Dark State

I really expected to enjoy Empire Games and Dark State, based on the synopses. Theoretically, they should be way more up my alley than the Laundry Files novels (which I actually do really enjoy). But I thought they were just meh. The plots consist mainly of lots and lots and lots of political maneuvering. I really never got emotionally invested in any of the characters. I'd hoped that reading the second book right after the first might get me more into it, but it didn't, and I honestly don't think that I'll continue with this series.