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Finally this book came out... Sorry, I meant: finally a book that gave me what I wanted. I admit, I was nervous that it would suffer from second-book syndrome, in which the first book was amazing and the second was bland and lacked the elements that really made the first so good. Not at all the case here. Actually, this might have been a hair better, partly because it built on the plot of the first one.

Okay, so the characters aren't the most detailed or intriguing I've ever read, but that hardly matters to me. Honestly, some of the "twists" were rather predictable, which did slightly matter to me. Together with a few parts that were just the faintest bit boring (paragraphs long, only, but enough where it slowed the otherwise exceedingly fast-paced plot), that takes a star off my review.

But really, I would give this a 4.5 if I could, because I really did enjoy reading it. I was rapt a great portion of the time, because the author doesn't waste time with dozens of characters and detailed intrigue. I think I laughed out loud several times as well, at both bits of dialogue and situations that were so ironic that I couldn't help but laugh. And the lack of a defined romantic angle... oh so many good things about this book. I'm sure tomorrow I'll regret having read this so quickly and facing once more a long wait for the next book.