I think I enjoyed this one more than the first book. This story introduced Tyson, a definite new favourite character. I want to read an offshoot series all about him and his adventures. I was really into the adventure, and the world expansions were cool. And there was a big plot twist at the end that I didn't expect at all, and through the first book and most of this one, I found things pretty predictable. I'm interested to see what happens in the following books.