Review: Very good sequel. Spoilers.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
Attention, spoilers!This sequel was very entertaining. I missed the conflict between Liam and Daniel for their shared past, but the action made up for it. While the previous book took place in a close space, this one takes us from the Gutter to the Sky and back.I was happy to see Daniel put his life on the line for Liam (spoiler: and the other person). He has to sacrifice his ideals and to accept that sometimes the things you hate are the same things that can save you. Liam is a little less important in this installment, but he gets to confront his family. This book in a sense mirrors the first one: here Daniel has more depth.The events of the story takes place in a very short span of time, so there is no real time for the characters to take informed decisions and balance them with the outcomes. I missed this a little bit, especially the issue if mods make a person more or less human. (spoiler: I wanted to see Daniel some time after living with the mods to see if he changed his mind.) Also I think there wasn't enough about the vampire society, I was so curious about it, I almost felt that Liam being a vampire didn't have much impact.There was one thing that I didn't like. (Major spoiler: the fact that Anna, Daniel's daughter, was the result of a drunken night. I would have much preferred she would have been the result of a conscious decision. It would have made me like Daniel so much more and I think it wouldn't have made his relationship with Liam less strong.)I liked very much Gizmo, the tech guy who helps Liam and Daniel, with his mechanical arm and quick mind.Bottom line: a very entertaining series with original elements.