Really waffling with a star rating on this one. So, I'm gonna have to say: 
 3.5/5 stars. 
 I want to give it a higher rating for one reason and one reason alone: Adrian Ivashkov. I mean, honestly, I love that boy. Loved him in VA, love him even more now. He alone is worth the read of this book. 
 But, well, there were some issues I had with this. First of all, Syndey's narration is just not as interesting as Rose's was. Although there were times Rose annoyed the crap out of me too, so there is that... I guess there were times I was just bored with Sydney's voice. She comes across as this goody-goody brainiac in the beginning. I guess that's because that's what she is. She just doesn't have the...flare...that Rose had. I didn't dislike her, I just didn't find her as interesting. Maybe that will change in the next books--with Adrian's influence it has to, right? 
 The other characters: Jill, Eddie, Micah, Clarence, Lee, *swoon* Adrian... Were fine. Jill reminds me a lot of Lissa from VA, though I suppose that's to be expected since she is Lissa's sister. I adored Eddie. He's trying so hard to do his job despite his feelings. I really admired him for staying professional and taking his job seriously. I actually liked Micah too. He's a sweet guy. I'm looking forward to seeing more from him. And...I've already expressed my Adrian love, so we'll just leave it at that. 
 The biggest problem I had with this story was how predictable it was. I knew from, pretty much the beginning chapters, who the villan/s were. I was not in the least bit surprised. I didn't feel like much care at all was taken to throw the reader off, or to mask who was behind everything. I figured out the tattoos, who was behind it, and who was behind the killings immediately. But, even so, I enjoyed the read. Okay, I enjoyed Adrian. Not gonna lie. Like I said, the read is worth it just to hang out with him for a bit longer. ;) 
 And...mean cliffy. I mean, really.