it's definitely better than the first one, although it's still not good enough maintaining the intrigue or surprising the reader. most of the mysteries are easy to figure out, except perhaps the new bad guy, which you get to know who is by ruling people out... I liked the development in the love story, although at the end amy's reactions were a bit exaggerated, i think... 
 now i want to know what they find and what happens to both of them and their relationship... 
 *sighs* january 2013... *sighs* excuse me i have to go to bookdepository to pre-order. bye!