I was equally excited and terrified to read it because of how incredible The Night Brothers was but I can say with a huge amount of relief and joy that The Great Game did not disappoint.

But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. I love Amari and her adventures, constantly learning new things about the supernatural world, herself, and others. Mafalda is a nine-year-old girl who knows one thing: some time in the next six months her sight will fail completely. She's still dealing with the fallout of Dylan's betrayal and trying to figure out how to break the curse on Quinton. And what it does with one character from the first book is really good, as they get some great development.

But this one had a lot of things that pop up a lot in middle grade books, and while that isn’t necessarily bad, it just made the book less original and a lot less exciting for me. The breathtaking sequel to former Waterstones Children's Book of the Month Amari and the Night Brothers pitches our formidable heroine into a battle to decide the Night Brothers' successor and avert catastrophe for all magiciankind. I also loved the ending and can’t wait to find out if there’s a next book 📖, if there is a next book, I know that it will be AMAZING 🤩!

My best friend's daughter is mixed and I couldn't stop imagining her as Amari and how happy she will be to eventually read these books. the cast of characters is just as wonderful as ever, but for most of the novel, they all act independently from one another with only Amari as the connecting piece. But by the time I’d reached Chapter 5 in this second book, I had been having steady Harry Potter flashbacks. This is sure to have you at the edge of your seat, cheering for the heroes and wishing you were there alongside them. Sometimes there wasn't enough balance between The Great Game challenges and the time freeze mystery, and regular training at school.Auch die anderen Charaktere konnten überzeugen und einige haben eine tolle Entwicklung durchgemacht. It's a good thing this book is the first of a series, because readers will be sorely disappointed when it ends. From page one i was gripped with the mystery of the time freeze and wanted to follow along on the adventure with Amari and her friends. Overall these small cons are only enough to knock off half a star because the rest of this is FANTASTIC.

There are also fierce Junior Agent rivalries, while her brother Quinton’s curse is steadily worsening. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. Just like the first book, readers who fell in love with Amari will not be disappointed by this refreshing, energetic story that deftly weaves the playfulness of magic with real-world issues of misinformation and discrimination. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magician-kind.The 1st-book in the series, Amari and the Night Brothers, completely stole my heart when I read it in 2021. It was pretty enjoyable, but not quite as good as I was expecting 😒😒 Probably my fault for going in with such high expectations. stars - While I don't think this is quite as strong as the first book (the game element in particular I felt was a bit off and dragged at times), the connection to Amari as our protagonist is definitely still there and the ending is such a cliffhanger! But between the fearsome new Head Minister's strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton's curse steadily worsening, Amari's plate is full. Only one of them will inherit the family fortune and so a race is afoot to save the dwindling Petty-Squabble empire and win the love of their parents.