Title: Legacy (Night School #2)
Author: C.J. Daugherty
Publication Date: 3rd Jan 2012
Tagline: 'Sometimes school can be murder'
Summary...
"In the last year, Allie's
survived three arrests, two breakups and one family breakdown. The only
bright point has been her new life at Cimmeria Academy. It's the one
place she's felt she belongs. And the fact that it's brought the dreamy
Carter West into her life hasn't hurt...But far from being a safe haven,
the cloistered walls of Cimmeria are proving more dangerous than Allie
could've imagined. The students, and faculty, are under threat and
Allie's family - from her mysterious grandma to her runaway brother -
are at the centre of the storm. Allie is going to have to choose between
protecting her family and trusting her friends. But secrets have a way
of ripping even the strongest relationships apart..." (Goodreads)
My Thoughts...
I have somewhat mixed feelings about this book...
On one hand, when I finished the book, my initial thought
was, ‘That was pretty good! ...I think I liked that even more than the first
book!’ (Then again, it should probably be taken into consideration that it has
been a long time since I read Night
School and I can’t much remember it or how I felt about it...)
On the other hand, then, after some reflection, my second
thought was that I couldn’t actually recall much significant actually happening in the book. It just seemed a
bit to me like there wasn’t a lot going on with the plot throughout most of the
book and that we spent most of the time just....waiting.
I felt like the majority of the book was spent watching Allie
prepare for the end of the book – when, supposedly, the big action would
finally come into play – with a few odd mini bits of action thrown in just to
keep the reader’s attention span from
drifting off completely.
However, although I had some issues with the plot, what I
really liked about Legacy were the
characters. It was great to see Allie getting a chance to develop as a
character as she faced more challenges; I realise this may seem a little
contradictory of me – first I say it was somewhat dull ‘watching Allie prepare’,
then I say ‘it was great to see Allie getting a chance to develop’, but I
suppose what I mean is that it was good to see her character developing...but
we needn’t spend most of the book on it...
The love triangle present in the first book is still here,
and although I know some people are against them, I don’t mind them, in fact I
advocate them, if they are portrayed well! You could define a ‘good’ love
triangle as one that evokes enough feeling in its readers for them to divide
into ‘teams,’ and I’m sure readers of Legacy
will be agonising over who they think Allie should be with – Carter or
Sylvain? I have to say, in Night School I
was definitely all for the mysterious, brooding Carter, however, during Legacy
I found myself rooting for Sylvain.
All in all, although I felt it could have been better, I
enjoyed Legacy and still definitely
would read any future books in the series! I am sure that anyone who loved Night School will not be disappointed by
its sequel.
