Hardcover: 341 pages
Published: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (February 21, 2012)
Description:
Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness.
The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary.
In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price - now that she has more to lose than ever.
This book was good. It's almost as good as the first one, but left me wanting to know more...hence the 3rd book in the series. Most of this story is set in a drugged-out haze with the characters never really being themselves. There is a really big COME ON at the end, but I won't spoil it for you. I sure hope the next book is great.
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