Oh, don't worry, they leave you hanging at the end of this book too. But it's sooooooo gooooooood! I really am enjoying this series. It goes way too fast since I couldn't put it down and the action makes you hungrily flip the pages for more! Yup, this is definitely a series I will recommend to reluctant readers, both boys and girls. The plot thickens in this book as to who the corporation WICKED really is and how Thomas may be involved. Dun dun dunnnn!

Well, it certainly made ME cry!

This was a great, quick, comic to read with wonderful art and great characters. Yes, the story is kinda predictable, but Anya was such a wonderful character it made it fun.

I think what made me disappointed in this book was that I kept reading it hoping it would be more like the Dexter book series, but it never reached that level. Yes, it is a teen book, but that didn't stop it from becoming grisly and detailed with forensic facts and criminal psychology. It really had some interesting facts and seemed well researched. But the main character never grew on me, nor did he "hunt killers" (until it is mentioned on the last pages as a setup for the sequel). Dexter he is not. An angsty, troubled, teen with a murderous dad he is.

So, what's a person to read when they want Hunger Games-like action, with an all male cast like Lord of the Flies or The Knife of Never Letting Go? The Maze Runner! Yup. Young boys trapped in the middle of a maze, minus the conch. Tracker Jacker-esque creations that have needles and induce hallucinations. The sudden introduction of a female into a community of all males, creating much confusion. I compare these elements to books that I really like, and they go together well, because I honestly loved this book! It's less of an accusation than it is a nod of gratitude for combining similar elements into a fast-paced book.

Part two in the Across the Universe trilogy was slow to start off, but man, the big plot twist made me go "Wha-?" and then it really got good!

Okay, I'm just going to stop reading it now. Sure the reviews say it has great mythology, but I don't want to waste my time since I'm already not enjoying it. Here would be my review if I was writing it like Houck writes this book in the character of Kelsey:

"Kelsey sat down to write the review for the book she dutifully read last night so she could get an A on her homework. Kelsey's parents were dead, but her awesome foster-parent-people-things wouldn't care she was up so late. She was so excited to leave for India with a complete stranger to take care of a tiger she met in a random, two-week temp job she took up for some unknown reason. What fun! The tiger was beautiful and white and didn't even bite her hand off when she naively pet him. Somehow they were connected..."

This is how the book felt to me. Like something I would have written in 6th grade had I been obsessed with tigers. Instead I wrote in this style in 5th grade with my obsession with dragons. Yeah, I'm gonna put this book down and move on.

This was the third book in the Rain Wilds Chronicles. I am so happy to have found these books, it has turned into a great series that almost feels like a fantasy soap opera. He likes her, she likes him, she's married to this jerk who's in love with her best friend, all the while traveling upriver to a lost city and trying to keep a brood of deformed dragons alive. Oh yes, the love hexagons and the drama makes me devour these books and hunger for more. I want to compare Robin Hobb to Mercedes Lackey, but they're mostly similar only in the fact that girls would enjoy reading them more, I think. Both authors have also created a wonderful world that they use throughout different series, sometimes having characters mingle from series to series. Either way, City of Dragons is part of a wonderful series full of suspense, action, romance, and has me hooked!