Read the review of the Red Sparrow Trilogy at my blog

I had a blast reading Palace of Treason. It has everything you need from a spy thriller - sex, violence, mind games and betrayals; with the same authenticity as Red Sparrow.

There is a main plot but it is for name's sake. It takes back seat to the shenanigans of the returning characters from Red Sparrow - Dominika, Nate, Benford, Zyuganov etc. And Putin plays a bigger part in this story. This cast of characters is excellent and every one of them is well developed.

The key takeaway for me, though, is its humour. This book is full of it. It is irreverent, dark and crude or highbrow as the situation demands. And this is what makes Palace of Treason better than Red Sparrow, since it does not take itself so seriously.