Seizure: (Virals 2) (Virals, #2)

by Kathy Reichs

HEART-STOPPING FORENSIC ACTION WITH A LETHAL TWIST

The Virals' home on Loggerhead Island is under threat, and only one thing can save it: a lot of money.

A 300-year-old legend

Rumour has it that notorious pirate Anne Bonny hid her treasure somewhere in Charleston in 1720. No-one knows where, but Tory Brennan - great-niece of famous forensic anthropologist Dr Tempe Brennan - is certain that the Virals can work out Bonny's cryptic clues.

A deadly path

It isn't long before the Virals are on the right track. But they aren't the only ones searching for the treasure.Someone is following them, and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.

Dead bodies litter the trail. Time is running out before the island will be sold.

Will the Virals' special powers be enough to save them?

• ISBN10: 0099543885
• ISBN13: 9780099543886
• Publish Date: 5 January 2012 (first published 1 October 2011)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 31 July 2014
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Imprint: Arrow (Young)
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 496
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

I'm still not sure about this series, some of it I do like but there are other parts where it's straining my credulity (and I'm pretty flexible when it comes to strange and unusual) it just doesn't mesh right for me, it's the sum of the parts rather than one thing and it holds potential that seems to fall over for me. Other people's mileage may vary.

This time the pack have to deal with a possibility that they will be broken up because the labs their parents work for is being closed. They find out about pirate treasure and they decide to hunt it. What they find is surprising and lies are becoming easier for everyone.

not bad, not stellar.

[tellemonstar]

Seizure was a fun adventure – how many people haven’t thought of going on a treasure hunt at least once in their lifetime. The pirates were a great way of drawing you into the story, and are in keeping with the history of Charleston and North Carolina.

The Virals get up to just as much mischief as they did in the previous books, although there is somewhat less shooting involved. A lot of night-time adventures and narrowly avoiding getting grounded – again.

The teens are still fairly normal teens despite what they have been through together and it was nice to see that. There are a lot of YA novels lately that seem to have anyone with even the slightest of superpowers be either completely oblivious to that fact for most of their lives then accept it like they always had their superpowers, or go completely the opposite direction. The Virals manage to have a freak-out about their newly acquired powers, but also accept that they can’t do anything about it, whether or not they want the powers, without going overboard.

All in all Seizure was a good YA mystery. The science that was in it was nicely explained so that even if you don’t have a real science brain, you can understand it. The mystery was well-plotted and interesting and the adventure was fun.

Full review here