I have to admit that I liked but wasn't thrilled with the first book in this series. Since I'd picked up a copy of the third one in the series via amazon vine (I wasn't aware it was part of a series), I decided to keep with the series so I could finish my vine review as well as to see if it got any better. Guess what? It got better. 
 I have to admit that I was much more impressed with this book than with the first one. Jones has a far better character dynamic in this book & I liked the sweet moments between Nick & Zara. (Even if it was a bit saccharine sweet at times.) Also interesting is the addition of new pixie kings, one of which is definitely worse than Zara's dad & one that might be better. 
 The book ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, but overall this book was pretty good. Zara's still a little bit dim at times in the book but overall this wasn't bad. It's definitely got me wanting to dive into the next book in the series, so I'm going to say it achieved its purpose.