This is exactly what I was afraid of. I loved the first book so much. The second book is just meh. It was separated into 3 parts. The entire first part dragged on so slowly. It wasn't until the second part that things started to pick up a little. This book had more to do with action than it did with anything else. I loved the first book because it provided the foundation and the back story of all the characters that I love so much. There wasn't much character development here, so I was bored fairly often. Although I will say (view spoiler)[ I'm so excited that Jack of Diamonds got killed off. I hated him with such a passion (hide spoiler)] 
 I hope the next book will be better.