The Dreadwater Gate

Better than the first one! We continue Arya's story with a very tight, action-packed adventure that concentrates the main focus on Arya and a somewhat rotating group of seven or eight friends. This one has more structure and the snap that ATOSAS provided, although I still am not totally sold on the world here. I also didn't appreciate the plot element that seemed lazily taken out of the last ATOSAS book and just simply recycled and put in here.

I liked many of the character moments in this one, and the ending is really quite exciting and fun and sets the stakes much higher for the next book. This is a fun series that I'm definitely looking forward to reading in full.

Rating: 7/10