Ok... probably going to be spoilers ahead: I read this as a buddy read and I'm glad I did because we had things to discuss during the reading! First off, I love Lemon Fresh. I'm so so so glad that this book centered around her more, and we got to know her more personally. I loved her in the first book too, and I'm more in love with her now. I would love to be that spunky little deviate when I grow up! Her backstory was answered, then not, (because typical Kristoff twist ripped my heart out and stomped on it-poor Lemon) and she finally got a little romance in her life too (LOVE the character of Grimm!) only for that to possibly be ripped (or should I say BLOWN) to bits. Speaking of Grimm, I love the new deviate's! Grimm is the perfect broody, accented bad/good boy for Lemon. Diesel is an awesome foil to Lemon's character with her broodiness and black (but sensitive) heart. Fix is fantastic. Or should I saw "was". He better come back to us Kristoff! You always kill off the GOOD ONES!!!! Now let's talk about the new bad guy in town. That damn Major. I didn't like him from the beginning, but I was hopeful. Of course my instincts shoulda been trusted because he sucked. I'm glad he's ended (he better be ended! No "preacher revival" please!) but I wish it had been a little more hurtful for him. He needed more pain... Now, speaking of "preacher revival"... Damn! That guy can take a beating! I like his sass (can you call it sass or should it be snark? I don't know) and I am actually relieved that he ended up double crossing Zekey at the end, because that was true to his character and I appreciate the staying true! Now let's talk about Staying True to character and EVE... WHAT THE HECK? So, I get that she was someone else her entire existence, until she realized she wasn't herself and just a copy of Ana, but come on! To turn a whole 180 from who she was and end up a killing psycho bitch who literally rips out hearts??? I get her heart was metaphorically ripped out several times, but GEEZ. She reminds me of a Mia Corvere in bot form... so yeah, I didn't like that character arc so much. It was pretty sudden in my opinion. I get that her whole reality was ripped to shreds, but her actual experiences seem to have been ignored by her psyche, and she seemed to rewrite her life as one big fat lie, so she decided to start from scratch as an evil heart ripper outer. I hope she changes a bit to the good in the next book. Who am I missing? Oh Cricket, aka Paladin! LOVE HIM. I am hoping that his self-imposed veritas virus continues to work because I love when he makes him own decisions! And I hope that he gets a new, smaller body in the next book, just not as small as his original form. He's a little too big right now, and he now realizes that wishes sometimes come true! Now that he's had a taste of the big bot life, he realizes it's not all he thought it'd be. I didn't mention Ezekiel much in this review. Well, he didn't do much but run around the Yousay and think a lot. He needs to sort his love life. Next book should rectify that crazy triangle. I think this is officially my longest book review so I'll stop now. I need to get my hands on the third one asap. It's in preorder now, so we'll see how long til it gets to me!