This follow-up was really disappointing. Everything about this sequel felt rushed. The protagonist does a lot of really stupid stuff all in the name of plot. Side characters that were important in the first book are shoved aside for new characters that are hardly set up at all. It really should have been 100 pages longer. There was a lot of tell not show in this book which feels especially weird since it is a sequel and we should theoretically know these characters by now. It also took a really long time for the plot to kick in and then it ends with a cliff-hanger/twist. Since I'm already reading this series for a reading challenge, I'll go ahead and read the next book. I hope it is better than this one.