Helldivers 2 ghosts12/3/2023 When one of the team, Magnolia, is lost, the Captain sends down a small team to retrieve some much needed power cells that are in the red zone near where she fell. The lower decks are seconds away from revolting and the Divers are the only ones who can help. Plus, things are getting pretty bad on the ship and resources are getting thin. Michael is the head Diver and is doing it to honour his dad. My poor, poor heart took a beating with this one! A certain character and what was happening to him had me on the edge of my seat, and when I got to the end of the book, I was cursing the author for not having him in it enough!! But it also made me extra excited for book 3 because I can sorta see where this is going, well it's more that I'm hoping I know where this is going! There's two characters I want to meet each other and I'm hoping and praying they do!! Sorry if that sounds vague but I don't do spoilers!! This one focuses on Team Raptor. Will they survive the wasteland the earth has become? The ending of book 1 left me with a hole in my heart so I couldn't wait to dive into this straight away!! Once again, the author grabs you from the start and doesn't let go till the bitter end!!! I couldn't read this fast enough, yet I didn't want it to end. Michael, aka Tin, and his team mate Rodger believe she is still alive and, despite the objections from the Captain, dive down to find her. When Magnolia is though to have found out a devastating secret, she is sent on a mission and ultimately ends up falling to the earth. The young Tin isn't so young anymore and is now a Hell Diver like his father and X. *SPOILER* It was funny, he made up a story about how the hell divers were planning to kill him, even though they weren’t, but, in a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy kind of way, they did all want to kill him by the end.This is book 2, and while I try to stay away from spoilers, I could accidentally spoil something for those who haven't read book 1 yet, so read at your own peril!! Set 10 years after the last book, this sees everyone aboard the Hive believing that X died, but one man knows the truth and will do anything necessary to keep his secret. If you like a good hate-able antagonist to root against, you won’t be disappointed. He liked to pretend he had the best interests of all the people on the ship at heart, but most of his decisions were actually as selfish as selfish can get. There was also Captain Jordan instead of Captain Ash this time, and JORDAN WAS AN AWFUL PERSON. And for anyone who has finished Book 1 but is unsure about whether to continue because of the ending, *SPOILER* he survived! And although he did not make an appearance in this book, aside from the prologue, he is presumed to still be alive, and it seems likely he’ll make an appearance again in Book 3. I’ve read a lot of books lately in which all the third person POVs sounded the same, but I never found myself getting confused about whose POV I was in while reading this book. I admit I was disappointed to find out X wouldn’t be a main character in this one since, to put it simply, his character was awesome, but all the hell diver POV characters were just as unique and well-written. There was one major difference between this book and the first one though, and that was the main characters. But the things that did happen were significant, some info was found that shed more light on the world and the creatures, and it seems as though a lot of interesting stuff is going to happen in the next book. It seemed kind of repetitive (the ship was falling apart, hell divers had to go on dangerous missions, the surface was filled with mutated monsters that tried to kill them, etc.), and even though it did eventually start getting to the secrets mentioned in the blurb, it still seems like little actually happened plot-wise. I felt like this book suffered a bit from middle book syndrome though. In short-these books are so well thought-out and well-written, and there is so much to love about them. The concept of the airship and the hell divers is such a unique one (I mean, come on, just look at the kickass suit on the cover). The characters are all flawed and gruff, but most of them are still likeable and good people. The world-building in this series is incredible and really makes me feel like I’m there, especially on the bleak, terrifying surface. Much like the first book, this was an intense, gripping post-apocalyptic read. *I received an ecopy of this book via NetGalley.
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