I loved it. I was so excited about this sequel coming out, and I definitely wasn't disappointed!!! I wasn't sure where Sebastian was going to go with this one. I love the mid games, and the treachery. Kellen is trying to learn the Argosi way and find his own at the same time. He finds another spellslinger like him but he turns out to be very untrustworthy. I found myself not knowing who to believe at one point. This spellslinger in new on the block, but at the same time are the others trying to trick Kellen in to staying away from him through jealousy maybe. I started to get excited at the prospect of the shadowblack being a worlds over thing, and not just something that he was cursed with. THen I got excited over the prospect of maybe curing him so that he could go back to his own people.There are so many areas that have been left open. It's just a shame that I have to wait so long for the next one!!