I read Outpost by Ann Aguirre about
three weeks ago (which is forever ago in my brain) so this review might be a
little rusty. Just a bit.
Deuce, Fade, Stalker, and Tegan have just arrived at Salvation,
a small community protected from the Freaks by a huge wooden wall. Fade and
Tegan seem to fit in perfectly, but Deuce and Stalker have a bit more trouble
assimilating; Deuce because of the community's strict gender roles and Stalker
just because he's difficult and slightly feral. Fade has begun to...
well, fade away (THAT PUN Haha) from Deuce and become more distant. With the
summer quickly approaching, Deuce, Fade, and Stalker all sign up for the summer
patrol to protect the farmlands outside of the city walls. They quickly
discover that the Freaks are getting smarter, plus they have yet to find the
most terrifying thing of all. Will Deuce and her friends survive outside of the
city walls? Or will the ever-developing Freaks finally conquer them once and
for all?
From what I remember, Deuce was an okay character. She
didn't blow me out of the water, but I didn't hate her, either. Once again,
Deuce has an obsession with her being a Huntress (or lack of being one, I
guess). However, in the first book it says the word "Huntress" about
300 times per page, but in this one it was only, like, 100. Much more
manageable. I must admit, though, she is an incredibly strong and brave character
and she never caves under the pressure of the gender role that was expected of
her.
Fade was, of course, once again amazing. He is so sweet and more
loyal than a dog. That's pretty dang loyal. The only thing about him that
annoyed me was that *semi-spoiler alert, but not really* when his adopted
father whipped him all the time, he didn't tell anyone about it. I mean, maybe
that shows his strength or maybe that shows his weakness, I'm not really sure
which.
The story was sometimes a bit boring, but other times it was
full of action and suspense. When Deuce is in the town, it's kind of boring
because she doesn't really do anything. She pretty much goes to school, eats,
spars, then sleeps. Not that exciting. But then when everything happens with the
Freaks, it was really exciting, so it kind of balanced itself out. Like in the
first book, the writing wasn't very flowery, which was actually a good thing.
The narrator (Deuce) is not very well-educated and she basically ate violence
and suffering for breakfast, so it would make sense that she wouldn't have a
fancy mindset; it would be much more harsh and brutal, which was definitely
what the writing portrayed.
This book had a good story and a fairly good set of
characters, though at some points it was a tad slow.
I liked this book! 4 Smileys!!
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