Hmm. Well this is awkward. I did not like this as much as the first book at all. It's making me want to go back and re-evaluate Anomaly. Was I just in a good mood? I don't think so. I honestly just don't think this was nearly as good or as entertaining. It was incredibly dull for the first three quarters, and then the climax at the end was both ridiculous and by then, too little too late.

We join Reid and thingy on their way to the HUB, which is the place Reid grew up fully aware of his Oculi abilities. They're coming to look for a mole in the Resistance. It's never sufficiently explained why they're so sure there even is a mole there, other than saying Santos couldn't have been working alone... Anyway, they're off to the HUB and at this point I'm enjoying it well enough and thinking this will be fun, we'll go in, meet a load of interesting people and I can try to identify which one is up to no good all sleuthy and detective-like. But then they got there and it was just so boring. They literally did nothing for the longest time. Just a bit of training, a few meals, going to bed, waking up, some kissing. None of the new characters we met were at all interesting or had any depth. It was a total snoozefest. We obviously did meet the mole at one point, but it was in such an uneventful way. There was no fun to be had in the guessing because the author didn't even try to make it compelling in that way. It was a case of just wait while I fill a load of pages with minutia and repetitive narration, then I'll just tell you who it is. By then you'll be so bored you won't actually care but, hey, never mind.

Ugh.

And then the end was so OTT, but at least something was finally happening.

This was my heartrate during this book.


Colour me disappointed and glad it's not a trilogy.

2 Stars ★★

A copy of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

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