Book two in the THOUSANDTH FLOOR series, this book picks up where the first one left off. Set in a future where the whole of Manhattan is a thousand-story skyscraper where the higher up you live, the wealthier you are, this series is sparkly and outrageous and full of backstabbing and secrets.

I hate to discuss too many plot details because so much of this book relies on what happened in THE THOUSANDTH FLOOR and it's pretty obviously the middle book in a trilogy. I still really love this world and the lives of the supperrich teenagers who live on the top floors (think somewhere between GOSSIP GIRL and CRAZY RICH ASIANS to imagine the level of wealth and intrigue).

So what I will say is that whole first half of the book is more or less everyone dealing with their feelings about the events of the first book. It takes a long time to get going, and even when it does, it's small steps. I also found it really frustrating that Mariel's point of view didn't show up until the very end of the book. I would have loved to see more of her watching from the margins.

Regardless, a lot happened in the last 30 or so pages and I do want to see how this all ends, so I'll be reading the third book for sure.