Book 2 of the Blade series by Tim Bowler is geared toward the reluctant readers.  Fast-paced, violent, with super-short chapters, the slang is so thick, I had a hard time following the plot. (“He’s no dumflush dreg like Paddy’s gobbos.” — p. 29) Blade is a teen assassin, streetwise with a sarcastic attitude.  Because I hadn’t read book 1 — “Playing Dead”– I was especially confused , though as the book progressed, I realized that is Tim Bowler’s intentional writing style, to keep you wondering what will happen next.  The fact that the text is written in incomplete sentences was a turn-off to me, but may appeal to young readers.