Indigo: The Saving Bailey Trilogy #2

The Saving Bailey Trilogy #2

by Nikki Roman

A never ending summer. Gangs. Strippers. Drugs and alcohol. Bailey Sykes didn’t expect to be stuck at the bottom of a bottle after taking her mom’s Walther to school in an attempt to eradicate everyone on her Bullet List. And she certainly didn’t expect Clad — the boy who loves her to the end of the universe and back— to show up and save her, either. Over the summer, guilt and remorse threaten to swallow her whole. To combat the mental and physical anguish she suffers, Bailey transforms herself. She embodies someone unbreakable. Someone heartless. Someone named Indigo.Indigo—like the night, like the darkness that takes my breath away, like the nightclub that has demeaned my mother and myself. But Bailey suffers a loss so great, even Indigo can't handle it. Her world is shaken, the ground pulled from underneath her, and she has to remember who she is again. She comes to realize that Indigo is not as unbreakable as she once thought. In fact, Indigo might be the easiest person she has to let go of.

343 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2014

Reviews

[Louise Fligman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant progression of the trilogy

Six months have passed since the Bullet List becoming a reality and a lot has changed: Clad is in prison, Bailey isn't at school, Miemah is eerily quiet and Bailey's pregnant mother Sydney seems to have her addiction to alcohol under control.

Initially I did not find Indigo as emotional as its predecessor but having finished it, I think it is just as much of an emotional roller coaster but in a different way. Although Bailey is not being bullied by Miemah in Indigo, she (Bailey) is by no means an ordinary happy sixteen year-old girl. She is isolated, still abused by her mother and forced to join a violent, sick-minded gang. Nevertheless she is still a strong person (even if she does have to create an alter ego) and it is this will power and strength that is truly inspirational.

I loved the pure and raw emotions that Nikki Roman describes of the characters, from Bailey and Sydney to Spencer and Miemah. I could not help but feel sympathetic towards Miemah despite everything she has done to Bailey; I feel that Miemah was fighting back against her abusive father but unfortunately projected this onto Bailey in the process. The different POVs was an improvement on the narrative of this book. I really cannot wait to find out how this trilogy will end.

[Grammar*Kitten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indigo is the second book in the Saving Bailey Trilogy by Nikki Roman. The first book, The Bullet List was gritty with a brutalitythat some would have considered over the top, but I found to be painfully realistic.I thought it would be hard to follow, and would perhaps be dangerous to try and make into a trilogy, but Nikki Roman manages it amazingly.

I have a theory about trilogies too - what I like to call 'middle book syndrome', where the second book can be quite dull and 'filler-ish', a mere bridge between an action packed first book and a thrilling conclusion. This book certainly does not have any of that going on. It is a story in its own right, with its own story arc and series of characters (who may have appeared before in The Bullet List but certainly need no prior introduction), and would stand alone from its first book.

I can't say a lot without giving up the plot - which I hate to do - but this really is a great little book that I can't recommend highly enough - just give it a go!