THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!
This is the sequel to Wildwood Dancing,' which I also loved. In this one, the second youngest sister, Paula, accompanies her merchant father on a business trip to Istanbul. Her fathers secretary falls ill and as a scholar, Paula is the best person to fill his shoes. They were hired by a collector of artifacts to buy something called Cybeles Gift that would be going up for sale in secret. Paula, her bodyguard Stoyan, and a former pirate named Duarte get mixed up in a big mystery and end up going on a quest to return the artifact to a secret community of Cybeles worshippers.
This book was awesome. It didnt have quite the breakneck pace that the first book had, but I still couldnt stop reading it all the same. Its more of a mystery than the first book, especially in the first half. But its got all the same fairytale quest goodness that I loved in the first one, so Im happy. And it seemed to be open-ended enough for a sequel (maybe starring baby sister Stela?), which makes me hopeful. Cute book, loved it!
This is the sequel to Wildwood Dancing,' which I also loved. In this one, the second youngest sister, Paula, accompanies her merchant father on a business trip to Istanbul. Her fathers secretary falls ill and as a scholar, Paula is the best person to fill his shoes. They were hired by a collector of artifacts to buy something called Cybeles Gift that would be going up for sale in secret. Paula, her bodyguard Stoyan, and a former pirate named Duarte get mixed up in a big mystery and end up going on a quest to return the artifact to a secret community of Cybeles worshippers.
This book was awesome. It didnt have quite the breakneck pace that the first book had, but I still couldnt stop reading it all the same. Its more of a mystery than the first book, especially in the first half. But its got all the same fairytale quest goodness that I loved in the first one, so Im happy. And it seemed to be open-ended enough for a sequel (maybe starring baby sister Stela?), which makes me hopeful. Cute book, loved it!
