Not nearly as good as the first. I loved Snyder's writing in Inside Out, and but her writing is this series feels detached and almost cold. You'd think a first-person narration would help you feel connected to a character and her emotions, but Yelena remains aloof to me. There were moments that should have been real tearjerkers, like when Yelena is reunited with her family, that just felt flat. 
 And I have to mention that this book is super disturbing at times. There are really awful things happening to kidnapped girls that are stated so bluntly and jarringly.