"At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose." -Sazed 
 Truly a captivating and thoughful book! After having read the first one I read up more on the author and found out that he was of my own faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or Mormon. With this knowledge the second book in the series really came to life for me for more reasons then the good writing, fascinating story, suspenseful plot tensions, etc. I loved reading and finding nuggets of gospel related principles applied in the story and therefore examined with a different perspective. I feel I found connections with gospel principles such as Christ's atonement, faith as a verb, eternal truth, free agency, the sanctity of marriage, the power of the adversary, and charity or the pure love of Christ. Also the quote I cited above I believe speaks to the idea of not just personality differences but gender identities and the idea that man and woman can have separate roles and responsibilities but can still be equal and come together united as equals for the same purpose. I felt the first book was exciting and suspenseful and the second I felt was more cerebral and philosophical, but a great adventure all the same. I'm excited to continue on to the third and final book.