This is the brilliant follow up to 'The Knife of Never Letting Go' and if you've not read that book; stop reading this review and go do so, it is an amazing opening to this trilogy.

I can remember when I first read this book with surprising clarity given the circumstances: I was in hospital and struggling to stay awake, and yet I could not tear my eyes away from such a fantastic novel until it was finished, so great was my enthrallment within its pages.

The second book is equally as exciting and fast-paced with long hidden skeletons pulled from closets on each page. I thought that I could no longer be surprised by the twists that Ness expertly weaves in his writing, but with my heart in my mouth from the very beginning I was incredibly wrong.

Todd's world, so powerful originally, now questions greater ideas of truth, principles and how far you would go for love. While it is such an amazing rollercoaster of emotion that I cannot reveal even a titbit of the plot for fear of ruining it for those who have not read it, I can promise that if you read only 1 book this year it should be this – provided you have read the 'Knife' first of course.

It is an amazing novel that completely captivates all who read it and deserves all it's prizes and in my opinion many more. It is without question a stunning book, original, mesmerising and utterly beautiful.
5 Stars!

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