exciting world filled with loud luxury and dangerous plots.
Icon and Inferno takes those marvellous characters and expands upon them, and the grey world in which they thrive. Lu carries forward her masterful action filled story line, with exciting new threats and eye opening new adventures.
As Winter Young has be battling to get over Sydney Cossette, Sydney has continued to be thrown into adventures and dangerous plots. Finally moving on with his life, it is a surprise and a joy for Winter to be thrust back into Cossette's world, but this time the danger is far more than it seems.
As Winter and Sydney circle each other a new cast of characters threatens to turn their worlds upside-down. Unlike before Sydney isn't the only one whose life is on the line, as Winter fights a much more public battle while they work in the dark of the shadows.
Drawn into a much more distant country than London, our pair find themselves in a very different world from the one they know, but for readers this new setting is a world blending thrill, reintroducing characters from Lu's portfolio loved by many, and fans of Lu's work will be overjoyed by the nods to a previous series.
Be prepared to be bouncing with joy, clinging to the pages of the book with sadness and gasping with shock as plot twist after plot twist come smashing down with extreme speed.
Icon and Inferno is a book you won't want to put down, and will be thrilled to find that Lu leaves open for a potential sequel. We wait with anticipation to see what Lu will write next.
We give Icon and Inferno five stars
ISBN - 978-0-241-64652-6 Cover Price - £8.99 First published in Great Britain by Penguin Books 2024
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