The Magician

I'm starting to agree with other readers. Josh IS super annoying. He's so whiny that even his twin comments on it at one point. While I still think that it's a part of being thrust in this crazy situation it's getting harder and harder to be understanding. Sophie's not happy about the situation either, but she's not irritating....so much.

I loved the new characters. I even found myself intrigued and almost liking Machiavelli. He's still hanging onto his humanity, whereas Dee has nothing left. Still, I am most interested in Perenell and what's happening on Alcatraz.

The action marches on in this second book as well although, there are moments of downtime where we get more and more bits of history revealing Nicholas & Perenell's parts in it. It's hard to see how they can stop the events in motion, but I'm along for the ride.