Author: Kathy Reichs
Publication Date: October 18th 2011
Rating: 3/5
Ever since Tory Brennan and her friends rescued Cooper, a kidnapped wolf pup with a rare strain of canine parvovirus, they've turned from regular kids into a crime-solving pack. But now the very place that brought them together - the Loggerhead Island Research Institute - is out of funding and will have to shut down. That is, unless the Virals can figure out a way to save it.
So when Tory learns of an old Charleston legend about a famous she-pirate, Anne Bonney, whose fortune was never found, she can't believe her luck - buried treasure is exactly what she needs to save the Institute on Loggerhead! Trouble is, she and her friends aren't the only ones looking for it. And this time, the Virals' special powers may not be enough to dig them out of trouble . . .
I didn't really read too much into this book before I started it, I just jumped in knowing exactly what is there above. So pirates basically. I'm not much into pirate books, mainly because I haven't read many but I adored the first book, Virals, and I loved the mystery aspect. Perhaps that was because I'd never really been into that before, however after reading Virals, Seizure and getting more sucked into Sherlock I am, but I digress. This book was a bit slow going for me, taking a long while to finish. towards the middle I got more involved, but maybe its just because I felt it was too much like the first. But I'll come back to that later.
Basically, the whole plot of this book eventually stems back to the fact they need to raise enough money to save Loggerhead Island, the 'birth place' if you will of the Virals.
First of all, Seizure follows the same group of people as in the first book, Tory, Ben, Shelton and Hi, however this time there is a fifth member of the Virals. COOPER! I don't really think I had much of a connection to Tory our protagonist in the first book, and that didnt really change much. I always felt that the the boys were nicer people, not that Tory wasn't it was just certain things she did.
For example, at many points throughout the book, Tory was all 'Lets go explore this place even though we will be grounded for life!' and the three boys kept saying 'No, lets not, I don't want to die' Fair enough right? Not for Tory Brennan. If they said they wouldn't come with her, little old tory would say she was going by herself and that she didn't care- OVER AND OVER again. So because Hi, Ben and Shelton are all so nice, lovable people, they went with her so she didn't a) do something stupid b)DIE.
Thats probably one of the most annoying parts about it in my opinion, also- obvious plot twists. Yes, I will admit there was at least one that took me by surprise, but seriously Kathy? Its a mystery novel- GIVE ME A BIT OF MYSTERY!
As i mentioned earlier, it did seem a lot like the first book. The fact that in the blurb they both have a bit of 'dead bodies' 'someones trying to kill them' blah blah blah. Thinking about it, it was a lot like the first, because I guess mysterys have to be somewhat similar. But all these
Some positives. One of the better bits, was the fact that the 4 are still confused by the wolf DNA they have. There seems to still be more to figure out in the final/future books and thats something I'd like to find out. Find out what else they can do and how they manage to cope with the changes. I'd also like to know if they actually tell their parents. Come on Tory, Kits great, he'd understand! Maybe not Whitney but nobody likes her anyway... I did like that Tory found out why she is able to connect the minds of the Virals, which was a huge contributing factor to the confusion.
One of my favourite bits? THE LOVE TRIANGLE. In the first one, it was pretty clear that Jason liked Tory, and in this one Ben starts showing up, hinting at him liking Tory too. There were a couple of hints in the first, but not major. Now, I love Ben and in my opinion it should be Ben and Tory who get together, but nothings made totally clear who Tory will choose. In fact, I think Torys pretending to feign ignorant.
Ben hates Jason. Maybe thats because of the Love triangle, but I think something else is contributing to his dislike, or rather I'm hoping for there to be.
I have to admit, it was a lovely change to most of the YA around now, a definate breath of fresh air. I didn't enjoy it as much as the first, which is the reason for the lower rating, but it was enjoyable all the same.
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