In book 2 of the series the protagonist - a female reporter of about 30 years of age who didn't act like a reporter in book 1 so her occupation was pretty irrelevant - finally comes across human survivors in a small valley with its own microclimate. However, due to stereotyped behaviour from horror films where characters insist on wandering off into dark woods when they already know something nasty is around, this situation soon deteriorates. On the plus side, the protagonist finally decides to learn to drive but in a situation of extreme stress where she has to be told how to start the car by a twelve year old and where she drives too fast and I think with her eyes closed, her default response to danger, with obvious results. That isn't the only stupid thing she does.

The plot has holes - if the cold really affects the alien monsters why did their cocoons develop in a whole load of cars near the Alaskan destination and why does a blast of warm air suddenly materialise to put her and her human and canine companions in peril? It's also not credible that they survive what happens immediately afterwards.

On the plus side there are some creepy scenes with the alien menace and a neat twist at the end plus the introduction of the doomed spacestation personnel is a poignant touch so I rate it higher than book 1 and am awarding this 3 stars with the proviso that I am not intending to bother with any more of the series. ( )

I really enjoyed the second installment of the "Extinction Point" series. The action continues pretty much where "Extinction Point" left off, and progresses in much the same manner. I found Emily's decisions and thoughts to be rather spot on, especially if I were thinking about how someone in her shoes might react - notably with things such as her hesitation to drive a car. Jones handles these elements well, and keeps the story at a pace that coincides with the pace Emily is quite likely feeling herself. From about the halfway point on, I could hardly put the book down, and was well-rewarded at the end. I can't wait to read the next in the series!! ( )

the cliffhanger!!!!!! I knew it would be bad when they finally got there....everything that can go wrong will go wrong in this world. ( )

Second book, added more characters... still caught up with their lives. ( )

This is the second book in the Extinction Point series and I read both this one and the first one back to back. It's easy to get into and I really like the story but I was a bit apprehensive about starting this as I wasn't a big fan of Emily in the first book, which is unfortunate as Emily has been pretty much the only character for most of it up to this point. By the end of this though she was starting to grow on me...a little. She still frustrates me but if she continues to grow as a character then we might get along better in later books. The story- I like very much. Emily - Not so much.

This part of the series felt more 'road-trip' than 'alien apocalypse' if I'm honest, but I was relieved that at least Emily's bike wasn't such a feature on that road trip. It was ridiculous that she wanted to to travel from New York to Alaska (approx 4000 miles) on a bicycle as the world around her was being overrun with aliens so I'm eternally grateful that that frustration is out of the picture. The fact that she's 30 (I think) and was living in New York and working as a journalist on the New York Tribune points to her being a fairly intelligent and able woman but yet she has no idea how to even start an automatic car (far less drive one), it's just too unbelievable. She maybe never learned to drive but surely she's been IN cars and/or taxi's and saw how others got them started? I'm not buying it. It was just one of the many, many things about Emily that agitated me. Things like that just didn't make any sense and felt like poor plot devices.

Despite all that though I'm still looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series as they become available, I'm just hoping Emily and I can connect a bit better than we have so far. ( )