Review: Better than expected by a fair mile or two.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 27, 2012
First off: I went into this book prepared to despise Julia. Mission accomplished - and that's about all I could gripe about. Once I saw that I had been reading for the story, I knew I was done.I don't like spoilers, so - opinions for people who have read and enjoyed the first book, look to this one. It takes what's there and improves upon it. Relationships between characters are explored, more is explained with what is happening to Julia, and we get more of a focus on some of the off-characters rather than just Julia (score!!). Favorite characters are Jason and Cyn. Awesomeness - Cyn makes me have hope for the heroines, at least until Julia gets her act together. Jason is a real good guy... and a don't mistake that for him being a chump. You don't separate the wife from the husband for long.Don't get me started on Karl. He makes the series. If the books weren't good, I'd still read just for him. Fortunately, the books are great. As stated in the beginning, I went in reading because I liked the first one, even if I disliked the main protagonist - and got sucked into the book before I really knew what had happened. It's a deceptive thing. Read it, and get drawn down into the blood of the Singers ;)