The Lives of Tao

The story was interesting enough, but I ended up getting frustrated with both the author's portrayal of women throughout the book (always using physical traits to describe them, like beautiful, or soft skin), and then there's an entire chapter dedicated to sexist undertones of “how women are past their prime by 30s”.

Then there was Toa himself. From what I understand from the book, he was the one who imprisoned his fellow kind in turtles and the like. So why he was surprised when Zoras (name might be wrong) was utterly pissed off and wanted revenge - is...confusing at best. From what I gathered, Toa started the war himself directly by starting to enslave the other alien beings that annoyed him. So ¯_(ツ)_/¯

A fun, fast-paced read although, as others have said, it could probably have done with a bit more attention from an editor. It also commits the cardinal sin, at one point, of appearing to equate Dublin and British. I'm also not sure I'd describe Monaco as being like Las Vegas. However, it's a good enough read that I am tempted by the sequel.