Gosh.. I had high hopes for this series but this second installment was a step back for me. While I like the moxy in Jones' Charley Davidson, I just sorta lost interest about 1/2 way through. I finished it but I was none to thrilled once I did. I didn't want to toss it out the window, like I did with some other, ahem, books, but I expected more after reading the first book. There definately werent any fall off the elliptical moments for me in this one. Maybe this is just one of those bridging books that fills in alot of detail so another more entertaining book can follow it. I'm willing to try again because I liked the first one so much, so i'll probably read the 3rd installment.