Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Source: I received a copy to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed here are my own.
From Goodreads:
Barely surviving her first
term at college, all Ren wants to do over break is relax and bond with her
roommate—not get eaten by a sentient building or attacked on the street. But
with increasingly open warfare brewing between the magical factions and Layers
of the world, this time, Ren will not fail in making sure everyone she loves
stays safe and protected.
That includes doing things like filling her parent's house with personal art heavily embedded with wards, bubble-wrapping her increasingly imperiled roommate, and even making sure that a certain sexy thorn-in-her-side continues to breathe free air.
Finding herself on duty protecting the entire university alongside campus god Alexander Dare...was not what she'd had in mind.
But this time it's not only her life on the line. And Ren will do anything to protect those she loves.
That includes doing things like filling her parent's house with personal art heavily embedded with wards, bubble-wrapping her increasingly imperiled roommate, and even making sure that a certain sexy thorn-in-her-side continues to breathe free air.
Finding herself on duty protecting the entire university alongside campus god Alexander Dare...was not what she'd had in mind.
But this time it's not only her life on the line. And Ren will do anything to protect those she loves.
My Thoughts:
While
I loved the first book in this series, the second was even better. We get to
see the characters grow throughout the story. No stale, static characters here.
I really enjoyed getting to know Dare
better. Excelsine, the world the author has created
just keeps getting better. Ren has
worked her magic when it comes to friending people. Olivia has started to come
around now. Reading this book is like
peeling an onion one layer at a time. The story line gets sweeter and sweeter.