Before the Devil Breaks You

Upsides: I'm really enjoying the direction she's taking this series, and this might be her best work (saying something, because she came up with Going Bovine!), as she pulls wider on the story and reveals that everything is really about the brutality of America's history, with (sadly) thoroughly modern parallels. Downsides: Not all characters got plot action this time, which made it a little forced that the only time with checked in with all of them was some sexy-time vignettes. But the biggest issue is that book this clocked in at almost 600 pages, and that combined with it being the third in a now planned 4-part series will be a hard sell for all but the most dedicated teen readers. I've gotten a few kids into Book 1, but I have yet to get anyone through all 3. I'll work on it, though, because this series is great and deserves lots of teen eyes.