R.P. MacIntyre & Wendy MacIntyre: Apart

Written in a series of letters....Takes place in Canada (outside researching would have been helpful during, but I was anxious to get to the end). The ending was unexpected, unsatisfying, and while I have come to expect few happy endings from current YA lit, this ending was so not what it should have been. Interesting, well-written, beautiful language and conversations, just disappointing.

Esther Friesner: Nobody's Prize

Definitely not as good as book one.
I don't know why I was expecting more, but this did not live up to my expectations. A lot of running, far-fetched disguises, and unanswered questions. I love the idea of "recreating" the myth, but Friesner took liberties (The Furies, The Amazons, Herakles, to name a few...) that I wasn't anticipating--totally squelched the fun of those stories. Helen is still super strong and an awesome heroine, but the rest of the text intermixed with her story turned me off.
Maybe there will be a third?