Review: Better sequel!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
Chrysoprase is the second novel in the Chalcedony Chronicles, a time travel saga that blends created time travel mythology with ancient history.  This book was definitely my favorite of the two written thus far.The mythology is much more developed in this book with much more significance given to it.  There are a lot of twists and turns and unexpected moments in this book that truly change the course of the book.  There are characters from the first book that play much more important roles now, while others move to the background a little bit.We learn a lot more about the past and the brothers' connections to it, as well as some surprising information about Mari's world, too.  In the end, she finds help in the last place she ever thought she would, although whether or not the help is true is a question that we just don't have an answer to!The one thing that truly bothers me with this book, however, still has to do with emphasis paid to certain parts of the plot.  There is a whole lot of action on Mari's part without a lot of respect to the well-known fact that messing with the events of the past significantly affect the future.  There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of attention paid to that concept by Mari and her friends.  Nor do they seem to spend much time trying to understand what the goddess needs them to do, instead focusing on their own needs.  This is something that directly flies in the face of the goddess' issues with children of time.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out.Things to love...--The blend of created mythology and ancient history.--The stronger emphasis placed on the sci-fi/time travel.Things I wanted more/less of...--More understanding of what it is that they are supposed to be doing with the time travel.My Recommendation:  The story line of the overall series is much more developed in this book and I think the story will continue to grow!