In this book, the story of Ennara continues, starting over a year after the first book, with her and Kithe now attending the specialist school to develop their magical abilities – somewhat reminiscent of Harry Potter at Hogwarts. Some of the students and teachers don’t think she should be there and go out of their way to make her feel unwelcome, making it difficult for her to make friends and work to achieve her full potential. She and Kithe live near to the school with her Aunt and her new husband, whilst most other students board at the school. Again like Harry Potter, Ennara has to put up with bullies and tricks being played on her. Sometimes her magic doesn’t go quite as planned and the results are described in a hilarious yet empathetic manner. You’ll have to read the book yourself to find out just what happens!

The story includes a delightful array of magical creatures – good and bad, the return of her other old friend, Gevin, and a new friend, Cinne, who is also talented magically. When evil rears its ugly head, these four need to work together to eliminate it. They have to explore catacombs, fight dragons and all the time work to keep to the way of light and not dark magic in an effort to destroy the evil permeating their world.

Another fantastic fantasy book that older children and the young at heart will delight in. Ennara is a lovely heroine and, working with her three friends, they continue to fight the battle for goodness over evil using their developing magical abilities. Anyone who enjoyed the Harry Potter books is likely to also enjoy this series – I wonder if it, too, will eventually become a film? I hope the next book is published soon so I can find out what happens next as, like the previous book, whilst all prevalent troubles were resolved in this book it was still left on a cliff hanger position to whet your appetite for the next story.