The sequel to the high-pace Snare is a direct continuation of the first book, and gives us pretty much more of the same. It's also unfortunately pointing out more weaknesses here, that didn't bother me much in the first book, but annoy me now.

In any case, this is pretty much an Icelandic variation on Breaking Bad. We have regular folks here who have to break bad in order to survive. Mostly, our protagonist Sonja, who was forced to serve as drug mule so she can continue to see her son Tomas, but also Bragi, the customs inspector who wants to make sure his Alzheimer wife can spend her remaining days at home. And it gets wackier for Sonja who needs to deal with crazy Mexican narcos. Mr. José reminded me a lot of Tuco Salamanca in the Breaking Bad universe.

The novel is as fast-paced as the first one. Unfortunately, a massive amount of the story is wasted on the b-plot, which is about Agla and her financial transactions. I am pretty sure they'll fall on her feet in the final book, but for now they simply annoyed me because I found them boring. Agla is a very unlikeable character, I just don't know.

Ends with a note of happy end, so I am sure it'll all go to shit again in the first few pages of the final book, Cage.