Okay I will admit that the second book of the series is slightly better. But only slightly. It presents itself with a few nice twists and introduces new characters, places and actually digs a little deeper into the whole magic thing. But it still feels very shallow and fast forward. 
 What saddens me a little to be honest, is that Ceony hasn't actually had much of a character development, although she's been through quite a lot. Although it seems that she always acts in order to help one would think she ought to be a little smarter than that. But then the book wouldn't be too interesting, would it? What I really liked was that Charlie Holmberg wasn't afraid to (view spoiler)[kill off a main character (hide spoiler)], it gave the whole thing a nice and interesting twist. 
 Again, there is not a lot to say because one, I'm tired and two, this book was quite short as well. But I will admit that the book made me curious enough to read the third part. I kinda want to know the ending of it, since the characters grew a little on me.