Yay! This book definitely does not suffer from Second-Book Syndrome, a horrible ailment that occurs in many teen book series where it's mostly setup for the next book and not much action. Also, after you've waited a year for it to be released, you've forgotten much of what happened in the last book. Not so here. I was able to dive right back in and just get right back into the action and the plot. I think I just really love Shusterman and his books. They're just perfect to my tastes in writing and reading!