This book is one big stereotype. It's like an American action movie in book form. I have read earlier books in this series so I knew what I was getting into but this one was pretty cliched even for a thriller. There was a lot of Americans rule the world type rhetoric and it was quite self centred. I don't mind that so much but the 'romance' aspect felt tacked on and cringe-worthy if I'm honest. I enjoyed the female characters but most of the characters who were not the main two felt a bit flat and one dimensional. Also some of the banter felt forced and a bit like someone role-playing military characters bantering with each other, if that makes sense.

Having said some of what I didn't like there was plenty that I did; the plot skipped along, there were no boring sections, and even though the plot was pretty obvious from the beginning, I still found it reasonably compelling. It was cheesy but relatively enjoyable.