I was an avid language learner at high school studying every language offered - French, Spanish and Russian. At Sheffield University I completed a Joint Honours degree in French and Spanish followed by a PGCE. In 1985 I began teaching French, Spanish and EFL, then moved to Hong Kong where I taught English and onto Australia in 1988. From teaching I moved into language testing (since 1992) and began test writing for Cambridge Exams in 1995. In my writing I am very conscious of my language learner self and see myself very much as a teacher. My aim is to try to produce the type of book I would like to use in the classroom.
Generally it's a good book. In my view, it wasn't comprehensive for all aspects, then I needed to study from other books as well! What is more, Cambridge series are better to practice for the exam due to listening part was much different on the real exam!
I'll pass the test in 3 days, I hope I'll get a 6 or 7 band at least. This book was very useful but of course I had to check educational YouTube channels like: 'IELTS with Liz' + 'Fastrack IELTS' + 'E2 IELTS' + 'IELTS Daily' they were very useful.