Review: Pennsylvania is my new reading addiction
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
I like to reserve my five star ratings for top reads of the year, books that really stand out and make me apathetic to reading anything else not in that story's world or by that author. Pennsylvania 2, while not a stand alone story, obviously, has made me really excited about this series. I just bought the third and pre-ordered the fourth (out on the 28th of Feb.). I don't want to read anything else, and I'm bummed out that I'll have to wait a few hours to get wifi so I can start reading part three.I already discussed in my review of part one the set up to this story. In short, Pennsylvania is a unique world for fans of a quick-read SF book with intrigue, action (both high-tech and not) and strong characters. I really like Jed, the Amish "man" (at 18, he's no kid anymore), who left home on a space ship to help colonize another world. Credit Mr. Bunker for making this a much more complex and mysterious story than that. The mystery and the wallop at the end of part two really make this story stand out.Pennsylvania 2 takes some time from the action to lay foundational pieces of the world, and while these sections didn't blow me away, they were necessary. I now understand the resistance and their efforts against Transport, the government in power. The relationship between Jed and Dawn is developing into a romance in a way that I'm enjoying--nice, gradual pace with a question mark and possible conflict in the future because of Billy's obvious attraction to her.Why is Jed's rescue from Transport hands so important to the resistance? Where and when is he? How they heck is the coffee can from his home on New Pennsylvania, a planet in another galaxy? Why can't Dawn tell him who she's working for? All these questions and a few more are making this an addicting, highly entertaining read.