Matthews falls flat with the conclusion of the Red Sparrow trilogy. He can't seem to keep the disparate threads of his modern day spy thriller straight. The timeline makes no sense and people have a surprisingly easy time traveling, with characters supposedly in one place only to appear in a completely different country on an unrelated assignment. The conclusion will likely make some invested readers angry. I thought it was fairly realistic, but the quick resolution doesn't make up for the meandering and occasionally confusing mess that comes before it. Overall 2 out of 5