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the_cover_contessa's review
5.0
I want to thank Disney Hyperion and Net Galley for providing me with this sneak peek. Receiving this peek for free has in no way influenced my opinion or review.
I won't bore you with posting the blurb. I'm sure you know what this book is about if you've come this far.
I will tell you that this sneak peek was full of Mackenzie and Wesley. And the publisher picked the perfect place for the sneak peek to end. It's was a big of a surprise, but at the same time I kind of knew the twist was happening because the build up was totally going there! I won't let you know the twist because I want you to be surprised!
As with the first book, Victoria's writing is spectacular. I could not put this down! I loved every single word she put on the pages, how she put them there and where they led me! Her world building continues to be amazing. I love how we get more of the outside world that surrounds Mackenzie.
Seriously, waiting for the release of this book is going to drive me nuts! I can't wait to find out more about the newly introduced character. I won't tell you much except he is a boy and he is definitely swoon worthy. And I really hope he doesn't mess up the relationship between Mac and Wesley because I just LOVE Wesley!
Need this book NOW!
I won't bore you with posting the blurb. I'm sure you know what this book is about if you've come this far.
I will tell you that this sneak peek was full of Mackenzie and Wesley. And the publisher picked the perfect place for the sneak peek to end. It's was a big of a surprise, but at the same time I kind of knew the twist was happening because the build up was totally going there! I won't let you know the twist because I want you to be surprised!
As with the first book, Victoria's writing is spectacular. I could not put this down! I loved every single word she put on the pages, how she put them there and where they led me! Her world building continues to be amazing. I love how we get more of the outside world that surrounds Mackenzie.
Seriously, waiting for the release of this book is going to drive me nuts! I can't wait to find out more about the newly introduced character. I won't tell you much except he is a boy and he is definitely swoon worthy. And I really hope he doesn't mess up the relationship between Mac and Wesley because I just LOVE Wesley!
Need this book NOW!
ruthsic's review
5.0
The second (and currently, final) installment in the Archived series brings Mackenzie into a different setting - high school. While The Archived had her running around as a Keeper during the summer, when she only had her parents to look out for, in this book, she has to juggle school, parents, and an Archive official, while fulfilling her duties as a Keeper. This book also starts off 3 months after the events of the previous, so some Things have happened and time has passed, but she is still haunted by Owen and unsure of what is going on with Wesley. Add to that, newer incidents of people disappearing have started, and all those people had one thing in common - she was perhaps the last person to cross their paths. Keeping her job as a Keeper becomes more difficult when they, and the local police, both, suspect her.
Mackenzie, traumatized from how she got rid of Owen, and how close she had come to being pushed into a void, is not recovering from the incident. She has nightmares, she starts seeing Owen everywhere in her regular life, blacks out, and she becomes sort of an unreliable narrator in that she isn't sure of what is real. She is afraid of her own vulnerabilities and whether she has finally cracked under the pressure of being a Keeper, and the incidents of the summer. She leans on Roland and Wesley in this book, but ultimately she also has to do things her own way to keep them from being targeted by one of the higher ups of the Archives, Agatha for treason, if not for being involved in the disappearances of random strangers. The Archives' organizational structure becomes more important in this book, as we see more the Crew around, as well as other members.
Speaking of Crew, Wesley and Mackenzie are practically a pair made for the position, but the lifelong nature of the commitment also has Mackenzie afraid to think of the romantic aspect of their relationship. He has been flirty in the previous book, but here they are almost pretending to be a couple in front of her parents (giving her an easy excuse when she has to go into the Narrows), so its different. Also, with both of them in the same school, she finds a different side of Wesley, and her understanding of him deepens further; she also has another interested party vying for her attentions, but honestly that dude didn't stand a chance against Wesley.
Towards the end, we start to get a sense of what a sequel would entail, so its sad that there isn't one to read. However, the conclusion in this book is solid enough, that it serves well as a complete sequel. It fulfils her character arc when it came to her life, her relationships and her standing with the Archives, and also closes the chapter on the Owen story in a definitive way.
Mackenzie, traumatized from how she got rid of Owen, and how close she had come to being pushed into a void, is not recovering from the incident. She has nightmares, she starts seeing Owen everywhere in her regular life, blacks out, and she becomes sort of an unreliable narrator in that she isn't sure of what is real. She is afraid of her own vulnerabilities and whether she has finally cracked under the pressure of being a Keeper, and the incidents of the summer. She leans on Roland and Wesley in this book, but ultimately she also has to do things her own way to keep them from being targeted by one of the higher ups of the Archives, Agatha for treason, if not for being involved in the disappearances of random strangers. The Archives' organizational structure becomes more important in this book, as we see more the Crew around, as well as other members.
Speaking of Crew, Wesley and Mackenzie are practically a pair made for the position, but the lifelong nature of the commitment also has Mackenzie afraid to think of the romantic aspect of their relationship. He has been flirty in the previous book, but here they are almost pretending to be a couple in front of her parents (giving her an easy excuse when she has to go into the Narrows), so its different. Also, with both of them in the same school, she finds a different side of Wesley, and her understanding of him deepens further; she also has another interested party vying for her attentions, but honestly that dude didn't stand a chance against Wesley.
Towards the end, we start to get a sense of what a sequel would entail, so its sad that there isn't one to read. However, the conclusion in this book is solid enough, that it serves well as a complete sequel. It fulfils her character arc when it came to her life, her relationships and her standing with the Archives, and also closes the chapter on the Owen story in a definitive way.
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