Charity's Code

Overall, this story was better developed and more smoothly delivered (no choppy, rushed scene transitions) than its predecessors.

There were a few major inconsistencies with Charity's level of skill. One example is that Charity can do all the mental calculations “without thinking about it” to figure out where each of five parachuters would land while she also counted stitches for a project she was knitting... but our first glimpse of her codebreaking took her over an hour to think of a pretty basic clue location. The two activities seemed to be done by two completely different brains.

None of the characters followed the #1 stated rule for the team: “share nothing personal.” Even the team leader shared something personal at one point. They also struggled to keep the second of only two major rules: “don't talk about any missions. Ever.” A pretty big mission was discussed between a pair of characters who were supposed to be able to keep secrets. How could either be trusted with important secrets if they were so quick to gab?

I'm beginning to doubt this series can have a decent finale. Every book so far has ended very abruptly in the climax, leaving zero resolution for the lead characters.

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