The Twelve by Justin Cronin (#27, Fiction)

Book number two of another trilogy complete.  This one was extremely satisfying.  I read the first book, The Passage, at least a year, probably longer ago, so it took me much longer than I anticipated to get into The Twelve.  I was hazy on the details and characters, and the exact timeline of the first book, but it didn't take long to hook me regardless of my fuzzy memory. 

A lot of people say they liked The Twelve better.  I can't really say which I preferred, because I do know that I really enjoyed following along very closely to Amy in the first book, and although she was still an integral character, the second book introduced us to many new story lines and jumped around in time. I missed Amy, but I also formed a bond to the new characters as well.  It was great how all the new story lines were interesting on their own, but then all very simply tied in to the bigger picture of characters at the end.

And nice twist with the actual "twelve." I suppose we all saw it coming, but from the get-go I was confused why the book wouldn't be called The Eleven.

4 out of 5.