Review: onward and upward
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2011
This book lived up to the first part of the series, which pleased me a great deal. There are other plot synapses that are quite well done so I won't linger on that too much. Durga and Jake were my favorite characters this go round and I must say I found myself feeling sorry for her, which in SJ I didn't. Well done L.K. :) I hope that the third one goes into more about the interaction between the gods/godesses because I found myself wondering that as the humans built up this new world no one seems to really know about why they do what they do anymore. Also, (trying not to spoil it) the "business" with Sky and Mike was at least better resolved here, which I liked. Alice was also a favorite, her growth was good to see that the author didn't limit herself to keeping everything and everyone in the same boundaries that she set the first go round. This book sort of opens up as it progresses; it grows. The story doesn't drag you along, it propells the reader to try to anticipate what comes next but it always twists in a way you don't expect it to. These characters seem like real people in that they never quite do what you predict. 4 Stars.