This book starts off right after the pulse pounding cliffhanger in Girl of Lies. Andrea Thompson came into the US to help her sister and found herself right in the middle of a political scandal in the making. She is in danger and has gone through terrible experiences in the past few days and her whole family is now under attack in various ways. And Andrea wants answers, as do the rest of the Thompson clan.

We see the fate of all those scattered after the evens from the first book. All of them are separated into various clusters dealing with multiple issues and fall out, being hit with accusations, and trying to stay safe from those that want to harm them. Their lives were completely spiraling out of control and it is one situation after another causing stress, anxiety, and outrage. 

This was a page turner in the best sense of the term. From start to finish I could not put Girl of Rage down. (It may have accompanied me through my kids’ bedtime routines, kept me up past my bedtime, and infiltrated my dreams even after I had finished.) Where the middle installment of many trilogies fall flat, this one captured my attention and held on until I lost several hours buried in the book.

Girl of Rage picks up right where Girl of Lies left off. And from the very beginning the action is on. I was grateful for the way it picked up. It’s been nearly half a year since I read Girl of Lies, and as I opened to the first page, I couldn’t remember exactly what had happened, except that I was worried about Dylan. The ending points of the first book were subtly referred to without taking up a lot of description, so that my memory came back without it being too much retelling for people who may read them back to back. 

Each sister and their parents have their own mysteries to work through. Rachel’s illness has taken a backseat to the turmoil the family finds itself in. Julia and Crank face issues with their business. Andrea and Dylan are still on the run and out of contact with the rest of the family, causing added stress for Alexandra. Adelina and Jessica are also running on the opposite coast. And amidst all the danger to the girls, no one hears from their father. 

The secrets that are revealed in Girl of Rage begin to answer the question about what is really going on, but there are just as many new questions as there are answered ones, and the truth is far from clear. 

The one thing some might question about Girl of Rage is where is the romance. Several potential romantic pairings have been hinted at, but the root conflict in Rachel’s Peril as a whole is the family secrets, which don’t need to be confused with romantic overtones. I never missed a romantic storyline through either Girl of Lies or Girl of Rage. There was far too much action to miss anything! 

This series is one of my favorite spin-offs. It has taken the families created in the original trilogy and turned everything we thought we knew on it’s head. It was so fast paced, filled with so much mystery and hidden truths that I couldn’t help being sucked right back into the Thompsons’ lives.

I was gifted a copy in exchange for my honest review.