Book review: Vanish by Sophie Jordan

Vanish is the second novel in Sophie Jordan's Firelight trilogy. May I suggest reading my review of Firelight for those of you who haven't started this trilogy yet? It's hard to avoid spoilers when reviewing a sequel.

Jacinda, Tamra, Zara(the girls mother) and Cassian are on their way back to the pride. Their actions will be punished...

My thoughts:
I loved Firelight and I believe it might even make it to my top 10 reads of 2011-list. I'm sorry to say that this second installment in the Firelight trilogy struggled to maintain my interest. I had such high hopes for Vanish but somehow I just lost the connection with the main character, Jacinda, almost from the first page. For me, and I'm willing to bet on it that this is important for all booklovers out there, character connection is SO important, so that kind ruined my reading experience.

When I had about 30 pages left of the book something changed and I felt more invested in the story again, Sophie Jordan seemed to rein me back in again. So much so that I feel the urge to read the conclusion of this trilogy, I hope it will be back on the same level as Firelight.

I almost forgot to tell you that I think I might have changed what team I'm on... So are you team Will or team Cassian?

Cover:
I do think it's pretty in a way but not nearly as beautiful as the Firelight cover.

My rating:

- Okish, but the first one was so much better.

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This book can be purchased from a number of local retailers and on-line book stores such as Amazon or The Book Depository (I'm not an affiliate of either). The latter store does by the way have free shipping to about 100 countries.