leigh_darling's review
4.0
**spoiler free review**
This book starts right were the last one left off, something that rarely happens. I love it when that happens, it makes everything that occurs feel like it is Universe level important which makes it easier to read. This second volume did not have to take so long world-building so it got moving and to the heart of the action more quickly. I read it in just under 5 hours.
I don’t often marathon a book and even less often do I marathon a book in the middle of a college semester. This book required it, I had to know what happened, I had to find out how things were tied together, how the new characters were going to fit in with the old, how lingering issues were going to be resolved. I needed to know more than I needed to do coursework and as I’ve said, I have no regrets.
I was pleased with the plotline in a way that is not often achieved in novels that are part of a larger work: the plot was self-contained but still moved the larger issue forward seamlessly. It is not common to have that happen and I love it when it does happen. It makes it feel like there is hope for this big thing to be solved but it is not the only thing going on, much as in real life.
I am excited to see where this story leads, what further adventures await our characters and who will join them. I am not in a hurry to solve the big issue, I am content with the speed things are currently moving. That pretty much never happens, I always what resolution NOW. I love that in this case, I am happy.
This book starts right were the last one left off, something that rarely happens. I love it when that happens, it makes everything that occurs feel like it is Universe level important which makes it easier to read. This second volume did not have to take so long world-building so it got moving and to the heart of the action more quickly. I read it in just under 5 hours.
I don’t often marathon a book and even less often do I marathon a book in the middle of a college semester. This book required it, I had to know what happened, I had to find out how things were tied together, how the new characters were going to fit in with the old, how lingering issues were going to be resolved. I needed to know more than I needed to do coursework and as I’ve said, I have no regrets.
I was pleased with the plotline in a way that is not often achieved in novels that are part of a larger work: the plot was self-contained but still moved the larger issue forward seamlessly. It is not common to have that happen and I love it when it does happen. It makes it feel like there is hope for this big thing to be solved but it is not the only thing going on, much as in real life.
I am excited to see where this story leads, what further adventures await our characters and who will join them. I am not in a hurry to solve the big issue, I am content with the speed things are currently moving. That pretty much never happens, I always what resolution NOW. I love that in this case, I am happy.
ctorretta's review against another edition
4.0
Ok, in my review of Queen & Commander I expressed my feelings on these young adults going out on their own with no regard to how they were going to survive, and with none of them having any real knowledge of the real world. (yes I sound like an old lady, but damn it, it's true!)
So... in this book it started much the same. As I was starting to get disappointed that the plot wasn't going to be very different from the first, it started getting better. Yes, there was still some dissension in the ranks, but they were starting to work together. At least some of them were.
Victor really surprised me in this! I thought he was going to remain his serious, Gwyn loving self but he really grew. Rhiannon sort of grew. I think it was more being in this new town and seeing how she affected people that helped her to grow. I did like her much more in this one than the last but until a bit more than half way through she kept making the same mistakes that she made in book one.
The character I loved was Melissa! Love, Love, Love her! She added so much to this even though her story and theirs is somewhat perpendicular. Just her being in the plot was fantastic. And the fact that she's some form of cyborg with human thoughts just made me love her all the more. Janine A. Southard really did a great job when she created Melissa and I loved every part of the book that she was in. (BUT especially the ending SQUEEE!!)
So, much better than the first. Still a bit slow to get started but it picks up. The ending was well worth the wait.
Received book from author for an honest review.
So... in this book it started much the same. As I was starting to get disappointed that the plot wasn't going to be very different from the first, it started getting better. Yes, there was still some dissension in the ranks, but they were starting to work together. At least some of them were.
Victor really surprised me in this! I thought he was going to remain his serious, Gwyn loving self but he really grew. Rhiannon sort of grew. I think it was more being in this new town and seeing how she affected people that helped her to grow. I did like her much more in this one than the last but until a bit more than half way through she kept making the same mistakes that she made in book one.
The character I loved was Melissa! Love, Love, Love her! She added so much to this even though her story and theirs is somewhat perpendicular. Just her being in the plot was fantastic. And the fact that she's some form of cyborg with human thoughts just made me love her all the more. Janine A. Southard really did a great job when she created Melissa and I loved every part of the book that she was in. (BUT especially the ending SQUEEE!!)
So, much better than the first. Still a bit slow to get started but it picks up. The ending was well worth the wait.
Received book from author for an honest review.
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