Meh. It was okay. Once again, it needed a much stronger editing hand, and the protagonist simply had no meaningful growth. It felt like a paint-by-numbers sequel, with the love interest conveniently kept off screen for most of the story. In many ways, it felt a lot like Larry Correia's Monster Hunter series I read a few months ago, with a know-it-all smart-alecking main character, except for whatever reason I'm half convinced that Elliot James is a woman and not a man. It just doesn't read as if a man wrote this stuff. 
 Didn't care for the "hero", the story, the plot twists, but it was an okay read. Preferred the first book, glad I tried the second, won't be looking for the third.