Loved this! I started it at 6:00 last night, and finished it by 11:00. (Sorry, family that I neglected all night.) This picks up immediately after the ending of the first book, and I do wish that I'd taken a moment to refresh my memory on the events of book 1. It took me a little while to remember who was who and what was happening. But because we get right into the story with this book, I felt it was much faster paced and involving than book 1. Way less time spent on Jacob's teenage angst and the mystery of Miss Peregrine and her peculiars. Instead, this is a story about a group of kids (well, childish people) in a strange new world, pursued by enemies and trying to survive. As other reviews mention, (view spoiler)[there is a twist at the end and a cliffhanger, neither of which I saw coming. It was the bow on the gift of this engaging little story! (hide spoiler)]