Review: Sadly not as good as Pressure Head
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
I love JL Merrow and pre ordered this one.  It's the sequel to Pressure Head which is one of my all time favorites of Merrow's and I was glad she'd written a sequel to it,  it felt like it could have legs.Having said all that,  I was sadly disappointed.  It felt like the boys had lost some of their edge or character.  The mystery plot was not interesting and was inconsistent - there were some world stopping coincidences going on there.  But really,  the main problem for me was that the central relationship just felt flat.  Tom had gone from charming to slight,  and Phil didn't seem to bring anything new to the table.  The relationship didn't progress and none of the characters had much new to say.  I would still read a third one but I would want a more substantive and less personal mystery and I would want to see the relationships deepen and grow.