Book Review #66: "Gauntlet (Arena #2)

Hey Everyone,

     I am going to review the book "Gauntlet (Arena #2)," by Holly Jennings. This book is hot off the press as it was published on April 4, 2017 by Berkley Publishing Group. For those of you who would like to read an excerpt from this book CLICK HERE. And for those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. This book is the second book of Holly Jennings's Arena series. If you would like to read my book review of Arena CLICK HERE.  This book continues where the first book left off. Kali has bought her first gaming team and is the first female captain ever. It is about her struggling to keep her team afloat. An opportunity of a lifetime comes up for Kali and her team and this book is about this mega world gaming tournament.

     Overall I rated this book five out of five stars. This book series keeps getting better and better. I normally find the second book of trilogy's the weakest link, but in this case it is the strongest link. For a Science Fiction/Fantasy series this book is extremely well written and has a lot of depth and character development to it. There are multiple layers to this book. Each layer brought on a different dimension and had multiple surprises. I really liked the sarcastic tone that Kali had telling this story, it definitely added humor into this book. I also loved the meaning that this book brought forward it made this book all that much more worth reading. There are not many books like this these days. We definitely need more of them. Actually we need more Kali's in this world. I also really liked the political side to this book. It fit in real well with the story and added another element to this story. And oh man the cliff hanger at the end, is killing me that I have to wait another year until I can finish this story.  I would definitely recommend reading this series so go out and read it. If you need to start on "Arena" the first book you can purchase it by CLICKING HERE. 

     I would like to thank Netgalley, Holly Jennings, and Berkley Publishing Group for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Until the next page,

Jill