Seizure (Virals, #2)

by Kathy Reichs

The second novel in the Virals trilogy from #1 bestselling author and inspiration for the TV series Bones - Kathy Reichs! Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack! But now the very place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out of funding and will have to shut down. That is, unless the Virals can figure out a way to save it! So when Tory learns of an old Charleston legend about a famous she-pirate, Anne Bonney, whose fortune was never found, she can't believe her luck - buried treasure is exactly what she needs to save the Institute on Loggerhead! Trouble is, she and her friends aren't the only ones looking for it. And this time, the Virals' special powers may not be enough to dig them out of trouble . . .

• ISBN10: 1595143947
• ISBN13: 9781595143945
• Publish Date: 18 October 2011 (first published 1 October 2011)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Razorbill
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 491
• 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