Not as good as book 1
932520
DNF @52%. I was hoping to feel sorry for the characters, given the circumstances and feel heartbroken but I only felt annoyed at them both. Pity, I liked book one and had stepped out of my comfort zone with a trilogy and love triangle/cheating.

Standard DNF rating of 2 stars.
3807541
The first book was a lot better, this one wasn't  as good.  Not awful, but the series is going downhill.  Don't know if I even want to read the third...
2292668
not bad, I like book 1 better. don't know if I want to geve the other books a try or not
4068252
I loved the first book in this series, but this one was disappointing. I didn't find Jayne nearly as funny as she was in the first book. Oh, she was foul mouthed and surly just like before, just in an annoying teen kind of way and not a laughing my butt off kind of way. Maybe it was just me???
  Anyway, I felt like the story was slow to start but once you got past 60%, it moved along at better pace. Since I enjoyed the first book so much, I might read the next one. This one just didn't pull me in, so I'm not if I'll like the next book.
1438495
I really enjoyed Book 1. Book 2 did not seem like it was following the same storyline to me.  It is set 1000 years after B1 so the chracters are all new and halfway through, the author was still introducing characters in their own situations without connecting them to the others. I was well into the last half before I was able to tell who the main chracter was.

The storyline did eventually connect up with Book 1 but it only gives you a taste.  The ending is not one. So unless you have Book 3 ready to read, you will be disappointed.
4023718
While I enjoyed the book, I wasn't compelled like the first book. Whith each subsequent book I'm less compelled. I think the plan or evolution to have books the weave in has meant to many subplots have been added and the original drive to collect artefacts seems to have diminished. So many new threats make all the others seem redundant. I like the love that Syn and Ryder share but I was underwhelmed with this book. I doubt I'll read it again, unlike book 1, I've read that at least 5 times, if not more!!
264121
Even though the story line is still there from the second book, this book was not as fast moving and there were a lot of boring details that seemed to go on and on. Hopefully book four will be faster moving and more interesting.
3736180
This second book in the series was not as good as the first.
3917622
Although not as good at book 1! There was not much history in this book as there was in book 2. A lot happens and I like how the story carries on. I wish there was more to the story of Claire and Jamie. I also wish the encounter of them at the print shop had been much better, it was a real let down... No more romance... but still a lot better than book two! I didn't have  to take a break!!
528637
Picked this up as a freebie on Amazon only to find it is really Book 2 in a series and Book 1 is $9.99. Took a chapter or two to work out who was who and what might have happened in the earlier book. I thought the book needed a good editing but I notice the first people the author thanks in her notes are her two editors so what would I know. Perhaps it was just not having read the first book that made it seem so loose and unstructured in the beginning chapters.

For me this was one of those books were I never found myself rooting for the hero and heroine. She forgives him too quickly and he seems pretty lame in the beginning. The world building needed a lot more but perhaps that was in the earlier book.

For me, not enough to want to go read the earlier book or books.
3636102
I enjoyed book 1 very much, but book 2 wasn't as good. Maybe it was because it was 10 years into the future , or maybe not enough action. No clue.
1786837
This was definitely not as good as the first book.  The pacing was choppy and in spots, I really had to force myself to keep reading.  I got very tired of her refusal to look for other solutions than to simply do the bidding of the bad guys and get beat up for her trouble.
4227205
Not as good as the first book. The half-orc gets a love interest, but that's about the extent of the character development. I pegged the murderer immediately and spent the story frustrated with the human lead's myopia. It feels like the author phoned it in. I liked the first one a lot, so I may give it a third book a chance.
3554638
I thought this book was disappointing after such a great start with book 1. I was looking for some closure or an end to this story....but it continues onto a book 3. I thought milking this issue of when will the hero know that he is a she issue lost a lot of the steam and the fun that it had from the first book.
4326514
I wish I could rate this book higher, because I really liked book 1. Book 2 was kind of boring, but this one is just a flatliner. Sorry to be harsh, Ms. A. But I just didn't see the purpose. The two main characters "made up" almost immediately, and the gathering of troops just seemed like something to do. Books 2&3 were so far removed from the first one it's just hard to understand why. Not feeling the characters or the story anymore. Disappointed.
3139763
The suspense in the first one was kept up much better, I can't really explain why I wasn't into it as much as the 1st book, has been sometime since I read this book but I can definitely say that I am not interested in reading it again.
392817
Not as good as book 1, It just seemed a little short. The last half of the book really slows down and focus on one big problem. But it's still very much enjoyable. If you liked the first book, this is more of the same.