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Title	:	The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #2)
Author	:	Maureen Johnson
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 290 pages
Published	:	February 26th 2013 by G.P. Putnam's Sons (first published February 1st 2013)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fantasy. Paranormal. Mystery. Ghosts

The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #2)

Maureen Johnson

Hardcover | Pages: 290 pages

Rating: 3.88 | 15587 Users | 2106 Reviews

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After her near-fatal run-in with the Jack the Ripper copycat, Rory Deveaux has been living in Bristol under the close watch of her parents. So when her therapist suddenly suggests she return to Wexford, Rory jumps at the chance to get back to her friends.

But Rory’s brush with the Ripper touched her more than she thought possible: she’s become a human terminus, with the power to eliminate ghosts on contact. She soon finds out that the Shades—the city’s secret ghost-fighting police—are responsible for her return. The Ripper may be gone, but now there is a string of new inexplicable deaths threatening London. Rory has evidence that the deaths are no coincidence. Something much more sinister is going on, and now she must convince the squad to listen to her before it’s too late.

In this follow-up to the Edgar Award–nominated The Name of the Star, Maureen Johnson adds another layer of spectacularly gruesome details to the streets of London that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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Original Title:	The Madness Underneath
ISBN:	039925661X (ISBN13: 9780399256615)
Edition Language:	English URL http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780399256615,00.html
Series:	Shades of London #2
Characters:	Charlie Storm, Aurora "Rory" Deveaux, Stephen Dene, Bhuvana “Boo” Chodhari, Callum Mitchell
Setting:	London, England(United Kingdom)

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Ratings: 3.88 From 15587 Users | 2106 Reviews

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I read this in one sitting, in raw panic, while stress eating to combat my terror for Rory and her friends. The Madness Underneath is fantastic. Even though Maureen Johnson made me cry AGAIN (it seems to be her hobby), I highly recommend it! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to eat this entire box of crackers with this jar of Cheese Whiz while I impatiently wait for the rest of the series.

352 pages. About 200 pages too long as far as relevant content goes.Rory is recovering from her injury in the previous book, and spends much of her time moping around in Bristol with her parents. She then gets permission to go back to Wexford, where she spends more time moping around, tentatively and reluctantly embracing her new role as a new Terminus (but not really doing much about it or with her new powers). Actually, she spends much of the book doing nothing BUT moping. This isn't Shades of

After loving Maureen Johnson from afar, largely via her very entertaining Twitter feed, I was thrilled that she was venturing into the world of speculative fiction by delving into the horror of Jack the Ripper, ghosts, and mystery via a London boarding school and secret police force. Thats much more up my alley than her usual contemporary route. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy The Name of the Star, I didnt forget about it, and am still constantly recommending it to readers over a year later.

I have an axiom that if a character in a book is engaging enough then even watching them chew oatmeal will be interesting. Maureen Johnson has found a strong, memorable voice in her protagonist/narrator Rory Deveaux, a Lousiana girl transplanted to London. Rory has a colorful personality, injecting random asides and humorous descriptions into everything, and telling embarrassing stories about her family when she gets nervous.Some people don't enjoy the character because she's not very heroic,

Thoughts on the Cover Is it just me... or does that cover look A HELL OF A LOT like the Morganville Vampires series?

3.5. A solid middle entry to the series but I'm not in love with the direction the plot took in the last third of the novel.

Rory is now a survivor of a vicious assault with all the emotional baggage that brings. She's also not coping at school, or coping anywhere at all really. But she still sees ghosts, and now she has an added ability as well, one that may make her essential to the Shades.I liked this one a lot more than the first one. The writer is clearly so much better at her craft here. Rory is so clearly suffering from traumatic stress and the injunction placed on her not to talk about her experiences has her