Week 35 Review: Access Restricted

From Goodreads:
In this gripping sequel to All Rights Reserved, Speth Jime must risk everything to save the people she loves…or lose them to the corrupt system that's keeping everyone apart. On the day she went silent, Speth never meant for anyone to follow her lead – or to start a rebellion of Silents. But after taking down the tyrant Silas Rog and freeing the city from his grasp, everyone is looking to Speth for answers she doesn't have. All she wants is to find her parents, who are shackled to a lifetime of servitude in exchange for a debt they can never repay. But how can Speth leave her friends to fend for themselves when she's the reason their city is in chaos? When the government threatens to restore the WiFi and take back the city, Speth is forced to flee with a ragtag group of friends by her side. Together, they embark on a dangerous journey outside the dome they've lived in their entire lives, in search of a better future. Along the way, Speth will discover the shattering truth about their world…and the role she'll need to play to save it.

My Review:
I had a really great time reading this book! I was a bit apprehensive about it, given that the first left on such a great note-and that things would get worse before they got better again. Because the whole premise of copyright and debts is just incredibly awful, and it needed to be taken down! 

The urge Speth has to go out and free her parents is rightfully strong with her. I was rooting for her, after all that she's been through, and I kinda doubt that know about their son unless the Rogs and other powers that be made a point of telling them. So I loved watching how that unfolded!

That we get to be outside of Speth's home dome, to see the wider world, was really fantastic! The control that the Rog's have over this world, and their manipulation of the system in their favour was infuriating, and I loved watching Speth, her friends, and the other Silents take them down! 

There's so many injustices throughout this world, with the debts that never can be repaid, that are passed on from parent to child in a modernized method of slavery. It's no wonder that people were lining up to help take it down! 

This was a really great read, and I'll need to see if Gregory Scott Katsoulis has written any other books! 

Author: Gregory Scott Katsoulis
Series: Words$ #2
Read: August 28th, 2022
Source: Edelweiss
Reason Why: Loved the first book, and it's a 2022 Dystopia Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and Sophomore Challenge Book!
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Published: August 28th 2018

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