An amazing installment to the series. The pure beauty with which the author describes the world, the scenes and characters has me enthralled. I really love the plot and couldn't stop reading once I read the first word.

Wanna know how this book made me feel? STRESSED!!! Seriously, with all that Johnny and his friends go through, there was zero time to breathe. It was like one near death experience after another. STRESSED!!!

I very much missed Johnny, so I was thrilled to be back with him again in this sequel. I loved seeing his development. He has really gone from a confused, young wizard to a heroic young man who would do anything for the guy he loves. (And when I say "anything," I mean "anything.")

As I said, there is so much freakin' action in this novel. There's a bit of creepy stuff, too, which I loved because, well, I'm creepy. I can tell the author knows this world well ... even its horrifying aspects.

I look forward to more of Johnny's journey and his developing relationship with Hunter, which (no spoilers) seems like it could get verrrrrrry complicated soon!!!

When Johnny wakes up, something isn’t right. It’s a blissful summer day, and Johnny’s father is taking him to begin a brand new life in Misthaven, and all his best friends, Alison, Hunter, and Blake, join him in the idyllic town. Once reunited, Johnny and his friends discover that this Misthaven is not what it seems.

I tried so hard to like this book. I LOVED the idea of an LGBTQ+ group of friends that can weild magic. I am dissapointed to say that this book fell short for me in almost every way.

I loved the concept of this story line and it came with some great action scenes that kept me guessing, however; the authors writting style erked me for the entire book. I feel like it was poorly executed and quite amateurish. The world building was limited while minor scenes were overly descriptive with unnecessary explanations.

I felt like there was little depth and development to the characters and I even found them quite childish and annoying at times, especially while they were in Misthaven. Because of this I found it extremely difficult to build any sprt of connection with the characters and my interest in their story dwindled.

The story was quite fast passed, and this is probably the only reason I continued with it, however; I feel found it hard to follow when one high climactic scene jumped straight intp the next. I found my self loosing attention and just reading without actually pating attention to what was happening.

While I did not enjoy this book, I would still recommend it to others that enjoy a fast-paced fantasy about LGBTQ+ teens, especially if you enjoyed book one.

Thank you Netgalley and Smith Publicity for the Advanced Readers Copy I received in return for an honest review.

I wanted to love this one. It reminded me of Carry On and Harry Potter but sadly it just didn't work out. I loved the themes of LGBT but the execution of this story just didn't work. It was bogged down by bad language and so many triggers that I couldn't stick with it. So sadly this one was just not for me.


Go Into This One Knowing: LGBT, Transgender, Language, homophobia, horrendous bullying, fat shaming, transphobia, child abuse.

If you loved the first book then I would definitely recommend you read this. However, I personally was kind of on the fence about book one so I'm afraid I just can't get excited about this even though I love the premise and I'm all for gay wizards!

I think my main problem (which isn't really the books fault) was that I couldn't remember anything about the first one, despite the helpful recap at the beginning, so really struggled to get involved in the storyline. It was certainly fast paced but to the point where we were moving from one trippy quest to the next so quickly and without much depth that I just didn't care what was happening.

I love the four main characters and the relationships they have with each other but I'm afraid they won't be enough to get me to continue with this series. I do, however encourage other people to give it a try!

I really enjoyed this book. I read the first book and felt the pacing was much better in this book and also found the world building to be better in this one (really enjoyed Johnny's descent in to the underworld), I found the dialogue to continue to be witty and charming, and each character had well rounded development arcs. All in all would recommend and look forward to the next one.

I've read a lot of queer fantasy and this was... meh. The prose was decent, the plot twists were predictable... this was a breezy, uninspiring read. Would I read a sequel? Maybe... i just wasnt completely engaged here unfortunately.