4/5I really, really like this series and the cover art for this one is about 100 times better than the first one, so we're off to a good start. I finished the first book (FULL REVIEW HERE) in 24 hours and I seem to be attempting to continue that trend for the rest of the series too. Poor Vie is not having a great time of it, yet again. I feel like this is also going to be a trend that I see continued. So here we are with the second book in this series. Once again, between avoiding and/or confronting everyone out to get him, Vie attempts to solve a murder. Only, things may not be as they seem and as we move through the investigation with Vie, it turns out there's a lot more going on that was first apparent. Added to that, the ending itself throws a big "wait WHAT?" spanner into the works too. I loved the part that Becca played, getting to see more of her and the friendship between her and Vie. It was nice to have him interacting with a positive influence who doesn't have a chance of sleeping with him. I love Austin, and to a slightly lesser extent Emmett too, but this boy needs some platonic friends too! On that same note, I love Sara. Honestly such a kind character who is just trying her best to look out for Vie. The way that story line played out was so perfect and I can't wait to see how it progresses in the third and fourth books. I think one of the focal strong points of this series is definitely the characters, so I was relieved to see that I loved them all just as much, if not more in some cases, as I did in the first book. The plot itself was interesting. It never really got boring, although there were a few points near the beginning that I had to force myself to read through and not skim to get to the action. You could just as easily chalk that up to me being desperate to find out what happens to everyone though, because I AM very impatient. I'm getting progressively more and more concerned about this brewing love triangle however. From past experience with books that include love triangles I've got a feeling I know how it's going to end up, and I don't think I'm going to like it haha, but I'll reserve judgement until I actually see a conclusion. I'll hold out for the polyamory we so clearly deserve! As I mentioned in my review of the first book this cast of characters does not read as the age they are so clearly meant to read as. They just don't. And every time it's mentioned how old they actually are I'm just like... But, as with the previous book, it wasn't such an issue for me that it stopped me enjoying it. I'm excited to see where the third book takes us. I do think it'll need to do something new, because the whole "Vie continues to get beat up," angle is getting very slightly old. As much as I love some good hurt/comfort I feel like there at least needs to be some extra comfort to balance the hurt otherwise it just gets a bit stale for me.
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