Sylphrena

I'd say this is on the younger side of YA, but the premise proved fun and it was a very quick read. Unfortunately, the author does have an awful habit of repeating herself in way that suggests she doesn't quite trust the reader to remember what she just said, or to understand basic metaphors. I'm pretty sure this would have been just as irritating when I was fourteen as it is now.

Lovely sequel, but I was a little disappointed to jump around narrators in stark contrast to the first book. I figure this might be to hide the twist (?) that Cheris is still alive, except you know that from the previous book... but I got the feeling that was why you were banished from her perspective.

Overall, I really enjoyed this and it didn't suffer from middle book syndrome, in fact, the conclusion was satisfactory enough that I might take a break with some novels before moving to the last two books in the series. I even warmed up to the perspective shifts, even though I felt more slowed by warming up to the new perspectives than I did in the first book getting familiar with the magic system.