I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me a digital arc of this title. The opinion however is my own.
I originally read the first book as an arc as well and really liked the characters and the story. So when I saw this up for grabs, I was ecstatic. This is a continuation of Zoe's search to help Dorian from being turned into living stone. Her continued search through the book of backward alchemy is starting to cost her her health though and they are no closer to answers than when we last left them. A new mystery has surfaced in the form of two stage magicians and a hidden robbery stash that has shown up in part of a landslide at the local cemetery. As Zoe believes that one of the magicians may actually be an alchemist who discovered the elixir of life, she sets out to try and see if they can be persuaded to help in her search for a cure for Dorian.
If that were not enough to take her mind off her fledgling relationship with Max, an old friend winds up reentering her life and she finds herself thinking about Ambrose again and the reader is left feeling like there is something that is not quite as it should be about his death. Also by the end of the book we have made progress and are able to say that in book three we will be heading to Paris as the next step for both Zoe and Dorian.
This is a great series, not because of the alchemy but because the characters are so relatable and engaging. What's happening in the story is a bonus when you feel like you could just sit down with Zoe and Dorian and enjoy a nice petit dejeuner.
I would recommend this to anyone who is looking to read a good series with solid characters and well written, imaginative stories.
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