I guess the first thing I'd have to ask is that if you HATED "When the Wind Blows" I'd like to know why you wasted a few hours of your life reading this? No, I'm one of the few who liked "When the Wind Blows". But you if you abhored it I gaurantee you won't like this one so don't even pick it up and I'll explain why.

Of course, the first problem with this book. As a sequel it has potential to be better than the first book, but its not. This book is too similar to "When the Wind Blows." The plot in this is the kids with wings now live with foster parents but want to live with Frannie O' Neil, their guardian in "When the Wind Blows." Well, a trial ensues and later the kids find a way to escape the foster parents and get back to the lake house to see their original guardian, while escaping an "evil" scientists. It should sound a little familiar.

The problem with it being like "When the Wind Blows" is of course the fact that its so similar to the previous novel that this one is very predictable. This makes the read extremely boring. Mix that together with some unlikeable characters and you've got one of the less exciting reads in a while.

So the Lake House had the potential to be better than "When the Wind Blows"... though I still didn't think that people who disliked the previous book would actually read this one. Should there be a third in this series it's best just to avoid it all together.

If you're really into what James Patterson writes, check out "Along Came a Spider" or any other Alex Cross novel. Also check out "1st to Die" and the Woman's Murder Club books. They're pretty good.

This book, primarily focuses on two characters, Max the oldest bird girl, and Frannie, the veterinarian who wants to care for her and the other bird children. It begins with the bird children being awarded to the custody of their biological parents. Soon, the evil doctor who created them, Dr. Ethan Kane, returns to collect his progeny. His plot to dominate the world with this scientific findings unfolds.

There is nothing offensive in this book. A junior high schooler on up will enjoy this. Just be forewarned, this is not a typical Patterson novel, due to the sci-fi elements of the plot.

A good, fast read.

Can you tell that Patterson had a minimum amount of writing he needed to do? I really felt that about 9/10 of the way through the book Patterson realized that he had almost met his quota for the month, and decided to chop the ending and make it as pathetically brief as possible.

I was so disappointed by the way this book ends, and the lack of depth Patterson showed in writing this. He spreads the book in so many directions, and all of them are lucky to get a paragraph in the end to give them any summation.