I am deeply thinking about how to rate this book. Unlike the first book, there is more consistency and the author's continuity to the story is eons better. However, there still are little to no explanations that answer questions from the first book. And those parallels that made little sense before, aren't even a thought in this part of the story. If this book was a stand alone, I would give it a 3 STAR rating. Because this is a continuation of the first book and so little was brought up or resolved, I am giving this book a 2 STAR.