Flash Fire

Mhm, I liked the first one better. Honestly, I don't have a lot to say about it. It was a nice listen while I was working and it wasn't terrible - though it wasn't ‘amazing, oh my god, I have to listen to more of it right now'. (In fact, all except the last 45 minutes or so was listened while I was at work and I don't work again til after the end of this month and I wanted to finish it this month.)

Thoughts? Hmm. The narrator was obviously having a lot of fun with the material. I don't like the big reveal (tm) at the end of the book. (Very cheap.) I do like the squad of four teens and that they are aware of stuff. I don't like that sometimes this book reads like an after-school special. I do like that the parents aren't perpetually kept in the dark.

I'm not against finishing this series, but I will not be buying the next book (hinthint library of mine) and I will be looking at it with lots of trepidation, because judging by how this book ends, there are two major plot points of the next book that I will either hate, or dislike. (And, in fact, the main plot of the next book, sounds like a plotline I will hate unless it is handled very, very carefully.) (And, to be fair, I'm not sure I've ever seen it handled in a way I like.) (shrugs)