'Hell is other people.' 3.25 stars My goodness! I don't think I ever picked up a sequel where I basically hated the first installment and ended up kinda happy with the sequel. (I can't quit series for crap, it's basically a nightmare.) Samantha is much more agreeable in this one as are the Descendents. Having a whole new situation in Sam's home really makes all the difference. Jaxon is still not my favorite person but at least he was a piece of the puzzle this time. The new Titanic narrative - while still taken from the author's family history - is totally gripping and I even figured out the villain this time so I didn't feel completely lost. I need a moment to talk about Elijah. How awesome is he?! I mean, he's not perfect and totally stupid in the way he goes about wanting to protect Sam (just like her Dad). I think I once read a book where someone said that the men in books who keep secrets from the heroine in order to protect her just end up hurting her by having kept those secrets. Which totally applies here (and to lots of other books as well!). But Elijah just has that air around him that makes him utterly swoonworthy.