Nine Gates (Breaking the Wall)

from Alliebadger

I liked the first one - or at least, the characters from Thirteen Orphans stuck with me and I genuinely wanted to know how things would turn out. I read a few reviews on LibraryThing before I picked it up and knew going in that not much would happen. Knowing ahead of time that it's mostly talk ai...

from EowynA

this fantasy novel is a followup to the 13 Orphans book. About three-quarters of the way through, I mislaid the book and only recently refound it and finished it. It does get better, with more action and more character development. And lots of discussion about the magic system. Clearly a middle b...

from zjakkelien

I enjoyed this sequel to The thirteen orphans as well. I'm not sure if it was my lack of concentration, but I did get distracted relatively easily during the middle of the book. Still, at the end the pace picked up, and I especially enjoyed Brenda getting into action. And I was very glad that her...

from sumik

Very enjoyable 2nd book of a trilogy. I read it and didn't have to go back and reread the first book to get the gist. I think that's a good thing. If only the 3rd book were out in paperback already.

from Nikkles

A great sequel. I loved this book as much as the first. The characters are great as is the plot. Really interesting and fun story telling. I don't usually like contemporary fantasy like this, but this was really well done. I felt there was a bit to much of Honey Dream in the beginning, but it was...