![]() ![]() That said, I think Barker definitely improved since the first book, and I think took deliberate care to correct certain problems. However, like the first book, it's more like 3 stars for execution. Aw, heck, 4.5: I stayed up to 4 am one night, after all. Like the first book, something about this just pulls me in - 4 stars for enjoyment. And finding her way to the truth could cost Nora her life. It will take more than even the most powerful of discernment spells to help her and Aruendiel see clearly in a dark fog of illusions and lies. Trying to distinguish between friend and enemy, truth and falsehood, Nora can take nothing for granted. Just as she’s hitting her stride in this new role, however, Nora discovers that her intoxicating new power has a higher price than she anticipated. Alone and injured in a hostile land, Nora finds a new ally and accepts her first real job as a magician. ![]() Her reunion with Aruendiel, so eagerly sought, triggers catastrophe. ![]() Then a chance encounter gives Nora the opportunity to slip between worlds again-and the next phase of her magical education begins. Most of all, she really should forget the magician Aruendiel, who shared the secrets of magic with her but fiercely guarded the deepest secrets of his heart. ![]() She doesn’t need to think about other worlds, about enchantments and demons, or about magicians-even though she once aspired to become one herself. She’s back in graduate school, and her life is going surprisingly well. ![]()
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