Razorland #2
Ann Aguirre
September 4th, 2012
Feiwel & Friends
Amazon/Book Depository/B&N
Deuce’s whole world has changed.
Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn't fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.
To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out.
Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide.
This book picks up a few weeks after the first book lets off. Duece and Co. have made it, via nice trader to a town called Salvation. Despite surviving in the wilderness with the Freaks, Duece is no longer considered an adult and must fight for her place despite an overwhelming opposition. The town believes that women have a place and that place is the kitchen.
The book was way slower than the last. Most of it was spent in Salvation, or right outside of Salvation. Sure, the mutants became smarter and that was a little interesting, but the attacks were few and far between and none were overly devastating or exciting. It picks up around the last hundred pages. There is a chase, an intense discovery and a siege. Until that point, the book just plods along.
Duece's romantic options are somewhat limited and stunted. She's not really looking for that sort of thing, despite what Stalker and Fade want. All the attempts at romance are somewhat dull and lacking any sort of passion.
The next book has been set up to contain a lot of action. Hopefully it will live up to the promise.
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