(I received this book for free as part of Goodreads First Reads giveaways).
(This review may contain spoilers).
I did find this book a little hard to get into at times. The scene at the beginning was quite an intriguing one, but it was hard to see how it fit in with everything else for a little while.
I did like Spike as a character. He was easy to relate to and it was interesting to see him dealing with the courtroom case. Many of the characters were well-defined and so were the scenes in the story. The usage of other languages did make sense, rather than just feeling like they were being used for the sake of it.
I didn’t really like Jessica as a character and I did think that, although the bond that formed between Spike and Charlie worked well, I couldn’t say the same for Charlie’s mother. I had a lot of trouble getting behind that relationship, especially because of the lack of professionalism I felt there was.
Some of the supporting characters weren’t as well-defined as the main ones, I felt. They didn’t really seem to have a life outside of their interactions with Spike.
I did find this book easy to read and although I think it could have been improved, it did work well as a standalone. I’d be curious to read the preceding books at some point in the future.
Ink of Blood 
Thanks for your book review and your honesty, I don’t necessarily looked for book reviews and take the reviewers word alone on whether or not I should choose to read that title but I do consider there take because it worth the weight if I am on the fence interested in reading the book in the first place, or unhappy after I read it. I just recently started my blog and I am very much in to legal thrillers, mysteries, and crime fiction, as well an all around reader I look forward to your post.
I might look at reviews to see what other people think, but generally, if I want to read something, I will regardless. I personally enjoy a wide variety of different genres and currently have quite a large amount to read, both on my Kindle and in physical book form.