![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After some posturing and fury in the first pages from Mom that the fifteen-year-old boys couldn't take over their control-crazy billionaire dad's company until they were 25, they have to deal with Rex's right-hand man Phil, who knew about their experimental six years in the compound, being at the helm of the business. Perhaps big fans of book one will enjoy reading about Eli's meals and clothing, where his family is living, birthday decorations for one of his younger siblings, and when they pass a stomach bug around, but I kept waiting for either some suspense to build the narrative into a thriller with some momentum or for a character-driven book to make me give a damn about the people in the story. It's been longer than many authors take on sequels, and the end product read as rather forced, meandering, and often downright boring. Ultimately, I'm not sure what she was going for. I checked out a copy to have with me while reading this one, but after skimming a few summaries and reviews-and really, I think I might have read the first 50 pages or so of the first book 2-3 years ago, but didn't care to finish-I was fine to plunge ahead and see what the author was trying to do here. Full disclosure: I didn't read, but it sounds like a nice quick pick for readers that don't ask a lot of pesky questions. ![]()
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