The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
New York, 2118. Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a breathtaking marvel that touches the sky. But amidst high-tech luxury and futuristic glamour, five teenagers are keeping dangerous secrets…
LEDA is haunted by memories of what happened on the worst night of her life. She’ll do anything to make sure the truth stays hidden—even if it means trusting her enemy.
WATT just wants to put everything behind him…until Leda forces him to start hacking again. Will he do what it takes to be free of her for good?
When RYLIN wins a scholarship to an upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But being there means seeing the boy whose heart she broke, and who broke hers in return.
AVERY is tormented by her love for the one person in the world she can never have. She’s desperate to be with him… no matter the cost.
And then there’s CALLIOPE, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who arrives in New York determined to cause a stir. And she knows exactly where to begin.
But unbeknownst to them all, someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. And in a world of such dazzling heights, just one wrong step can mean a devastating fall.
I found this book to be much better than The Thousandth Floor. Mainly because this book involves growth and rebuilding, rather than tearing everything down like the first book did.
Most of the characters are realistic enough. All of them are overdramatic, though, except Watt and Leda. Which is why they’re my new favorites. Leda is still sharp, but she’s thoughtful. When she takes people in, she will do anything to protect them, which is a lot, actually. Watt tries to be angry with Leda, but he’s literally not capable of it. This guy is just so nice, and his arguments with Nadia are on a whole different level. As Leda starts to calm down and recover, she begins to let go of her anger and suspicion, and she really grows through the story.
Personally, Audrey and Atlas have always bothered me; Audrey needs to stop acting like a child and realize how lucky she is. Rylin and Cord were the definite highlight of the first book, but here they become kind of irrelevant. Rylin needs to pull it together and apologize properly. Her random romp through LA is interesting enough, I guess, but I’m not really sure what purpose it served. Calliope, on the other hand, offers a lot to unpack. She’s sly, smart, and fabulous. She’s also exhausted with all her lies and treachery.
Considering how important Eris was in the first book, we barely hear about her here. Her story was pretty interesting in The Thousandth Floor, and her dynamic with Leda was really well-done. But all of that kind of disappears here, and it was a bit disappointing.
The plot carries along at a similar pace to the first book, but there isn’t the same kind of major climax to tie it all together in the end. Still, I enjoyed The Dazzling Heights, because of the more hopeful tone, and the way that the characters start banding together. Hopefully, this carries on into the third book, although I’m only coming back for Watt :)
Also, I have to say that this is the best cover in the entire trilogy.
LEDA is haunted by memories of what happened on the worst night of her life. She’ll do anything to make sure the truth stays hidden—even if it means trusting her enemy.
WATT just wants to put everything behind him…until Leda forces him to start hacking again. Will he do what it takes to be free of her for good?
When RYLIN wins a scholarship to an upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But being there means seeing the boy whose heart she broke, and who broke hers in return.
AVERY is tormented by her love for the one person in the world she can never have. She’s desperate to be with him… no matter the cost.
And then there’s CALLIOPE, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who arrives in New York determined to cause a stir. And she knows exactly where to begin.
But unbeknownst to them all, someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. And in a world of such dazzling heights, just one wrong step can mean a devastating fall.
I found this book to be much better than The Thousandth Floor. Mainly because this book involves growth and rebuilding, rather than tearing everything down like the first book did.
Most of the characters are realistic enough. All of them are overdramatic, though, except Watt and Leda. Which is why they’re my new favorites. Leda is still sharp, but she’s thoughtful. When she takes people in, she will do anything to protect them, which is a lot, actually. Watt tries to be angry with Leda, but he’s literally not capable of it. This guy is just so nice, and his arguments with Nadia are on a whole different level. As Leda starts to calm down and recover, she begins to let go of her anger and suspicion, and she really grows through the story.
Personally, Audrey and Atlas have always bothered me; Audrey needs to stop acting like a child and realize how lucky she is. Rylin and Cord were the definite highlight of the first book, but here they become kind of irrelevant. Rylin needs to pull it together and apologize properly. Her random romp through LA is interesting enough, I guess, but I’m not really sure what purpose it served. Calliope, on the other hand, offers a lot to unpack. She’s sly, smart, and fabulous. She’s also exhausted with all her lies and treachery.
Considering how important Eris was in the first book, we barely hear about her here. Her story was pretty interesting in The Thousandth Floor, and her dynamic with Leda was really well-done. But all of that kind of disappears here, and it was a bit disappointing.
The plot carries along at a similar pace to the first book, but there isn’t the same kind of major climax to tie it all together in the end. Still, I enjoyed The Dazzling Heights, because of the more hopeful tone, and the way that the characters start banding together. Hopefully, this carries on into the third book, although I’m only coming back for Watt :)
Also, I have to say that this is the best cover in the entire trilogy.
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