Captivate (Need series book 2)

Captivate is the second book in the hit series called Need by Carrie Jones. When we last left Zara, she was struggling to overcome her heritage and the fact that she is a half pixie princess. To save the quaint little town of Bedford, she traps the pixie king (aka, the worst dad in history) and the rest of the pixies in a large invisible mansion in the woods. Just when she thought that life was finally calming down, she saves a pixie king who wants to overthrow her father and claims that she is destined to be his queen. As Nick and Zara grow ever closer, she discovers the catastrophic domino she has tipped and the devastating effects of saving her mother from her dad.

This new pixie king she saves gets her thinking. Are all pixies really evil? He claims that there are some on the side of good against evil. She cannot help but question her beliefs about "mythical" side of her family.

A weird girl (what is weird anymore?) named Cassidy is starting to get in between Issie and Devyn. Could something magical be brewing between Cassidy and Devyn? How far will Zara go to help her friend and knock some sense into Devyn?

Norse mythology blooms around Zara as she realizes she is in a bigger war than she could have ever imagined. A war that could change everything she has ever know forever.

Zara's story gets ever more complex and interesting. Relationships and loyalties are tested.

This is a good sequel to Need. I do however find that I suffer a case of Second-Book-Syndrome. The second book is not as good as the first one. I feel that Zara and Nick get a little too "Lovey-Dovey" compared to the first book. The transition in this relationship between the first and second book is not as smooth as the story itself. Overall, a well written sequel to a Captivating (sorry, I had to) series.

Score= 8.2/10