Mind Games

In a sequel every bit as convoluted as its predecessor, 2010's Game Over, Keating returns to the post-apocalyptic world of River Weston, game designer and fugitive, and Chase "Hawk" Hawkins, her Guardian from another world. Stuck in the body of River's ex-lover, Nick, Hawk wants only to protect River and take her to her Fae mother's home world. River is determined to free the souls of her parents, trapped for 30 years in the graveyard of a monstrous laboratory. Despite her growing attraction to Hawk, she would rather try to fix her broken world than leave with him, and Hawk's mind deteriorates while Nick's soul tries to reclaim his own body. Much is clarified about the Fae, the Guardians, and the evil Dark Lords, but the setting never comes together and the plot is unresolved, leaving readers as adrift as the lost souls. (June)