Sink by [a:Scarlett Dawn|7141792|Scarlett Dawn|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1371703030p2/7141792.jpg] is book two of the Cold Mark series and picks up a couple of days after the end of book one. Braita has run away from her Vaq and has traveled to the neighboring East where she hopes to find her friend Jax and escape together. But once there the pain from being separated from her Vaq and some unlikely alliances forces her to rely on the Plumas or leaders of the East (basically the adversaries of her Vaq).



So yeah, I loved this installment! Braita is on the run, she gets captured by the Plumas of the East, and to boot she finds her friend Jax but not exactly as she expected to find him. Braita is broken in this book after catching her Vaq in a rather compromising situation. She's hurt and angry, but mostly embarrassed and rejected. She spends a lot of the book thinking introspectively about what occurred with her Vaq and how she handled it.

Jax is up to something for lack of better phrasing. Braita finds him with little difficulty, but he is not in the situation she left him. He is no longer a slave, he fights for money, and has become something she's not sure she can fix.

Then there's the Plumas of the East...



I'm not sure about anyone else that's read these books, but I like them better than Braita's Vaq, even from their short introduction in book one. Their dynamic is completely different than the others. If Braita has questions they answer honestly and seem genuinely concerned that Braita's Vaq have not educated her more.

The plot of this short story is simple. Braita ran away from her Vaq, she wants to leave and live her own life free so she searches for Jax. Of course things are never that simple and as she learns from the Plumas of the East the plot thickens and becomes ever so more intriguing. I love how the author has slowly built the Mian world. Braita is slowly learning that they are not as vicious and cruel as she was taught they were.

Overall I loved the book as I love the series so far! But the ending or lack thereof....



Well it left me beating my head against the wall. I want...no I need more and I need it last week! I can't wait to see what is going to happen. If you normally enjoy young adult dystopians, science fiction, and fantasy, I highly suggest you pick up this New Adult novel.

FYI: I do NOT recommend this book to anyone under 18 as there is some strong language and some sexual situations.

Now if February would hurry and get here so I can continue this series...