Spell or High Water

Short version, liked it but not as much as the first one. Girls get the nod here, but the storylines aren't as strong.

Leading with the best part, we get more on Gwen and a lot of new characters Brit. Not a typo - it's complicated :) The description of Atlantis is well thought out and interesting - Meyer continues to enjoy world building. The parody of masculinity is pretty thin, and Barbie did it a lot better.

Bringing back Jimmy from the first book was understandable, but it wasn't the best pairing with the Atlantis storyline. The two narratives meet only at the very end of the book. Having glanced at the third book, I can understand why we needed this, but it does feel pretty forced.

My mission to find a physical copy of the second book failed, and Seattle second-hand bookstores are not doing well. From the author's website, it looks like his focus was more on the audiobooks anyhow. Will chat with my friends who audio'd the first book - not sure if I should go listen to that or just dive into the third book next.

Decisions, decisions...