Chasing Mona Lisa

2.5 stars
I liked this even less than the first book. Again there's quite a lot of violence, described in vivid terms–blood dripping, heads exploding, etc. But we really didn't even get the characters around described, except for perhaps a word or two, generally in terms of hair color. There were still six POVs, which was better than book one but still too many. A lot of the narration was in the abstract, so it was hard to sort between actual clues and assumptions. I spent a great deal of my journey through this book hopelessly confused. Even one guy from the last book showed up out of nowhere without any sort of logical explanation.

Content: Two French profanities, one coarse joke, and violence

Since I have enjoyed so many of Goyer's books in the past, this means I will be avoiding Mike Yorkey's writing in the future. It just didn't work for me.