Nemesis Games

This one was... different. And I'm not sure if I liked that. It showed an extremely different side of everything, and even put on hold most of the plotlines that had been developing in the first four books.

It was probably my least favorite to read, but definitely the most intriguing from the perspective of the overall storyline; it feels like the authors took a book to step back and set a few things right before they moved on into the later books (which I have not, as of writing this review, read yet) so they can make sure to get things right later, and I like that.

ALSO there are some wonderful all-new plotlines and characters thrown in now that make me excited to see what's coming next. So yeah, different, but it has a lot of potential, depending on how the later books progress.

Well, this one is different. The story is told by the points of view of the Roci crew. All of them this time, not just Holden like in the previous novels. That was a nice change, since knowing the past of the main characters is something that we reallly needed. And it's done very tactfully, merging the charcters' past with the main story in a very interesting way.
But it's not just a "character building" entry in the Expanse saga. There's A LOT going on on the political side too. A direction I really wasn't expecting and that felt maybe a little too rushed to be realistic. But I'm splitting hair here.
Needless to say at this point, I alredy started the 6th novel in the saga. And I'll keep reading them until they'll keep coming.