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Well, that was hella disappointing.

After reading this book I had to and reread my Warcross review. Not because I didn't remember if I had liked the original novel. But because I didn't remember if I had always thought Emika to be so bland, stupid, and annoying. She was certainly all of these things in this book.

In the previous book, Emika was an active and interesting character. In this one, she is little more than an observer while other people actually get things done. She asks a lot of questions and eavesdrops on a lot of conversations and watches a lot of videos of other people doing things. And that's pretty much it. She's more a narrator than an actual character and I couldn't stand it!

I prefer character driven works to all others. This isn't one of those books. Emika is such a weak character in this one that it's actually kind of sad to read about. Her relationship with Hideo was kind of annoying as she completely let go of common sense for the sake of a guy she knew for a few weeks. She also behaves in extremely naive ways, trusting everyone and making dumb choices.

All of that said, this book did have some good parts, namely, Emika's team. I liked that we got to see some depth to them and were able to watch their interactions. Honestly, they were more interesting than Emika, especially  Tremaine and Roshan, and I would much rather read their stories instead.

Another thing that this book did well was the mystery of Sasuke's disappearance. There was one plot twist in particular that made me put the book down and rethink everything I had just read. I have to give it to Marie Lu, that was certainly creative and clever. Sadly, that wasn't enough to make me love this.

Overall, I think the book was kind of bland. It did have its amazingly clever moments and wonderful plot twists, but the characters themselves just couldn't seem to shine through. So, do I recommend it? Sure? If you absolutely loved Warcross then you might like this one. If Warcross just wasn't your thing, then maybe leave this one be.

My review for book one: HERE