So, seriously, my only complaint is that I have to wait for book three for HOW LONG?? I need to know how this is all going to go! Novik throws you right back into the action, no deep breaths, no nice long summer break for the students to relax and build up their strength. El's growth is exponential in The Last Graduate. She's still the same snarky, sarcastic girl you know and love, but she's letting that tough exterior shell crack enough to let in her new friends and maybe boyfriend. I really like the additional background offered for the Enclaves and how the home politics rules over nearly every aspect of students' school experience. All the action and relationships are deeper in this sequel, at one point it's practically frantic. 

I did get a little bogged down about halfway through, I felt like there was maybe too much detail and exposition, but the further I got into the plot the more it all tied together. I needed all those details to truly appreciate the effort the seniors had to put forth and what ultimately was at stake.  I thoroughly enjoyed this continuation and look forward to being able to get my greedy hands on book three!

 

Oh, this was fun! What can you add to the college experience to make it more exciting? Seven psychopaths with full ride scholarships participating in a psychology study. They don't know who is in the program, but it becomes important to find out after two of them end up dead. I really enjoyed the dynamics between Chloe, Charles and Andre.  The varying ways of dealing with their diagnoses, the consequences not fully trusting each other (after all, who would trust a psychopath?). There were enough red herrings for me to not have guessed the ending, but it didn't come completely out of left field, which is always frustrating.  The plot clipped along nicely, I wasn't bored and may have stayed up passed my bedtime a night or two! I definitely recommend this as a great summer read.