Review: The Insiders by Tijan

The Insiders by Tijan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from Edelweiss.  This is my honest review. 

This story started off crazy intense and really didn't slow down all that much by the end of it!  Bailey is such a strong character.  She has had to fight her way through every achievement she's received and when she was presented with an impossible situation, she chose the path that would protect her mom, who was there for her through everything.  I love how she dives into coding and gets lost into it - you can really tell she loves to do it and she's good at it.  Gets her into trouble a lot, but she's so driven and immersed in it. 

Seeing her conflicting emotions about her family is gut wrenching.  She wants to get to know them, be a part of their world, but she knows she's not meant for their type of world.  I would hate being in that world.  Matt really ticked me off by putting Bailey into bad situations and then abandoning her.  I get he's had a hard life, but why would he use her like that?  

Kash.  Oh, Kash.  I do love him.  He's mysterious, dark, protective.  But he runs so hot and cold, I'd get sick from the back and forth.  And he's always keeping secrets.  It was cute for the first part, but after him and Bailey were getting closer, I wouldn't be able to handle the not knowing of everything.  Definitely a hard limit for me, that would have made me issue an ultimatum haha. 

Peter also angers me by the way he handled everything with Bailey.  I get he's nerdy and awkward, but he's also not and he needs to be an adult.  

So yeah, this book made me feel a lot of emotions.  I really inhaled this story, always wanting to know the next reveal and I'm very glad I finally got around to read it!  Only because I have the 3rd and last book, so I don't have to wait for the ending :)  I'm really glad I got the chance to get this eARC and I'm already diving into book 2!

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