Private War picks right up where Messenger left off. Arseneault thankfully doesn't waste time re-hashing the entire last book. He understands that we read the first book and don't need to slog through 3 chapters of recap.
The book continues its torrid pace, moving the plot in a way that keep you from ever feeling like the book is dragging, and the best part is that I never once read a paragraph and thought "I've already read this." There is no repetition, no filler, and it's really fun to read a book like this for a change.
Small points for the author to consider:
1) Time management: There are a few times when you let large chunks of time pass like this "the next six months were largely uneventful," or "four months later..." Do NOT get flippant with large chunks of time. You can do this for a day, maybe even a week, but any longer and the reader goes "uh, what?" The problem is that so much can happen in a day in your books, so how can 6 uneventful months go by?
2) There were a lot more grammatical errors in this book. Not that I care much about that type of thing (See the 5 star rating), but it does feel like this book was a little more rushed than the first one, proofread a little less. I have a mind that can fill in the word I knew you meant to type and ignore what's actually on the page, but to many readers this is a big issue. Be mindful of that. (If you want a cheap, yet awesome editor, hire me, I'll happily read your book and compile a list of grammatical and typographical errors as I go, would take me about 2 days to render your novel error-free)
Keep up the good work!
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