This book picked up right where the last left off. There were a lot of similarities in character development and minor plot lines to The Hunger Games. Maybe a few too many. The first book was going in that direction and this book just took it further in that direction. It annoyed me that they called her the lightning girl. It was a good read but ultimately pretty darn cliche. I am interested to see how the author finishes up this trilogy. It looks like it could be a very interesting end.