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I am very much hung up on this book. It’s not even available anymore, and buying it is expensive. There is also no paperback version in existence. I find this very frustrating, because there might be readers and fans who want to be able to read this, but don’t have access to it. In the end, I decided to only keep my copy of the first book and not get the second.

At one point, I did not understand the need to introduce new characters when we already have a main protagonist. Introducing new characters would require more backstory and development.

The book to me lacked something that the first book thing, and that was…magic. I felt like the first book was a breath of fresh air. The characters felt authentic, the plot felt captivating. And here…it doesn’t have that same vibe.

It’s just super long and drags out. I didn’t really mind Whisper and Hirik, but I just wished the book followed Magpie and her continuing quest to save the world. Here, we get new subplots.

This just fell long and drawn out. It’s another magical quest, but it wasn’t quite as creative or quirky. In book one, you feel like you belong to the world of Dreamdark, and in book two, we are thrown everywhere all over the place, losing that sense of familiarity.

Another thing, this book ends on a massive cliffhanger, and the series has since then not been picked up. Which is a shame, because it actually is a very interesting world with so many stories that can be told in it.

With the popularity of Fae in YA, I totally see this series being a smash hit. Alas, we are left with more characters the author created that readers will demand to see again, and with the multitude of characters here, I don’t know how that will fit for enough page time.

Respectfully why I just wanted Magpie as the main protagonist, since new main characters would only confuse things. Regardless, the ending was a bit dramatic and one ended, and left on an open note that feels like a farewell but also doesn’t quite make sense, hence open ended.

So with all that said, I did not like the cliffhanger, extended cast, and that this series has been ultimately discontinued. Let’s face it, there won’t be a third book. I find it hard to believe that the author would just pop in and publish it, thirteen years later, in a wide gap of time.

So I will just keep the first book, and admire it, where I will add it to my shelf of YA books I have on the fae. Seeing as this book in the series is basically so hard to get, it might as well not exist.