Icon and Inferno: Stars and Smoke, Book 2 by Marie Lu
The globally famous pop star is having a rough time. He misses that spy girl he met. An old girlfriend has reappeared. Somebody is writing a tell-all book about him. He is happy to be involved in a spy plot. He even gets a James Bond-esque special suit. There is a possible sploy to kill the US president. They want to protect him at a big gala after a big concert. There are various attempts on the lives of people as well as a song written to the "spy girl" performed in concert. The book takes a number of turns as double agents, CIA plots and others in place. The author even ties in references to her Warcross novel.
The ending then throws everything at us. The president gets killed. A soon-to-retire spy gets killed. Then here are plenty of stunts and fast action as well as sly moves. It feels like a PG-13 summer movie that just keeps throwing everything at us. The ending seemingly closes things out, but keeps the threads open for more books.
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