Review: Definite improvement
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2012
This made so much more sense to me than the first installment in this series. While Teenagers jumped around a lot, Jailbirds starts to narrow its focus to our main characters. The writing style is still pretty much the same (the author's voice is still a little young and immature), but it has definitely grown since the previous book.I really enjoyed Zac's growth as a character - he seemed to accept his lot in life, and vacillates between letting that influence him and trying to rise above it. It seems to be a very real struggle (though I wonder about his being in jail - with witnesses, et al, I would think it more likely he would be exonerated. From my experience, cops tend to go with the least complicated scenario).Sam also seems to be moving along nicely, though I wonder about her recovery after the ending of the first book.There were some inconsistencies, like a memorial service at the end of book 1 for someone who is still alive at the beginning of book 2.Overall, I enjoyed this more than the first. It was easier to follow who was talking, and what about, and to keep track of the storyline. Now that we are moving farther into the overall plot, I am interested to see what happens next. What happened to Sam while we were focusing on Zac?