The Dazzling Heights

The Thousandth Floor, Book 2

By: Katharine McGee

Narrated by: Phoebe Strole

Length: 13 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

New York City, 2118. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible - if you want it enough.

The dazzling sequel to The Thousandth Floor.

Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a beacon of futuristic glamour and high-tech luxury...and to millions of people living scandalous, secretive lives.

Leda is haunted by nightmares of what happened on the worst night of her life. She's afraid the truth will get out - which is why she hires WATT, her very own hacker, to keep an eye on all of the witnesses for her. But what happens when their business relationship turns personal?

When Rylin receives a scholarship to an elite upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But being here also means seeing the boy she loves: the one whose heart she broke and who broke hers in return.

Avery is grappling with the reality of her forbidden romance - is there anywhere in the world that's safe for them to be together?

And then there's Calliope, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who's arrived in New York with a devious goal in mind - and too many secrets to count.

Here in the tower, no-one is safe - because someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. After all, in a world of such dazzling heights, you're always only one step away from a devastating fall....

©2017 Alloy Entertainment and Katharine McGee (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"The luxe lives of Manhattan's elite are even more extraordinary in Katharine McGee's futuristic, highly addictive page-turner. The Thousandth Floor will give you vertigo and leave you eager for more." (Cecily von Ziegesar, number one New York Times best-selling author of Gossip Girl)

"Katharine McGee's vision of glamorous 22nd century teens makes for an addictive and compelling read that left me longing for the second instalment!" (Alyson Noël, number one New York Times best-selling author)

"22nd century Gossip Girl-like fun. Sexy and engrossing!" (Melissa de la Cruz, number one New York Times best-selling author)

Great second book

The story continues with the characters you know (and perhaps dislike) plus a new character called Calliope. It continues in the vein of a futuristic Gossip Girl but this tale includes less drugs and more development. There is one highly questionable romance in the story.
The performance was nice although the accents were a bit flaky and all the men sounded the same, which is perhaps how they are written, as a bit one dimensional (except for Watt).
Fans of the first book will like it. Fans of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars probably will too.