Yay! Our first audio book of 2011 – we started it in 2010 and finished it today. Forge is the second book in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Seeds of America series. We listened to Chains a few months ago and while we didn’t love, love, LOVE it – we liked it. I figure we’ll read along until we decide we don’t like them at all. After listening to Forge, we aren’t anywhere near that point. We liked Forge much better than we liked Chains. Curzon is a good character – and his storytelling and thinking process is stronger than Isabel’s was in the first book. Or, maybe the storytelling was tighter? Halse Anderson found her way and simply improved? I don’t know what it was but it was excellent and I’m dying for a book three.
When I went off looking for book three, I saw Fever 17 – I believe I read that but am not 100% sure and since the main character is mentioned in very brief passing, in an amusing way, towards the end of Forge, I decided to go ahead and reserve this one on audio while we wait for book three. I think we’ll be amused by it.