My review:⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is set in 1586 in England. Queen Elizabeth I is on the throne and there are Catholic conspirators planning to kill Queen Elizabeth and put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. 

Our main character is Giordano Bruno, an Italian who is a spy, and is going undercover to learn more.

This is a book that a series that I haven’t read. It follows Bruno, and so there are characters and other references to the series that I’m not familiar with but I didn’t find it detracted from the story. 

It’s a fast paced spy story, with the betrayals that go with it.

I found the settings to be very evocative and I was interested in how this was going to be resolved. 

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to HarperCollins.

My review:⭐⭐⭐⭐

Set in an dystopian future, where global warming has had it’s effect, this is told from multiple points of view.

There are the rich, who have things at their finger tips, and those who don’t.

With the setting of the after effects of global warning, it’s an interesting look at how society would react, and I found it fascinating the idea of the rich having a floating island, so they can watch the ocean, versus the rest who are dealing with very high temperatures and all of the change that comes with that.

There is a lot of mystery in this book and I found that the reveals worked as they went along, and it pulls you deeper into the story.

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to John Murray Press.