The Pharaoh Key

Not having read the previous books in the Gideon Crew series, I sometimes felt the emotional impact of the events in the book were a bit understated, although that could well be because I was new to the characters. There was no lack of excitement in the story itself, and although I did guess at some of the “twists” in the narrative before they occurred, that did not diminish the pleasure of reading it.

The phrase, meah, comes to mind. It was a good enough adventure in the end, but if you're a fan of the Gideon Crew books and the Ice Limit releases specifically, this just falls short. The characters are watercolor versions of their prior representations and I was hard pressed to become invested as a reader. It's worth reading. It's just not a book that brings anything of consequence to the series. In that, I am disappointed.