by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg
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So the first book about the Janes was brilliant, IMHO. This one was good enough that I wish Minx had survived solely to publish a third, but decidedly less great than #1.
The problems:
a) Pheromones = lame. Total breaking of the rules of realism which I have cherished herein.
b) Waaay too much mopey internal dialogue.
c) Much of the book feels like a stall.
But having made those complaints, I still liked this book and I'm happy to own it. Most of the driving force which brought the first to life is diluted or missing from this book. Perhaps a longer breath between books would have worked well. But it hardly matters now....
I will say that the samples from other Minx books kill me. I'm horribly depressed DC axed this line so quickly. They poured a lot of effort and money into launching it then gave up on it when it didn't turn profitable quickly enough. I find that horribly depressing. They should have stuck it out. They had so many great or near-great or at-least-look-to-be-great books.
Lord Dornee
18 hours ago
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