Within a square half mile around my home, watercraft may actually outnumber people. One neighbor who lives directly across from me, and has a beach in their backyard, has at least two large boats, four jet ski, seven kayaks, a sailboat, and several of giant inner tubes that speed boats can tow. Virtually all of my neighbors (more than twenty) who live directly on the lake have at least one power boat. I have two kayaks, a paddle board, a primitive windsail, several inflatable inner tubes, and about 12 life jackets. I say this based on my own life experience I live about three houses in from the third largest, in acres, lake in Wisconsin. It seems very unlikely to me that water craft, or at least floatation devices would be at all difficult to find on a smallish manmade island. However, I do have a major problem with the scenario that ends the book: a relatively small manmade island sinks into the sea, dooming (mostly through drowning, although predatory fish also play a role) the majority of the people present on the island. I literally read the entire book within 24 hours of receiving it. I found this book to be even more compelling than the first one (which I gave five stars) there were plot twists that I would have never anticipated. Please tell me why if you think you know. One thing I seriously had to ponder that was in this book was how Scythe Curie left Rowan and Citra in the vault and left because it says in the book 'She and Rowan raced to the door, but by the time they got there it had already closed' which means that is they could run to the door their would undoubtedly be space for Scythe Curie. SPOILER DON'T READ ON FROM THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY SPOILERS. I utturley enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a book to read.

This book is an ideal sequel to Scythe because it balances the amount of time with Rowan(Scythe Lucifer) and Citra(Scythe Anastasia) showing how they matured (this book takes time in about a year from the end of Scythe (the first book))and how they mature in this book and commences the journey of a new and important character whose name is Greyson and instead of giving Greyson the jobs of a Scythe, Neal Schusterman makes him the representation of the Thunderhead and sends him to do things the Thunderhead can't because of it's own laws.

Scythe book 2