Review: Better than the first!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2013
Most of the horrendous events of the last book - the army of Revenants - have been conveniently blamed on the French. Lady Gwen Crichton, only surviving Master Magician, has little choice but to toe the official line. She has now been confirmed as the Royal Sorceress, though most of British aristocracy and several of her own sorcerers don't truly believe a young woman of little experience can or should hold that position. But Gwen has little time to concern herself with such matters as she is busy fixing the mistakes made in the past by her predecessor and playing the lead investigator in the recent murder of one of her own cadre. A Sensitive, a British spy, one she never knew existed, has been murdered and he is the main person on which an alliance with Turkey hangs in the balance. The future of nations hangs on this treaty. Gwen must use her wits to determine why her magician was murdered and by whom, whether he was still loyal to Britain or subverted, her charm and will to stand against her political detractors and her magic to combat the underground magicians that her opponents will place in her path.All in all, a great read, closer to 5 stars than 4, but I believe the author can write human interactions better - he is top-notch on everything else.