This review was originally posted on Ruby's Reads. 
 Last year, when I read Unraveling, it was a nice surprise. I'd missed all the buzz about it and hadn't read a single review (and I remember how weird that felt!) and I really only picked it up on a whim. As soon as I started, though, I was hooked. I read it from cover to cover. I downed it like it was peanut sauce. And when I got to the last page, I began waiting for Unbreakable to be released. 
 Unbreakable picks up about four months after the end of Unraveling. Janelle's (our) world is in chaos. Martial law has been declared, school is pretty much cancelled, and untold numbers are missing. At first this appears to be related to the disasters caused by two universes almost colliding (oops! I spoiled Unraveling!), but Janelle soon finds out that something far more sinister is going on. Well, more sinister than IAD agent Taylor Barclay showing up, seeking Janelle's help. 
 Although reluctant at first, Janelle eventually agrees to help Barclay solve the mystery of the missing people. What they discovers is that the people aren't just going missing-they're being kidnapped and sold into slavery. And Ben is somehow involved. Grudgingly teaming up with Barclay, Janelle leaves her world for Prima, in the hope of finding Ben, her friend Cecily, and stopping the kidnappings. 
 Unbreakable does some awesome things. It brings back Janelle, whom I love for her down-to-earth-kick-ass-ness. That girl is all, "I'm too old for this shiz" and she's not even 18 yet. It also transforms Barclay from "kind of douche-y" to swoon-worthy. Which brings me to this: I totally don't like Ben anymore (spoiler rant below). I'm TEAM BARCLAY all the way. There's one particular scene where Janelle and Barclay are hiding in close proximity...it's hot. And possibly entirely in my mind but, well, an obsession was born, folks. An obsession. Was. Born. Which is why I hated the ending. I can't find out if this book is the last in the series, but I sure hope not. I will be incredibly sad if it is. My overriding thought on reading the last page of Unbreakable? This better NOT BE THE END. 
 (view spoiler)[A few words about Ben: I liked Ben in Unraveling. He wasn't my favorite hero ever, but I liked him. In this book, he managed to entirely lose my favor. Sure, he's placed in an impossible situation and he has to make impossible choices, but I still feel like he made crummy ones. In this book, Ben kidnaps people for the slavery ring because he thinks he's saving Janelle's life. Honorable? Er, not really. Romantic? Nope. Girls are being kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. Lots of them. Would I subject anyone to that to save someone I loved? I don't know and I hope I'll never have to find out. BUT. I can't believe that Ben could have thought that Janelle would have been able to live with herself knowing what her existence cost other people. Is any of this fair to Ben? Probably not, but my heart doesn't really care. (hide spoiler)]