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A review by popthebutterfly
Raging Sea by Michael Buckley
4.0
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Book: Raging Sea
Author: Michael Buckley
Book Series: Undertow Book 2
Rating: 4.5/5
Publication Date: February 2, 2016
Genre: YA Dystopian
Recommended Age: 15+ (violence, gore, some sexual content,
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
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Synopsis: In the first book of Michael Buckley’s Undertow trilogy, the Alpha arrived and the world was never the same. At the start of the second book, most of south Brooklyn is in ruins and the nation is terrified. Nearly everyone that Lyric Walker loves is either missing or presumed dead, including the mesmerizing prince Fathom. It’s up to Lyric to unite the Alpha before the second wave of a cataclysmic invasion wipes out mankind for good.
Review: I thought this was a pretty good sequel! It kept me on my toes and it kept up the terror from the end of the first book. The introduction of the previous characters were well done and it was well summed up and helped me remember what the first book was about. The writing was also well done and the world building was amazing as well.
However, I do think that the pacing waned here and there and that the book had maybe too many plot twists, as sometimes I got whiplash and had to think about what I was reading. Also, I do have to complain about some parts of this book. At one point of the book it uses colors to talk about race (it was a small part, where the author through the main character talks about people of all races and creeds being in a room and in danger) and I felt uncomfortable when that happened. The other part is the pinching of the nose and tilting up the head to cure a nosebleed. That’s not accurate and the nurse should have known better, but the nurse was an awful person so maybe that’s why she did that wrong lol.
Verdict: It was good! Definitely recommend this series.
Book: Raging Sea
Author: Michael Buckley
Book Series: Undertow Book 2
Rating: 4.5/5
Publication Date: February 2, 2016
Genre: YA Dystopian
Recommended Age: 15+ (violence, gore, some sexual content,
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Amazon Link
Synopsis: In the first book of Michael Buckley’s Undertow trilogy, the Alpha arrived and the world was never the same. At the start of the second book, most of south Brooklyn is in ruins and the nation is terrified. Nearly everyone that Lyric Walker loves is either missing or presumed dead, including the mesmerizing prince Fathom. It’s up to Lyric to unite the Alpha before the second wave of a cataclysmic invasion wipes out mankind for good.
Review: I thought this was a pretty good sequel! It kept me on my toes and it kept up the terror from the end of the first book. The introduction of the previous characters were well done and it was well summed up and helped me remember what the first book was about. The writing was also well done and the world building was amazing as well.
However, I do think that the pacing waned here and there and that the book had maybe too many plot twists, as sometimes I got whiplash and had to think about what I was reading. Also, I do have to complain about some parts of this book. At one point of the book it uses colors to talk about race (it was a small part, where the author through the main character talks about people of all races and creeds being in a room and in danger) and I felt uncomfortable when that happened. The other part is the pinching of the nose and tilting up the head to cure a nosebleed. That’s not accurate and the nurse should have known better, but the nurse was an awful person so maybe that’s why she did that wrong lol.
Verdict: It was good! Definitely recommend this series.