Whereas in the first book the setting was a medieval-inspired MMORPG, we're now in a futuristic metropolis. This is the second in the Avatar Chronicles, the sequel to Epic.

However, the idea of silent parties where everyone brings their own music and headphones to listen with and dance around to your own beat sounds so neat but it would be so creepy to see a large group of people dancing with no sound at all.įull review of this book can be found on my blog (shortly). I wanted more worldbuilding and/or for things to be revealed faster then they ultimately were. It was interesting but also kinda ‘meh’ for me. Overall, this book did not do what I expected.

There was a distinct lack of world building at certain parts as well, however the consequence certain things occurring that were not really discussed was thoroughly and wonderfully discussed. This world also had the typical dystopian faction system, this time card colours dictated how you lived life and what jobs and money you got. There was hoverboards, I guess as a way to make it feel futuristic, but there were still billboards and card readers and chips for money making it an interesting mash-up for a setting which could be hard to get into.

The slang of the characters in Saga was interesting but for a world that has had 2000 years to develop, it was stuck in the 90s punk stage, which was very odd. The writing sometimes struggles at times, but other times it was very beautiful. The ratio of male to female characters in this book is vastly improved over the last book which I appreciated. Also Ghost was clearly described as black and this had no baring on her life, she was just another person, which is fantastic. I did like the new cast of characters, which was interesting and unique with their own voice. Thus this book is more of a companion book then a sequel. In the second book it seemed as though the world lived on like the big things that happened in the previous book did not happen. I would have liked to have learned more about those consequences and the ramifications. However, this book – a sequel to the previous book – ignored important world consequences that would have happened as a result of the previous book. On one hand this is a good thing as it didn’t follow the typical trend of a series. I thought I had an idea about where this book was going to go, yet it didn’t go there. I really loved the first book in this trilogy – in fact Epic is currently my top new read of the year thus far – so I wanted to read more. However, progress in life and a read book! I was doing so well with my challenge, then life happened. Well this is the first book I have managed to finish in about 2-3 months.

Saga conor kostick