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In this 2nd volume, Meggie can't let go of the world in Fenoglio's book "Inkheart". Her mother, now safely back with Meggie and her father Mo, has told her of the magical places there.
Dustfinger's plan to find another Silvertongue worked but Orpheus is ... not Mo ... so he reads Dustfinger home but leaves Gwin and Farid (the boy Mo had accidentally read out of "1001 Nights") behind - which results in Farid promptly being captured by Basta, Capricorn's awful second-in-command. After fleeing and warning Meggie and her family, the two kids team up and travel into the book together.

The problem is that Meggie also accidentally reads Gwin back into his story (why that is dangerous, I shall not spoiler).
Meanwhile, Farid's warning was for naught because Capricorn's mother, Mortola, is able to surprise and overpower Mo and the others together with Basta. Orpheus then reads all of them into the world of "Inheart" where Mo gets shot (a souvenir Mortola brought with her from our world). Luckily, after being left for dead, they meet the world's best healer and thus are taken to the Black Prince and his merry gang of robbers.
Moreover, there is a new big bad in the world of "Inkheart": the Natterhead. He wants Mo to bind a special empty book for him that will make him immortal. So he takes Meggie's family hostage which means she has to travel to his castle. There, tragedy strikes, though interestingly only AFTER the final confrontation.


Walking through the Inkworld, seeing Ombra, meeting the bandsmen and the Black Prince, following Dustfinger (who really became sort of the main character, at least for a while) when he speaks with the trees and does all kinds of other wonderful magic ... it all is rather enchanting. I understand why Meggie wanted to go there. *lol*

This, though, also made me cry. The first volume was thrilling, sure, but this was downright tragic what with (view spoiler)[Dustfinger giving his life for Farid after finally having gotten back to his wife and daughters (hide spoiler)]. There were other terribly emotional moments but that was by far the worst for me.


Once again, the richness of the story is decorated with the author's own gorgeous illustrations which is why I included some from this volume here.

While the first volume always will get props for introducing me to this world, this second volume packed more of a punch for me and I simply adored the world of "Inkheart", the magic, the creatures and people's abilities. The writing style was as beautiful as ever so this one gets full marks from me (despite still not being as good as the books from the author's other series).



P.S.: The English title is wrong. *lol* I can't yet tell if they ran with the error or not but will get back to you on that after I've read all three books with my buddy-reader (I'm reading the German originals, Brad reads the English translations).