Wow. You know a book is good when you stay up until three in the morning reading it, even though you know you need sleep, but don't care if you're sleep deprived despite the fact that you have to work that day.

The problem I've always had with trilogies, is the second book is normally my least favorite. Eldest, Pretties, Catching Fire... I always feel like they're filler books leading up to the big events that happen in the third book. And this book was not that way at all. In fact I might even say I like it better than the first.

Patrick Ness is an incredible writer, and his style just draws you into the book. I can't stop turning the page, because he's very good at drawing out the suspense and leave you hungering for more. The character development in this novel was excellent as we see the main characters grow and change, and ultimately decide who they want to become. It's hard to talk about specific events in the novel, because you wouldn't want to give anything away. I thought the cliffhanger from the first novel would be hard to top, but Ness does just that. Perhaps I could have seen it coming, but I was too wrapped up in the story to even try to predict what was going to happen. It was really that good.

I need the third book. Now. Because if Ness can make me like a second book in series, I can only imagine what he'll do with the third.