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D.O.G.S (S.T.A.G.S, #2)
D.O.G.S (S.T.A.G.S, #2)
M.A. Bennett | 2019 | Young Adult (YA)
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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This did not disappoint as a sequel and I was just as engrossed with it as I was with STAGS. I didn’t want to put it down at all once I started reading it.
It goes back to where we left off with the first book, as the narrator says “...because it annoys the shit out of me when stories are supposed to be sequels and it’s like: THREE YEARS LATER. I mean what the hell is that?” Which I wholeheartedly agree with! I love that it picked up right where we left off with our three characters Greer, Shafeen and Nel. We get to find out what happened with Greer and Shafeen, how that impacted their relationship with Nel and what the three of them becoming Medievals meant for the school.
We then have more de Warlencourts appear at the school, which obviously puts Greer on edge as to why they’re there and if they’re going to be anything like their cousin.
The main bulk of the book is taken up by Greer being gifted a play called The Isle of Dogs which has had no known surviving copies for 400 years. She is gifted the first act in the dead of night whilst trying to decide on a play to use as part of her drama exam to help get her into Oxford. She reads the play and decides that this is the one that she wants to use and speaks to her headmaster/drama teacher about it, who agrees, as no one has put on the play since it’s opening night 400 years previously. Thinking it’s the only surviving part of the play, Greer throws herself into casting a directing the act as well as having sets designed and music composed by other students taking their exams.
What follows is more mystery around the play as Greer is gifted the entire play in parts, and it leads her to going back to the place she vowed to never return to - Longcross.
This book had the same twists and turns as STAGS, and didn’t disappoint with the mystery and wanting to find out what was happening at each stage. It had the same movie references throughout that made me love the first book, and the writing style was so easy to follow that it really did make this book one that I couldn’t put down.