Aurora Burning (Aurora Cycle, #2)

by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

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I hate doing this. I am generally a fan of authors jerking around their readers on these wild rides, and having not everything be ok or wrapped up nicely, especially in book 2 of a trilogy. I don't even mind cliffhangers as long as I know the next book is a guarantee. But this book left so many things hanging at the end that I am going to have to do a reread next year to just remember it all. NOTHING was wrapped up. Not one thing. The story progressed some throughout the book, but it almost felt like this trilogy could have been a duology, where the first part of this book could have been condensed and tacked on to the end of book 1, and the last part could have been the opening of the next.

I am actually really annoyed right now, and this is after having slept on it (I finished the book last night). I really like both of the authors, a lot, and the stories they write together have always been fantastic, as are the stories they write separately. Of course I will read the last book, and of course I will buy the hardcover so I can have a matching set. I may feel differently when I am able to go right into book 3, but this cliffhanger really seemed unnecessary.