The Change has also happened in New York and the whole of Queens is a death trap. Grace must get the Queen of Coney Island to grant her access to Rikers Island to try and find her brother. With the help of ‘God’ and some others along the way she must undertake tasks set by the Queen.
The Change New York throws you straight into Grace’s story which was… strange to say the least. It was also very different to the previous book which I was not expecting. This is not a continuation to Howard’s story and is not linked at all. Because of this, it took me a while to actually get into this book. Plus, similar to the previous book, it’s very short so this one in particular fell flat to me.
The Change New York is for sure the weirdest of the three books. I had no idea what was going on most of the time. There was a man who called himself God and no one seemed mention it to his face. There was a Queen of Coney Island, but no details on how or why she was the Queen. Plus there were monster babies which were just creepy. It just felt very much like Adam’s was trying to out-weird himself throughout.
As with the first book, this story never gets resolved. After finishing the Queen’s task it ends and so Grace finding her brother is never seen. Having both these books have no solid ending made me feel very demotivated to read the third book as I just knew the same thing would happen. I’m sure Adams can write a more compelling story than this as he’s been a part of writing for Dr Who and Sherlock previously. I just don’t think these books are the best work he’s done, and also maybe not for me personally.
I received The Change: New York* by Guy Adams as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review.