See You Soon, Afton

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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Argh. I don't know how to talk about this – it's so much the second quarter of a story that I'm not sure what to say. Still, I feel compelled to try.

This picks up right after the events of Go Home, Afton and continues the story. It's almost as good – probably about as good, but since we know this world a bit now, there's not as much of the joy of discovery. That's the only negative to getting the story told in novella-length chunks instead of one big book, this part isn't the next good part of the whole. Still, that's part of the fun of this kind of story-telling, too.

I'm not crazy about developments and the reveal in the last few chapters, but I'm not sure I get all that Jones is trying to accomplish. I'm prepared to change my mind about it. Even if he doesn't convince me that this is the right way to go, I can still see myself enjoying the story as a whole.

There's a crispness, a rawness to the writing that I really appreciate. I'm really enjoying the characters of Afton, her brother and the social circle that she's found herself with (for lack of a better term), and am looking forward to seeing what happens next.

Basically, I liked this. You should read the first book in the series, and this one, too.

4.5 stars

Back in June I participated in the blog tour for Go Home, Afton which was the first part in this 4 part series and you can read my review for that here. The author was kind enough to provide those of us who participated in the blog tour with the second book and that's what I will be reviewing today.

See You Soon, Afton picks up pretty much where book 1 left off and is action packed and full of twists. I ended up reading this in one sitting and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

I don't want to spoil anything but there is a big reveal in this book which I didn't see coming at all. While the reveal is believable I wish there was a little more backstory and explanation about it because the way it was told was way to easy. So the ease of that situation is what's not believable to me. Ok I know that is very confusing but I can't really explain it anymore without spoilers.

Overall I really enjoyed this and would definitely recommend you read this series if you haven't already. I am definitely excited to read the next book. Also be aware of cliffhangers. I personally hate cliffhangers but I have been lucky enough to be able to read them close together so it's not bothering me as bad.