I really was excited to get a copy of this to read after how the first book Girls with Sharp Sticks ended. This was really intense from the very beginning, but I also like how it picked up almost immediately after book one, and that way, with the comments and things the characters said and did, I was able to pick right back up to remember exactly what had happened.

What’s sad is that the school they go to now that they’re out of Innovations Academy is a private school, with boys and girls, but it seems the boys are just horrible and get away with all kinds of treatment of the girls. And what is worse is that the administration of the school lets it go. Not to mention the teachers and school security officers who blame the girls for the things that happen to them. It’s very much what is seen in society today, and it is interesting how it is written into this story.

The extra bit to this is that the “girls” aren’t completely human as we learned in the last book. They are A.I. But they still are worried about people hacking into their brains. Not only that, they learn that they may have expiration dates/self-destruct modes built in to their wiring/programs.

This story keeps you on the edge from the very beginning until the very end. And we’re left still needing a lot of things to be solved. So I’m very glad to see there is a book three supposedly coming out next year.

Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.