I don't know if it was just that my mood wasn't lining up with the mood of this book, or if the writing problems from the first book got worse or annoyed me more, but I couldn't finish this one. I slogged through 95 pages, and tossed the book aside. ugh.

Every bit of action is described in such excruciating detail. It's completely unnecessary, and really slows down the book! I started reading only the first sentence of each paragraph, and was able to follow everything perfectly.

Although I liked the characters in the first book, in this one I found myself apathetic about them. I didn't really care if they died. Literally, a character died, and I didn't care. Not a twinge.

Somehow, being introduced to new characters and a new setting just felt like too much work. I didn't care enough to make the effort to remember all the new names. meh.
I won't be reading the rest of the series.