I seem to be a bit of an outlier in that I didn't absolutely love this. I do agree that it's even better than the first book but I think that's more down to the characters already being developed so we can jump right into the action-packed plot. Michaelson is good with his character and plot development though I still find some of these characters are just being given powers without much explanation or reason and it leaves me with questions. The climax of this book was pretty powerful though and it'll be interesting to see how the author meets or tops that in the last installment of the series. ( )