Review: The Second Rebel

The Second Rebel by Linden A. Lewis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The sequel to The First Sister is a 3.5 rounded down to a 3 largely because, unlike its predecessor, it tends to drag at times. Not only does that owe to the book being about a hundred pages longer this time, but also because instead of having three POV's (more a sort of 2.5 since Hiro's story was told in audio transcript interludes and therefore felt somewhat disconnected), this one expands with a fourth POV from Lito's sister Luce, who is pretty interesting but doesn't quite stand out compared to Lito, Hiro, or especially Astrid (her true name being what toplines her POV chapters now.) 

It takes a while for this book to find its footing, and while the depictions of real world cultures blending into the futuristic Icarii vs. Geans vs. Asters is mostly well done, there are still a few little questionable moments (one that jumped out to me being when Luce asks "¿español y inglés?" when it should be "¿español e inglés?", and you'd think Lewis would know this since they live in Spain). But the story really ramps up again in speed in the latter half, but especially in the last few pages as it sets up for the grand finale, which I've got ready to start very soon (in between my sampling of the recent bizarrely popular Dungeon Crawler Carl, of course...)

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