** spoiler alert ** 
 Well. This review is going to contain spoilers. 
 I've been waiting for foreverrrrrrrrrrr. I could not put the first one down. 
 This one started off amazingly. Again I couldn't put it down. I loved Tess's involvement in the student council campaign. The thing that knocked a star off for me was the second half of the book. I'm not saying that it wasn't still entertaining to read, but it seemed a little crazy? I'm not sure if that's the right word. Outlandish maybe? 
 The children being killed seemed more like shock value, especially because we never really got to learn anything about those characters. The terrorist attack on the school was very neat and organized, which seemed so unrealistic. I'm not going to pretend that I'm an expert on terrorist or hostage situations, but everything was just too perfect. And then for a 17 year old to be the one who thwarts the whole plan? Hmmm yeah that didn't sit well with me. 
 Either way, this was an enjoyable book and I look forward to the next one.