“Every time Sky smiled at him, he felt like he lost half his brain.” 

Alex is growing more and more confident as the mage of Artime. He uses his skills to improve Artime and bring his first creations to life with mixed results. They now have time to explore the ocean and islands around them and discover there is much more to their world than they thought. The ocean and surrounding islands are full of people and creatures but not all of them are friendly. They head to Pirate Island to rescue Sky and Crow’s mother and discover that there is much more danger in the world than they ever realised. Meanwhile, Aaron is desperately trying to hold onto any power he has in Quill. Gondoleery is honing her magical skills and Eva and Liam form secret alliances against him. But Arron is distracted, he has discovered something deep in the forest that holds dangers of its own. 

The 4th book in Lisa McMann’s series will not disappoint you. Full of magic and adventure, you’ll stay up all night reading it. This book has huge character development for Aarron as he discovers more about himself and the world. They start to learn a lot about the world they live in and we once again see McMann’s amazing world building.