The best part of this book was the sections with Mimi and Oliver. Schuyler seems to have lost all of her spunk. The sections with her and Jake were almost painful to read because they just made moon eyes at each other the whole time. I was very drawn to the new girl Deming initially (I believe she's new. It's been sometime in between books for me). Then she fell in love with a guy in like 5 pages and kind of ruined it. It would have been more defensible if it had been given time to be explored, but it wasn't. I was grateful for the slight break in the crazy end of the world pacing. However, it also didn't have as much of a sense of urgency. I am still anxious to see where this series goes.