3.75 stars

The story —middle part in particular— is a bit too heavy regarding the detail level, more than once needlessly.

For the moment, only having always present that's a futuristic story I can not despise Toreht, who between his aspect —tall, blond and in black uniform— and his work doesn't make but to remind me to a stereotypic SS officer. The scenes with Tanit in Toreth's office, in spite of the neologisms that are used, it proved to be revulsive for me and I couldn't help the constant presence in my mind of my vernacular term for Toreth's "tool" (picana) used profusely for the dictatorial governments during the XXth century in my country (including my childhood and first youth).

The suspense plot is VERY good and the last chapters, from the revelation of the instigator, are simply first-class. The only weakness that I could see was the thing about the ginger-haired man, I caught it instantly, so that an experienced senior like Toreth didn't spot it just as fast. is difficult to believe.

Chemistry, sex and kinks between Toreth and Warrick are incredible and I cannot wait for going ahead and to see how the incipient feelings develop among themselves. I'm delighted that the first of those feelings be trust, a cautious trust for now but I expect to so much more...

NEXT!
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It didn't fulfill my expectations and I didn't particularly enjoy it.I didn't particularly enjoy it because it was just not my kind of story.I was forcing myself to finish it.
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Omg I love this book so much but I can't write a good review of it. I loved the main character. He's a control freak and a workaholic who feels no guilt about manipulating people for his own purposes. Of course, this lends itself quite well to a particular sort of relationship dynamic. I really liked the meet-cute, if you can call it that. The whole book is great, though. And scary, in that psychological thriller sort of way. ( )

Val Toreth is a bright young star at the Investigation and Interrogation division, known for his ability to get information and results out of nearly anybody, whether through charm, sex, or torture. He's assigned the investigation of an up-and-coming company: two people have mysteriously died while hooking into the company's proprietary simulation devices. The investigation is twistier and far more interesting than I expected, and the clues are well placed. (The futuristic dystopia in which all this takes class is equally well put together: information about it comes out casually and naturally through conversations and characters' assumptions.) During this investigation, Val's involvement with one of the company's senior directors, the controlled Dr. Keir Warrick, both tests Val's casual approach to relationships and reveals dark secrets about what's really going on.

Fascinating, with a good mix of plot, characterization, and very well crafted sex scenes. I'd expected this to be like the other published m/m erotica I've read, which often feels generic and copy&pasted together. Toreth and Warrick are very distinct individuals; I look forward to reading more of their noirish adventures while trying to survive being under the thumb of the Administration. ( )

My oh my. what a ride. I would say that 60% of the book was just fillers and the other 40 was just great writing. I mean if you're looking for a book to unwind to this is not that book. This book will leave you tense and ready for anything. Bravo! ( )