Sorry stories are always a little hard to finish, for me. I read two and a half of them, but ultimately got frustrated with how many stops and starts it required of me. Still, the ones I read were fun. 

randomly breaks into verse. I don't particularly like novels in verse, though if I know what I'm getting into I will occasionally read one and enjoy it. I don't want my prose novel to just break into verse for pages at a go. 

very different from the first book, and I already didn't love the characters

started to feel rote, and I found hte characters less compelling this time around