Review: Good sequel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2013
I am a bit surprised by just how much writing Drew has done with this series.  This book is a massive volume and covers in detail the classes, events and clashes of the characters going through year 2 of the Hero Certification Program as Landers University.  Once again we get to see Vince, Roy, Nick, Mary and Alice struggle to make friends and deal with their powers.All of the characters get a few moments to shine although Mary at times is shunted to a support role as outside characters get more active.If there was any major disappointment for me it was the treatment of Vince throughout this tale.  Drew attempts to make him a tragic and reluctant champion of all that is good (or at least that's how it seems)  Instead, Vince comes across as mental defective who can't deal with any emotional upset or the possibility that he needs to step up his game if he wants to remain in the program.  I'll admit that the way he's rescued from his own stupidity is novel, but it was way too deus ex machine.  It was in my opinion poor ploting and horrible character development.the rest of the tale made up for the flaw, but just barely.  This could have been a 3 star.Do read Year 1 first, just so  you can understand everything.  There are a lot of concepts here that Drew assumes you already know.