When Rylin receives a scholarship to an elite upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But what happens when their business relationship turns personal?

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. Leda is haunted by nightmares of what happened on the worst night of her life. 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. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible – if you want it enough.

And despite being set in the future, the reader is given a glimpse into what could be, and it is alarming, creative and possibly inevitable.New York City, 2118. And while I am hoping for a happy ending for a few of the characters, (I’ve grown attached to them!) I will admit that I like the darkness element this series offers. The Thousandth Floorseries isn’t your typical sappy YA one-off with a proverbial happy ending… at least the series hasn’t been so far. McGee plants twists and turns in every chapter, and I cannot wait to read the conclusion. She does this by giving us insight into their complicated back story and their raw emotions. McGee does a brilliant job at making our feelings flip-flop from annoyance to empathy when judging the villains in the story. The Dazzling Heights introduces new characters, some of who initially act as villains. The Dazzling Heights (Book Two in the series) isn’t is standard follow-up story it’s riveting and just as fast-paced as the first book in the series. However, it’s important to remember that not everything is as it seems. McGee weaves the five characters stories together brilliantly, and although they live on different floors and socialize with different groups, the reader will be privy to how the murder situation unfolds by the end of Book One. The idea is the higher the floor you live on, the more affluent you are. These characters live in Manhattan in the year 2118, residing in the custom-built supercity… floors and floors making up a newer, cleaner version of Manhattan. McGee keeps readers guessing at every turn, through the alternating narrative of five main characters with unlikely common interests. The reader doesn’t know who was killed, who committed the act of violence that caused one of the main characters to plummet to his/her death, if they actually died, and why it all happened to begin with. The Thousandth Floor opens with a murder.

Katharine McGee’s first two books in her bestselling series, The Thousandth Floor and The Dazzling Heights, were compelling page-turners that hooked me instantly. I reference The Thousandth Floor series as “ Gossip Girl set in the future… but darker.”

The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee