I absolutely love Ellen Hopkins. She has become my favorite author. She has such a fascinating way of writing. Like the majority of her books, I definitely give it a 5 star review. I was hardly able to out the book down! ( )

I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me with an arc for this book. I was so excited to receive this book, as Ellen Hopkins is one of my favourite authors.
This was a quick read, as most of her books are, but still very deep, and like with all her books I felt connected to the characters and they were all very easy to identify with. I also really enjoyed how the first poem in each characters chapter was from a background characters POV, I feel like this added something more to the story.
I strongly suggest to anyone planning on reading this, to remember that its a sequel, and this one picks up soon after the last left us off, so I strongly urge you to reread Tricks before picking this up to familiarize yourself with the characters and plot again so you aren't so confused going into this one!
I was VERY skeptical about her releasing a sequel to Tricks, but I'm glad she did. The only problem I have, is that I felt that it was very rushed at the end, and I think with just another 50 or so pages I would have been totally satisfied, but that doesn't bother me enough to change my rating.
Basically, Ellen Hopkins has managed to write another incredible novel, and I strongly suggest you give it a read! ( )

I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me with an arc for this book. I was so excited to receive this book, as Ellen Hopkins is one of my favourite authors.
This was a quick read, as most of her books are, but still very deep, and like with all her books I felt connected to the characters and they were all very easy to identify with. I also really enjoyed how the first poem in each characters chapter was from a background characters POV, I feel like this added something more to the story.
I strongly suggest to anyone planning on reading this, to remember that its a sequel, and this one picks up soon after the last left us off, so I strongly urge you to reread Tricks before picking this up to familiarize yourself with the characters and plot again so you aren't so confused going into this one!
I was VERY skeptical about her releasing a sequel to Tricks, but I'm glad she did. The only problem I have, is that I felt that it was very rushed at the end, and I think with just another 50 or so pages I would have been totally satisfied, but that doesn't bother me enough to change my rating.
Basically, Ellen Hopkins has managed to write another incredible novel, and I strongly suggest you give it a read! ( )

Angst, Sex, and Drugs, oh my!
i expect nothing less from Ellen Hopkins. She is the one author i can always count to bring the hurt, pain, and darkness to a free verse novel
This is a sequel to [bc:Tricks|5510384|Tricks (Tricks, #1)|Ellen Hopkins|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1347236052s/5510384.jpg|5625827],which followed 5 characters from small towns who were looking for purpose and meaning in their teenage lives. They are all back for another round where we get to see how their lives fared and the events of the 1st one effects them as people. Without giving much away, i can say that at least one of the characters lives have all been changed. my big pet peeve is that the end of the book ends with way too many burning questions!! Ellen, when are you releasing a third novel?????? ( )

I didn't love it as much as some of her other books but it was nice to see what happened with these characters. I think I might have waited too long to continue. I only remembered some of their stories until the book was about 100 pages in. I love that I almost always forget that I'm reading poetry and not an actual novel. She highlights the struggles and calls out the dark underbelly of many issues for teens. I can't wait to see what she writes next. I'm always looking forward to her next book. ( )