This was not as good as the first one. Also, I initially missed the content warning in the beginning about chapter 12 and ended up reading most of it, but ultimately I had to skip it. It was a whole chapter of some pretty foul and descriptive sexual assault/rape. While I appreciate the author writing the disclaimer and also not making the book contingent on this one chapter, it begs the question: why even write it to begin with? Rape scenes (sexual assault in general) rarely add to the development of plots. There are times that, if handled correctly, they can offer something to the book but that wasn’t the case here at all. This chapter worth of abuse offered absolutely nothing to the plot or character depth. It was also one of the more graphic depictions of sexual assault that I’ve read. I’m also of the opinion that truly great horror books don’t need sexual assault to achieve that shock, disgust, and horror value. 

This was a let down from book 1. I already own book 3, so I think I may still give it a shot but I’m truly hoping for the series to get back to the point and skip the assault.