The Laughing Listener
May 2020
Format: Hardback

Story Rating: 4.5 Stars

I juuuuuuust… Uggggggggh…



A few days ago I finished this book and I’ve been trying to figure out how the hell to review it ever since. Until this week I had no idea you could love something so much and be so angry about it at the same time. Was this book better than the first? Definitely. Do I recommend you read it?? Absolutely.

Will I light this book on fire and dance on the ashes??? Probably.



I tuned into a virtual tour stop last week and heard Jay describe this installment as “the one where everything goes wrong,” which is absolutely true. It was so FUCKING FRUSTRATING. The Squad couldn't go two steps without something going wrong and throwing them off course. Some questionable decisions were made by the crew that really annoyed the heck out of me. And I have a lot of feelings surrounding Kal and Auri’s relationship that I can’t talk about without getting spoilery.

But if I set aside all my frustrations, there’s so many awesome things to talk about. This story starts at 100 and never slows down the entire time. Non-stop action on almost every page and I couldn't have stopped reading even if I wanted too. I also absolutely LOVED the subtle shift in character focus this time around. Both Zila and Kal finally get their time to shine and it was AWESOME. Zila is officially my favorite of the whole crew now next to Fin. Plus, there were SO MANY REVELATIONS AND PLOT TWISTS. Just when my head would stop spinning, Amie and Jay would throw something else at me. It’s insane.

Not to freak anyone out, but YA’LL ARE NOT READY FOR THIS BOOK.



And if it wasn’t already abundantly clear from all the other screaming reviewers, there is a HARDCORE CLIFFY at the end of this book. If anything happens to my person before I can read the last installment, my ghost is gonna be PISSED.

FINAL WORD

So in summary, I loved every second of the hellish book and I’m NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. I’ll let you decide what that means because I don’t even know anymore.

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