I was very happy to receive this sequel on NetGalley and let me tell you it is way better than A Shadow Bright and Burning.

The universe in this serie is still pleasant, England in 18th century, monsters, different types of magic, I took pleasure in plunging myself in. But what I liked in this book is the number of revelations around the magic and the prophecy but also around the opening of the gate between the monsters's world and our and the beginning of all this story. The author reveals many things to us and she brilliantly puts the pawns in place for the third volume and I think last book. The only thing that bother me was the magicians, I just wanted to see more things around that community that represents a lot for Henrietta, and I was hoping to see their situation evolve butsadly not in this book.

Speaking of Henrietta, she is a very courageous but above all human and flawed. I loved her relationship with Rook, her loyalty to him, she must juggle between her secret around her magic, her friendship with the boys, her mission to England and her role in the prophecy and she is doing well. I also pity her a lot because, she undergoes many tests, I will not talk about it, but damn she does not have the simple life in this sequel.

As for the plot, there is no time-out, the book begins with strong revelations and will continue in this direction. I am really impressed by what the author did in this book, she avoided many clichés and gave us a solid and engaging sequel from beginning to end. So I can not wait to read book n°3 which looks just as good as this sequel.

I give the book four stars. I really enjoyed this book and I thought it was better then the first book. I really enjoyed the characters and the story development. I am excited what happens to the characters in the next book. The only reason why I gave it four stars. I don't want to spoil anything, but I had a feeling/guessed at something that was pretty major to the plot line and I was right(but being right didn't exactly spoil the book). I am really excited about the next book in the series and I can not wait to read it. I am definitely going to be recommending this book and series.

So good! I am really enjoying this series. I think the twists and turns in this one were great. Absolutely great world-building.

AMAZING!!! This was wonderful the only bad part is that now I'll have to wait to read the next one. I really enjoyed the character development in the second book, a few people took some turns I was not really expecting. Highly recommended!