A review by smiley7245
The Magician by Michael Scott

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

It has been a long time since I read the first book in this series so I'm not sure if this picks up right where the previous book left off or not.

The twins are in Paris with Nicholas. Pernelle is on Alcatraz. Sophie is dealing with all of the memories of the Witch, and trying to learn how to use her new power of air. Josh is jealous and worried. Machiavelli has entered the chat and has teamed up with John Dee, but unlike Dee he worries about the outcome of actions and does not act rashly. Josh and co end up with St. Geramin who is married to Joan of Arc who is friends with Scatty. There are more attacks. Valkyrie's show up. Nicholas gives Josh a sword. Scatty gets pulled into the Seine and Josh thinks she's dead until the end of the book when Nicholas tells him that she doesn't need to breath and therefore didn't drown. Josh ends up with Machiavelli and Dee and they take him to get awakened by Mars. Sophie shows up and almost brings Mars back to his humanity, but Dee turns him into a statue. Josh is reunited with Sophie and co. Pernelle makes friends with the ghost of the island and then finds the Elder that's a spider and they put aside their issues to deal with the Morrigan.

There was a lot of action and adventure in this book. I will read book 3 at some point.