This was a really excellent sequel, in my opinion. It doesn't start right from the end of the first book, it's a ways in the future but it does include a few flashbacks that add in important information that wouldn't have been part of the story otherwise. We learn all sorts of things about Declan, which is very exciting! It ends on quite the cliffhanger, which I'm not MAD about, but does make me hope the next one comes out soon. There's a bit with Lasser, but I'm hoping maybe in the next one we'll get a little more, he's ridiculous and I love him.