Greek and Fiona 2 was better for me than the first
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Greek and Fiona 2 was better for me than the first. I still feel bad for Chance and def Zaccai. I'm happy that Tyler got what she deserved. Thank you for ending thhe series at 2 bc it seems like when they go on longer than that you lose the original story. This was a good series, I just kind of wished we could have gotten a little more in depth on how what happened at the end of 1 affected everybody.
1777813
I read/reviewed the first book in this series not to long ago, and this book picked up right where the first book left off. I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and I felt so sad for both Drew and Sydney at the end of book one (this review will contain spoilers for book one, you have been warned).

So at the end of book one, Sydney is attacked by a crazy man, the old stalker from her childhood and she ends up miscarrying her baby. Which is all horrible. I really was interested to see how both Sydney and Drew were going to handle this traumatic event. Truth be told, Drew doesn't deal with it well at all, he goes into crazy over protective man mood, and Sydney, well I'm not sure she really even deals with the loss until much later.

Drew takes over-protectiveness to the extreme in this book, and his temper is like completely out of control. I mean it's a little insane how he acts. When Sydney and Drew go out and a fan touches her, he loses his marbles, and then in his mind he feels like she shouldn't have been dressed a certain way, and if she hasn't been maybe she wouldn't have be touched. He just gets out of control with it all. I can totally understand why Sydney starts to feel so isolated and like she can't do anything. I mean I totally get that Drew just needs to feel in control after what happened in the previous book, but he takes it too far.

I was actually really proud of Sydney in this book. In the previous book she is so nervous about anyone finding out who she is that she isolates herself, but in this book she really starts to come out of her shell. She goes out with friends, and learns to make new friends. And more than that, when she starts to feel isolated and trapped when Drew starts to lose it, she is able to stand up and say its too much and that she needs to take care of herself.

A couple of things stood out to me in this book. The first is that I loved that even though Sydney and Drew had some issues that they had to work through, they never stopped loving each other, and you could tell their bond was totally in tact. I loved some of the secondary characters in this book, Leah made a great and memorable appearance, but Allie, Drew's little sister really was the show stealer for the secondary character.

This book is a great sequel in this series, and one I enjoyed reading from beginning to end. I have really grown to love these characters and I think you will too. So if you like new adult romances, or romances with movie stars, then you should check out this series.
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I didn't like this one as much as the first, but it was still a worthy installment.

The plot wasn't as interesting (predictable) and I didn't like Cori very much. To me she was just a "poor little rich girl". Obviously there was a lot more to her than that, but I didn't like her anywhere near as much as Jazz from the first book. Same with Max. Didn't like him as much as Alex.

But the story kept me reading and by the end I was keen to read the third in the series. Overall it was fine.
1227979
The first one honestly was better in my opinion .  I feel like there are certain things that needed a little bit more explanation .  But for the most part it was a solid story .
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Tamras' enemy continues to work against her, and it becomes more clear that every major npc is in love with another woman (not a bad thing, but adds to the whole 'lesbian fantasy' element that the series embodies). Tamras and Maara's relationship changes such that Tamras relies on Maara less and less, losing much of the student/master vibe from the first book. While that might have been inevitable, it also made me sad, because I loved that part of their relationship.

I had such a strong reaction to book 1 that nothing really could compare to that; by book 2 I had moved out of the honeymoon phase and could view it more objectively.

While I enjoyed book 2, it didn't evoke in me the high emotion from book 1, perhaps because it started following a more distinctly conventional story pattern; I'm not sure. I would still recommend it to anyone who enjoys lesbian fantasy or lesbian historical fiction. While it's low to no magic, there are spiritual elements that have a magical resonance to them that might appeal to fantasy fans. You do have to commit to reading the whole trilogy, however, as books 2 and 3 don't standalone.
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I don't really like urban fantasy so I didn't enjoy this book as much as her first series. I did like this book more than the 1st though. The relationship between her and ryker has come a long way. Ryker is opening up more and becoming more approachable, meaning Im more willing to see them together. There is a more believable tension between the 2. Shes finally able to use his powers more and the ending leaves you on a nail bitting cliff hanger that makes you want to read more!
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OK I give you that this book is better than the debut book.
What caught in my throat on page 1 was Sophie talking about going to Church, or not going to Church, and she (or the authors) called our Sunday service a MASS. noooooooooooooooooo. Our service is The Divine Liturgy. Why a Greek husband-wife writing team would make such a mistake, or it was the fault of editor who didn't know better, I don't know - This series is supposed to give the reader more insight to being a Greek kid in an American world, so the info needs to be correct. Some folks still think we worship in temples to the gods...
So you can guess I was bracing myself for any other culturally incorrect things to pop up in this book. There weren't more, thankfully.
The story deals with a Greek laundry owner who disappears and Sophie is asked to find him. She gets over her head in things, but thanks to sexy Porter, she is ok. All's well that ends well...WELL Sophie meets a nice man she thinks is her sister's suiter, and she sees what a gentleman he is...and I had another Stephanie Plum moment...is this going to be Joe to Porter's Ranger?? OY. and that's not Greek.
But I have to say all in all, I like Sophie and yes I have the hardback of the 3rd installment. Do I feel passionately about this series?? Yes.
As a Greek-American I can relate to things (like My Big Fat Greek Wedding) - it may be on the side of slapstick and exaggeration, but fundamentally somewhere there is fact. Stop with the Plum like coincidences - Carringtons, get Greek facts straight if you're writing about a Greek girl - she has all of us Greek girls rooting for her - and the recipes are good too. Still can't stand frappes - yuk
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OMG! Kaitlin how can you do this to me?
That ending was was so good/bad, good in the sense that it was a bloody fantastic cliffhanger and bad because well it's a cliffhanger and we have to wait till Spring 2013 to be able to find out what happens!
 This book is in my opinion definitely better than the first book Persephone, I loved it, loved it, loved it, but jeez I will not sit here and wallow in the fact that 2013 still feels like years away when you're waiting to find out how this ending will resolve itself, ok so maybe I'll wallow a little.
God how I love Hades character, and although he was in the book quite a bit, I still wanted more, I can never read too much of him and his gorgeousness, but I'm also a fan of Persephone as well and life didn't exactly go so well for her this time, in the first book she found out who she was in this one she lost herself through the interference of Zeus, Thanatos, The Reapers and even Aphrodite.
Through the oath that Persephone made to Thanatos in the previous book, she cannot tell anyone, especially Hades, about his dealings and betrayal of secretly working with Zeus to bring down Hades, knowing this secret and not being able to tell Hades drives a wedge between the two of them, Hades knows that she's hiding something from him but he can't figure out what.
Persephone is effectively alone in this book, she's not talking to her mother Demeter, her best friend/priestess Melissa or Hades, and this is what Zeus wants, and he uses it to his advantage, but can Persephone and Hades defeat Zeus?
And will Hades find out about Thanatos and his intentions before it's too late?
I cannot explain how much I loved this book, Kaitlin you've got another winner on your hands.
A fast-paced, unputdownable series that gets better with every book, definitely pick this one up.
2544416
It was better than the first one, but not good enough to make me want to continue the series.
1539284
I liked this second book much much more than the first  in the series. The characters are much filter and the plot more fleshed out. I doubted that I would ever like Zoe's  character,but she grows on you, especially when she began to actually care about the people around her. Aric and Rafael are good characters reminiscent of the male suitors of Stephanie Plum., Mike and Ranger. It will be interesting to see the relationships evolve and new super naturals come into the mix. The typos and grammatical errors ("have went" & "have did"? Really?) Are annoying. This needed better proofing. Anyway, I can't wait for Book 3!
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I adored the first book in the Outlander series, so I was super pumped to read the sequel.  However, the second book in the series took me a long time to get through. It took me an actual year to read it as I got distracted by other books I had to read for review and such. I think a part of the problem was that some parts of this novel were just boring to me.

This book was a little bit different from the first novel. The first one leaves off with Jamie & Claire going to Paris, and this one starts off and Claire is back in modern times with a grown daughter.

I wouldn't say this is a spoiler because it's pretty clear that Claire at some point went back into The Stones to go back to her own time, but we don't know why. The story unravels back to the past as Claire starts to tell the story to her daughter Brianna and Roger Wakefield.

So remember when I said parts of it where boring? Yeah Paris was were I got really bored with the novel. It just wasn't as exciting as the previous book, and I just wanted to get to the action but it didn't seem like there was a lot of action in Paris. There was just a lot of sitting around and going to parties in Paris, which just didn't excite me at all. I've heard this complaint from a couple other people so I'm glad I'm not alone. I was still invested in this story, so I decided to press on because I still wanted to know WHY Claire went back to her own time.

I think another part of what prevented me to be fully invested in this novel was that it was really more about politics and how Claire & Jamie had to play the game to try to undermine the Jacobite Rebellion. I did find it pretty interesting that Claire was able to convince her Scottish husband to go against a cause he should have been supporting.

What I liked about this book was that it doesn't just end with Claire explaining why and how she came back through the stones. It goes a little bit further and explores the 1968 line that Geillis Duncan gave to Claire in this first book. This was a pretty important and awesome part about the book. The end leaves you wanting more, and I just wanted to start the third book. Which I have but I can't invest time in it yet because I have some review books to read first.

So all in all I have some mixed emotions about this book. Did I like it? Yes. Would I recommend it? Yes, if you are invested in Claire & Jamie and want to know more about what their story holds, I would recommend reading it. Just don't be discouraged about the Paris storyline, I do think after that part is over it gets more interesting. So yes if you are a fan of this series I highly recommend continuing reading it by picking up this second installment.
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In reality, this book was not as great as the first, but on the other hand I think it makes a great transition to the third book; which i'm freakishly excited about! When I first started reading the book I was so excited that Lena and Malachi were finely able to be with each other. Then their relationship came to a stall when Malachi thought it was ruining his work performance as a Guard. He puts up this cold front that crushes Lena and vice versa. They end up dating other people even though clearly they would not be able to get over each other. I thought this part was a bit drawn out and very teen angsty, which i guess is understandable since they are technically in high school. I did kind of feel bad for Ian because he seemed to be such a nice genuine guy, but on the other hand I thought Laney was flippantly dumb and annoying and reminded me of some girls from high school. Basically Malachi and Lela take out their frustrations with not actually being able to be with each other while they are training which I did not mind at all. What is so great about this book is that it is pretty fast paced and action packed with the mazikins being a constant threat. The book evenly balances their social school life with their jobs as protectors. I also loved learning about the other characters Jim and Henry. They gave us a perspective to the other places you can end up in after death which was nice because I definitely missed being in the shadowlands than the human world which is so mediocre to me. Another thing I loved about the book was watching Lela grow as a leader and being able to give a second chance to flawed people like Jim and Tegan. Being damaged herself, I think Lela makes a great heroine because she has so much hope and fight in her even when she goes through s*** and thats why I probably like reading these books besides the romance. Also, I like that Lela is not the typical cookie cutter female character in other fantasy books or ya books in general. Talking about romance, Lela and Malachi are perfect for each other because they are both strong willed, hopeful, and are independent people who work together as the ultimate power couple. This is clearly seen in the first and throughout the second book. Now back to the story, Malachi who has worked as a guard for 70 years finds out that all this time he has not been freeing peoples souls from the mazikins, but actually condemning the souls to the fiery Mazikin realm.  This really takes a toll on him and we watch him go through his private struggles as his whole hopeful living and ideals somewhat crashes down. Regardless, he does his job as efficiently as ever. Of course towards the end Malachi finally or obviously confesses that he never stopped loving Lela no matter how hard he tried not to.  Before this seen was the prom scene where I was really happy that the Mazikins did not really attack at the Prom because I thought that would rather be clich. Therefore, I was surprised when they were attacked in the SUV Limo thing, it was very climatic. I found the finale of the book to be amazing even though it was a cliffhanger.  Once they all realized that the Mazikins were really after Malachi and then he became possessed by Juri was a great plot twist. I essentially knew that Lela never gives up, so I was not surprised when she jumped off a cliff to die again to save Malachis soul from the Mazikin realm where he is being tortured.  And now I wait for what will hopefully be an amazing end to this trilogy!
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The first one was okay kinda stupid if you ask me. The second one was nice kinda little far fetched you know? But I loved the second one more than the first. They both where good tho I'll give them both that!
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Readers should start with Book 1 so as to appreciate Fiona's history.
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Review from [...]

I'm singing songs of gladness, because this series has finally come into its own. As some of you might recall, I reviewed Page Morgan's first book in the Dispossessed series, The Beautiful and the Cursed, once upon a time. I remember my main problem being that I felt like (besides the gargoyle aspects) I had seen this story multiple times. But that's no longer the case, lovely readers. No, this sequel put me in my place and grew its own identity of which I certainly appreciate.

What I liked: So I still love (or obsess over) gargoyles. It's my favorite thing about these books and the romanticism of the time period in Paris is breathtaking. Morgan continues to build this beautiful world by adding more complications and more paranormal aspects that make it stand out. I enjoyed the risks and plot twists that were added to the story because they added more depth. I especially like that we got to interact with Grayson more because that boy has got some serious issues that I like seeing explored. Gabby remains my favorite character, and her love interest, Nolan, is swoon-worthy to the max. So that all brings me to the character development that we've seen throughout the two books. For the most part, everyone grew in wonderful ways. I even started to like Luc (some of you might remember that I just couldn't stand him in the first book). The characters have let the world around them make them stronger, and I've loved watching them grow like that.

What I didn't like: Okay, so unfortunately, as much as this series has grown, I still have problems. I had a hard time with the overall arc of this book--I just don't think a weird demonic blood transfusion is enough to sustain the plot and keep it interesting enough on its own. Luckily, there was more going on with the characters, but still, for that to be the main conflict, it just didn't do it for me. Personally, I feel like Ingrid might have gone backwards on the character development scale. She was so strong and sure of herself in the first book and for some strange reason, I didn't feel any of that this time around. I'm also still really irked about the love triangle because it's not convincing. I don't feel like Ingrid really "loves" either option, and when it comes down to it, I'm personally not invested. At this point, I don't care who she picks, it doesn't feel genuine with either. I did want to see more Gabby (like I said, she's my fave), and I would have also liked to see more of Chelle because she seems like an interesting character who might have a really cool backstory. Oh, and I also couldn't handle the kid with the spider powers... this isn't Spider Man...

Regardless, I know that I'll definitely read the next book in the series because if I was able to see such a dramatic change from the first two books, we can only go up from here. I'm very curious to see where the story takes the characters and I have high hopes.
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I loved this series. The first book is, of course, the strongest, but i finished the third book in a few hours. I cried when it was over, because Leckie does an amazing job of creating a rich, beautiful universe filled with possibility, oddity and adventure.

Breq is less judgmental than she was in the second book, which was, i think, better for her character. We got to go back to Breq from the first book with her amazing fearlessness and singing and vulnerable strength. Not that the social commentary of the second book was bad, but it was seriously heavy handed, and seemed a little weird for a ship - even an emotional AI run ship - to care so damn much about all the little people.

Also. I want a presger translator in my life. Oh yes, yes i do.
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3.5 Stars! The second book is actually quite a bit different then the first book although I enjoyed them both.  For those who had trouble with the Hero in Book 1 you won't in Book 2.  Archimedes Fox couldn't be more different.  He isn't an Alpha male and yet he is still strong.  It actually worked really well, and Yasmeen's character would not have worked with an Alpha male because she is the Alpha in this book.  She's tough and strong and rarely lets down her guard.  She needs to be seen as capable and fierce and yet you can still see that there is more to her than that.  I loved her character and thought she was extremely well written.  (Especially because I wasn't sure I'd like her from the first book).  Archimedes was the perfect match for Yasmeen.  He was strong in his own way but didn't need to be in your face about it, he didn't need to be in control or giving orders.  He respected Yasmeen for the woman she was and I adored this.  However, we didn't get as much background or insight into his character and I can't help but wish there had been more because at the end I didn't feel like I fully understood his character or knew enough about him.

There is still a lot of action and plenty of zombies but it isn't as intense as the first book. The romance has some humor and it's fun to watch the woman wanting sex and the man holding back.  I enjoyed the cat and mouse game between the two of them before they team up and the interactions after they do. Not a lot of suspense in this one since you know who the bad guy is and I never really worried that the characters were in danger - it just seemed they would succeed.

This was a fun read with more humor and not as much angst as the first book.  The characters were engaging and the world was interesting.  If you loved the world building in the first book but not so much the hero or the romance give this one a try I think you'll really like it.