Midnight Blue-Light Special
The second Incryptid book delivers another exciting adventure. Verity is still torn between her desire to be a professional dancer and her duty to protect the Cryptid population from over-eager monster hunters. But when Dominic tells her that the Covenant's threatened purge of Manhattan is imminent, it's not much of a choice at all.
Like Verity's parents, I thought it was obvious from early on that dance was never going to be her future. So while I liked the push and pull of her two lives in the first book, I appreciated that she quickly came to the same conclusion here. When the chips are down, she's going to help her friends, because that's the kind of person she is. Which doesn't mean that she can't or won't grieve that dance career, or that she didn't need her year in NYC to come to that decision. But it was nice to see her life come into focus for her.
It was also fun to see a bunch of the cast from the previous book. Though now those friendships and alliances are stronger. People are quicker to trust her and work with her, which is a nice bit a growth from the previous book. And we're starting (ever so slowly) to meet the rest of her family.
There's also just an incredible wealth of world-building around the edges of the story. McGuire drops countless tantalizing hints about cryptids and family members we haven't met yet. This is an expansive world with plenty of stories to tell. And I'm excited to see McGuire explore all the little nooks and crannies of it.
The next book switches to a different family member: Verity's older brother, Alex. Which is good. She got some semblance of closure at the end of this book, and I hope she gets a chance to relax and enjoy life for a bit while the main story focuses on someone else. One thing's for sure: I'll read as many of these books as McGuire is willing to write (I'm really excited to get to Antimony, but that's a ways away).
Like Verity's parents, I thought it was obvious from early on that dance was never going to be her future. So while I liked the push and pull of her two lives in the first book, I appreciated that she quickly came to the same conclusion here. When the chips are down, she's going to help her friends, because that's the kind of person she is. Which doesn't mean that she can't or won't grieve that dance career, or that she didn't need her year in NYC to come to that decision. But it was nice to see her life come into focus for her.
It was also fun to see a bunch of the cast from the previous book. Though now those friendships and alliances are stronger. People are quicker to trust her and work with her, which is a nice bit a growth from the previous book. And we're starting (ever so slowly) to meet the rest of her family.
There's also just an incredible wealth of world-building around the edges of the story. McGuire drops countless tantalizing hints about cryptids and family members we haven't met yet. This is an expansive world with plenty of stories to tell. And I'm excited to see McGuire explore all the little nooks and crannies of it.
The next book switches to a different family member: Verity's older brother, Alex. Which is good. She got some semblance of closure at the end of this book, and I hope she gets a chance to relax and enjoy life for a bit while the main story focuses on someone else. One thing's for sure: I'll read as many of these books as McGuire is willing to write (I'm really excited to get to Antimony, but that's a ways away).
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