The sequel to A Great and Terrible Beauty, took me awhile to get into. In all honesty the book could have been half the length and been a much more powerful story. There are quite a few parts where ideas are repeated a bit too much. I wasn't hooked in until the last hundred or so pages. I'm a bit scared for The Sweet Far Thing seeing as it's over 800 pages. Hopefully, it doesn't take that long to get interesting. 
 That being said, I still enjoy the journey that Gemma takes. The relationships become much more fleshed out and there's a new love interest thrown into the mix. Gemma is just a girl figuring out who she is... Oh and also stumbling her way through a power play for the magic of the realms where anyone could be the enemy. I do look forward to seeing where the final book in the trilogy takes the characters.