The second book in what seems to be a wildly popular trilogy. Like the first it took a while to get going, then raced off and tripped over itself finding ever stranger twists in the story. That it all more or less makes sense in the end and doesn’t pull a huge deus ex machina is to it’s credit. The central characters seemed consistent with the first book and the plot seems to be playing out as a well planned trilogy. Not great literature but I’ve read things a lot less well imagined and am hoping the third book of the trilogy doesn’t end in disappointment.