This is the second book in The Archived series which should be read in order.
Mackenzie barely escaped with her life when she managed to stop Owen from fulfilling his plans of destroying the Archives but it didn't stop there. In her nightmares she relives those moments on the rooftop blurring the line between dream and reality. Sleep starts to become a luxury she can't afford. And as a new year begins at a new school all Mac wants is to be normal again. Haunted day and night she soon begins to doubt her sanity and questions are arising at home as well. When an incident occurs that causes her self harm she begins to wonder if she truly is losing touch with reality.
But when people start disappearing without any trace and all they have in common is Mackenzie herself, she becomes convinced that someone in the Archives is out to finish what Owen started and blame her in the process. But with no idea of who it could be who can she trust if she isn't even sure of what's happening herself. As she becomes the prime suspect Mackenzie knows it's only a matter of time before she loses her role as Keeper and possibly more, even her life.
This sequel is more than a match for the first in the series. We finally get a true understanding of the pathos that Mac is trying to work through. The loss, betrayals, and suspicions she is facing are a true test of her perseverance in the face of machinations concealed and the determined force of those who want to see her taken down. Nothing is safe anymore, not even that which she knew to be fact. Will she be able to emerge as herself or will she become just another history tucked away in a drawer, left to remain unread.
As always, Schwab delivers you a heroine who far from being broken by her flaws and experiences, emerges from the fires forged not from steel but by the humanity they refuse to let go of. A definite recommendation for anyone who likes their characters to sweat blood and tears as they fight to remain true to themselves and do what is right.
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