Breaking Point, the second novel in Kristen Simmon’s
“Article 5” series, continues the story of Ember and Chase after their escape
from the Federal Bureau of Reformation. Picking up where Article 5 left
off, the Resistance who wants to use Chase’s military skills and Ember’s
knowledge to help them take down the government takes in Ember and Chase. The
Resistance has an entire underground movement, helping feed people who are
being discriminated against, getting people into safe zones, transporting
people to safe houses, and keeping tabs on the government at large. But Ember
starts to realize that there is a very dark side to the resistance, a Sniper
being killing off soldiers, and innocent people are being killed in retribution.
Soon, wanted posters featuring Ember are being plastered all over the country,
and new Articles are being added, and soldiers are given permission to shoot
first, ask questions later. Ember doesn’t really want to be a part of it, all
she wants is to find a safe haven for her and Chase, and reunite their friends
Sean and Rebecca, but the way both the Resistance and FBR are trying to use
her, she may never get the chance.
I didn’t like the first book very much, and probably shouldn’t
have picked up the second, as it wasn’t much better. The book seems to have so
many plot holes, and thinks that are never explained. Characters do things
without real reason, and go against logic constantly. Often times rather than
have character’s work through problems, the answer will suddenly just come to
them, for no apparent reason. I give this book 2/5 stars, and only because the
idea behind the book is a good one.
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