A flooded city, glowing fruit, and yes even more oddities? 
 Believe me when I say that Firefight is going to give you a city and setting that you haven't experienced before. Not that we haven't seen a flooded city before because I'm very sure that we've seen that plenty. But coupled with the way the city glows, and how all of the flooded skyscrapers are practically filled to bursting with a jungle of fruit and vegetables in each one! Crazy right? But the city also glows. Curious-er and curious-er. That isn't all either. 
 There is always another bad guy to kill 
 As taking out epics is the mission for the Reckoners you can bet that is what this second book is about as well. Except there is more then that going on. The team is taking on more and more epics because they seem to be coming out of the wood works now that they've taken out Steelheart and it turns out these epics have all been sent by Regalia, the epic that rules over the nearby city of Manhattan, now Babylon Restored aka Babilar. So of course David, Prof and Tia hightail it there to investigate why and of course hatch plans to take Regalia out. But wait - the book is titled FIREFIGHT, and Firefight just happens to be the name of Megan - so we pick up with the plot of Megan and David. There is oh so much going on there that I can't even begin to tell you anything cause yeah it would be spoilers to the extreme. Suffice to say there is lots of action, ass-kickery, and misdirection. 
 Enough metaphors to make your head spin! 
 Admittedly there was much about the first book Steelheart that I had forgotten when I started reading Firefight. One of those things is the main character David's obsession with bad metaphors. After awhile this stops being cute and gets annoying. I understand the need to give characters quirks to their behavior to make them stand out but it grated on my nerves after oh I don't know the 6th one? David is still a great character, he's now nicknamed Steelslayer due to the events that took place in Steelheart and he's getting to be a seasoned member of the Reckoners team. He's quick thinking and brash though and this behavior has a tendency of getting him into trouble both with epics and his superior. I'd like to say he's a team player but he really isn't because he always has his own ideas and just shoots from the hip however he wants, going off doing what he thinks best. I'm a bit torn by his behavior regarding his team members mostly because if you're part of any cooperative team such as he is that deals in people's lives having this kind of attitude is very dangerous and downright well inconsiderate when you consider it could/will jeopardize the safety of your team mates. While I like David I find some of his behavior deplorable where his team is concerned and it has me so torn because even if you're "right" that doesn't make you right - do you know what I mean? Because I'm so conflicted about his personality that shows just how well written of a character he is. 
 But I have questions! 
 I don't know if other people have some of the questions that I have...but I have them. Dealing with Dawnslight, the phenomena that occurs in the city due to him and consistency of traits across epics we've encountered in the books thus far. I've no doubt that Sanderson will address my questions in due time - hopefully sooner rather then later because these things oh how they boggle my mind. He's good at doing that though and its likely part of the fun. 
 So much going on that all comes together in the end 
 There was so much going on here that I didn't even realize until everything came together at the end and I went - oh so THAT was where he was going. There were a few things that I expected / suspected as the book progressed that I was right on the money about but plenty happened that just floored me. I wish we didn't have to wait so long for the next one!