Gemina

Let's crank the music up and get started, shall we? Yes, we shall.

I'm afraid, we will need to keep this one short, as it's quite impossible to review the second book in the series without spoiling too much the first one.

For some unthinkable reason, I was a bit reluctant to start this book. So, I read 32 pages on the first day, nothing on the second and yesterday I started and couldn't stop until it was 5 am and I turned the last page. Well, I can get crazy like that.

The one important thing you need to know - if you liked Illuminae, you would definitely love this one too. At a times, Gemina has a feel of very twisted and a lot bloodier Home Alone movie (yeah, the one with Kevin and Christmas). But there was no Christmas tree and much more drama. But I loved it anyway. Well, I don't even want to know what that says about me :)

At first, I missed Kady and Ezra a lot (well, first 40 pages maybe?). But the new characters just kept growing on me. They were just so not what they look like at the first glance. Believe me, I was not a fan of them at the beginning. But there was nothing that could've stopped me admiring them later.

Two more things, that are worth mentioning are humour and art. The book made me laugh in some really dire situations for the characters. And art (especially Hanna's Journal) was just beautiful.

So where that leaves me? Well, I'm right here. All ready and a bit scared to start the last book.

I'm probably in the minority here, but for me this was not as amazing as the first book. I still absolutely loved it but it did not leave me with that same feeling. I still want to listen to the audiobook to see if that changes my opinion.

lol why did I have this book at 4 stars? This is like my favorite book. Don't hack me or anything but my password at work may or may not involve the word “Hanna” in it.

I know it says I've read this once, but actually probably have read this book like 5 times if you count how many times I randomly put on the audiobook on at night and pretend I'm Hanna Donnelly.