Scent of Magic is without a doubt just as good as the first in this trilogy. And it is yet again a very fast read because I really did not want to put it down; mainly for two reasons. First reason being that it is well written and there were A LOT of things going on, revelations, people dying, people thought dead coming back, dead people for sure coming back, etc. The second reason is that I am so excited to start on the 3rd book that I have not read before. Especially because of the way that the second book ended.
For starters, Maria V. Snyder put Avry through the ringer in such an emotional roller coaster. She experiences so much loss, betrayal, and sadness in such a short amount of time I am honestly surprised that she kept going. However, it just went and showed how strong of a person she is capable of being; despite all the heartache and everything she is still pushing on. Another thing that I loved was that each chapter had two parts. The first part was from Avry and the second part was from Kerrick. It was so nice to see things from his perspective, and it made him seem like a much better person than he was in the first book.
She also continued with showing how crazy, obsessed and deranged Tohon is. How much he does not care about living souls that he would just kill all of Estrid's army to turn them into the dead soldiers. And his obsession with Avry because he wants to just hurt Kerrick SO much, and then when he thought he was dead; to essentially crap on his memory. And then to round things up, a character betrays Avry and it was one that even reading it the second time I never quite see the warning signs of the imminent betrayal.
I am now very eager to see what this Skeleton King is all about in the 3rd book, and to at least see Avry find SOME happiness for more than a couple days.
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