The Sub-Domain

 wow this really has turned into a book review blog hasn't it? lol idk what else to say Anyway, this book went from pretty safe espionage for middle grade to a full blown thriller in like, five chapters. Character dynamics were explored, and done well so - I think I just need more of Brooklyn and Rio + Sydney and Kat. Shining more light on Sydney's character was a good move. Her...angsty problems were perfectly believable. On a lighter note, I'd decided before reading this that Sydney had a skateboard and I WAS RIGHTTTTTTT  I think I just need more Rio? I mean he's the only character whose background yet hasn't been shed light on. Hopefully it will be done in the next book. I also kind of wanted Charlotte to make an appearance but she wasn't even mentioned. I wanted a bit more of Kinlock Abbey too. Yeah, that's all I can say without spoiling anything, so INCOHERENT SPOILERY RANT AHEAD SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS k, now that we've got tha

 I promised myself I'd return to this blog when I had this book in my posession, and here I am in 2021, five months later :') I think my pillow's been my best friend during this book. It tolerated me screaming into it, me reprimanding our main characters, me rolling around on the bed in agony, me sobbing into it. The last sentence may or may not have been a hyperbole. I have come to the conclusion that authors are evil. Wait, I'm an author too- Anyways, this book was brilliant. Katherine Applegate never disappoints. A few of my theories were proved in this book, and yet a zillion others were disproved. This book was shorter than the others, so tbh I'd have liked a little more time with our beloved five-person-band before it ended, and I do feel that some characters were conveniently done away with (I will elaborate more on this in the spoilery rant below). We finally get Gambler's backstory. I might have been laughing that entire chapter, even through the seriou