5/5, the best book in the series Wow. Going into this I didn't expect it to live up to the praise I'd seen it getting, but this was just an upgrade from the last few books in every possible way. The only thing I disliked about this was Naomi's POV chapters early on, but man did it step up in the end. This takes everything I absolutely loved in Cibola Burn and upped the stakes, and fuck it hit the mark good. I seriously can't wait to finish this series with Leviathan Falls, because Tiamat's Wrath is a perfect setup and did some serious saving of my opinion of the series as a whole. A lot of reviews were talking about the loss of characters in this, that really was no joke, and I feel like this book really saved the crew of the Rocinante in terms of being a good found family. To me in the last few books it just felt like they weren't what they used to be, I didn't have any interest in them any more, and it just was missing the mark it had established early on, but this really redeemed that which I'm extremely grateful for, because as the hallmark of the series, they needed to be a strong centre. Elvi remains, in my opinion, the best viewpoint of the series, and thank fuck she came back, it's no coincidence the two books she's been involved in have been the two best. Teresa was a brilliant viewpoint decision, having a younger perspective was really refreshing and interesting as it reprises the theme of the impact of parents on their children we were shown in Nemesis Games and Babylon's Ashes with Filip. On that point, I am honestly disappointed that nothing has happened so far with Filip's character, it seemed like he was given such a good arc only to have him entirely forgotten, and I was really hoping he'd make a return, so here's to hoping he'll make an appearance in the final entry, otherwise to me it really does seem like a waste of character. All in all, a brilliant book which brought back everything I love about this series, and has me emotionally charged for the ending. They were sitting at the fountain where he'd taught her about displacement. How to make something heavier than water float by making it hollow. She looked at the rippling surface of the water and wondered whether she'd float now too. "There's a moment that everyone eventually experiences when they see that their parents are just people. That these mythic figures in their lives are also struggling and guessing. Doing their best without knowing for certain what their best is." THE EXPANSE: Leviathan Wakes - 4.5/5 Caliban's War - 4/5 Abaddon's Gate - 4.5/5 Cibola Burn - 4.75/5 Nemesis Games - 4/5 Babylon's Ashes - 3.5/5 Persepolis Rising - 3.75/5 Tiamat's Wrath - 5/5