Nemesis Games (The Expanse)

Nemesis Games takes the series in a direction that I did not expect after the previous book Cibola Burn. Had the focus of the previous book been the first forays into interstellar exploration through the Ring, we're taken back to the solar system, where the shit hits the fan in a serious way.

Since the first book I had hoped that we would get PoV chapters for the other members of the Rocinante and Nemesis Games got me exactly that. The crew splits up to deal with personal matters, and so we have four different perspectives of the assault of a terrorist group to close down the Ring forever. Amos' PoV was a glimpse at a post-apocalyptic tale, Naomi's story was a bit heart-breaking, and through Alex' PoV I am slightly shipping him with Bobbie now. Familiar characters are brought back, and the stakes are high. Even Holden is no longer annoying me, with some serious character growth on his end (though he's still a bumbling idiot at times). We know the crew so well by now, that this novel feels very personal.

The epilogue is a giant cliffhanger again, and I am ready to find out, who's really behind all of the events of Nemesis Games.

This is the high point of the series so far, a solid 4 to 4.5 stars on my scale.