I think it's not as good as the 1st one. The 1st book made me cry. The sequel is just light and not that interesting. I was waiting for something to happen to keep my attention but nothing really. Also the love story of Sam and Clark is not well written. I wish there could've been more build up to Sam's character and their attraction to each other, its just bland. I just scanned the last 100 pages as I was bored and just wanna finish it. Now I don't know If I should read the 3rd book.