4.5/5 
 Neal Shusterman is a fearless author. There's a quote by Gail Carson Levine that goes "Why do you keep reading a book? Usually to find out what happens. Why do you give up and stop reading it? There may be lots of reasons. But often the answer is you don't care what happens. So what makes the difference between caring and not caring? The author's cruelty. And the reader's sympathy...it takes a mean author to write a good story." And wow. UnWholly certainly took a whole lot of cruelty to write. 
 So, what's new in UnWholly? 
 Well, most memorably, the new characters. Four in particular perfectly compliment the three main characters from Unwind, Lev, Connor, and Risa. The first new character we're introduced to is Starkey. And oh wow, that boy easily wins a spot on my list of top 25 most annoying characters in YA lit, but you have to credit the conviction he's got, almost reminiscent of Mary from Neal's Skinjacker trilogy. Definitely not the same. Starkey's motivations just are way too self-centered and power hungry, but in the beginning there, I felt some sympathy for him and storked kids. Next up, Miracolina. Without a doubt, my favorite of the new characters. She's incredibly smart, brave, and loyal and every scene with her and Lev was just amazing. They have such a perfect relationship and I'm praying she'll have just a big a part in the next book as she did in UnWholly. And Cam? I'm not really sure about Cam yet. Yes, he's... cute I guess in that he wants to impress Risa but doesn't really know how and you feel some sympathy for him because everything that happened to him really wasn't his choice, but there's a darker side too. He's incredibly intense and it shows especially in his final remark of the story when he's absolutely convinced that Risa will love him. Nelson is adequately creepy and intimidating for his role as a vengeful parts pirate but he and Connor never actually confront each other in this book so I'm highly anticipating that in the last installment. And then there's Trace. His death was absolutely horrifying and he's such an interesting character because of his divided allegiance, but he didn't have a huge part in the story and not more than a few pages could have been written from his perspective so during the end I wasn't as emotional as I was furious at Starkey for leaving him. 
 But what have the old characters been up to from Unwind? 
 Well, Connor, now leader of the AWOLS at the Graveyard has a totally different role than he did in Unwind and almost seems like a different character. He's still prone to his impulsiveness and hot temper, but he's, like, legitimately the leader now. And I think that all these new things that Connor's experiencing like his new role, Risa's departure, and his freaking unwound arm are so wonderfully and complexly written. So moving to Risa now, though. I was not as happy about her part in the story. I know that sacrifice is a huge part of being a hero in any story, but seriously? First her legs, then her job as a medic which she loved, then Connor, and then she sacrifices herself for Dylan and then for the entire Graveyard even though in the end, it DIDN'T EVEN MATTER because it was raided anyways. And in my opinion, her relationship with Cam moved too quickly and seemed a lot more rushed compared to Miracolina and Lev. If I was in her place I would NOT give in that easily to adapting to living with Cam after all she's been through. But as I said, Lev develops a fantastic relationship with Miracolina and after everything in UnWholly from his time at the Cavanaugh mansion to saving Connor's ass again, Lev is without a doubt my favorite character from this trilogy. 
 Overall UnWholly was a wonderful book, although I might prefer Unwind more. Where Unwind clearly had only three main narrators with occasional others, UnWholly is written from many more perspectives and at times I felt very irritated that the author kept leaving me with huge cliffhangers every time he changed narrators. Still just as thought provoking though, if not more so. Neal Shusterman goes deeper into his very complex world, with advertisements and PSAs to make it all seem more realistic. The story begins to set itself up for the big conclusion in the final book and ends on a surprisingly positive, slightly inspiring note. Can't wait for UnBroken.