Fluke and the Faithless Father

I definitely liked this one more than the first. The author seems to have a better grasp on the characters and the world they created which means we can skip most of the exposition and get down to some action. The only thing is that there's hardly any actual magic in this story, which is kind of a major plot point in this series, especially compared to the first book. You could get rid of the fact that half the characters have some ability and it would still be the same story. I think the author maybe handicapped themselves when they made most people's abilities elemental rather than just generic mage/witch abilities because we only see people use their magic in very specific situations. In this book's case, we really only see magic when Sage is trying to defend himself or the end when his grandmother uses her “earth” power to level some buildings - unless you count seeing the ghost of his father every once in a while, that's all the magic in the entire story. Besides that, I think it's an interesting world and look forward to the next book.