A review by jameyanne
The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty

4.0

The difference between this second book and the first one is incredible. While i found the first book to be kind of meh on all fronts, this second book took off running and didn't stop. This is obviously the story jaclyn moriarty wanted to tell. And while i will say that this book does still suffer from the issue that madeleine's story is nowhere near as exciting as elliot's (indeed madeleine's part of the climax feels like fabricated/overly dramatized tension), there is also so much great stuff going on. I loved watching the growth of the characters, and i loved all the new characters and conflict. And the ending is a perfect storm of feels (warning it's a cliffhanger). Can't wait to start book 3!