Bruna Bilheiro Bilheiro itibaren Balėnos, Lithuania itibaren Balėnos, Lithuania

OMG, this book was horrible. psycho babble and cartoons. I should have expected this after reading hsi other book.

** spoiler alert ** I absolutely LOVE this book. I couldn't put it down. The characters were simply amazing, at times the plot left my heart pounding. When I first began reading it I wanted Alex and Gavin to be together; it just seemed so... perfect. Then when they finally shared their first kiss, I was terrified that Gavin may be killed by the same person who killed his father. I was absolutely frightened for his safety, I kept pushing myself to keep reading just to make sure that nothing happened to Gavin or Alex. All in all, amazingly written novel!

If there were half stars on this rating system, I'd have given it another half star cause it was DEFINATELY better than its predecessor, Ishmael. That is probably because the main character, 12 year old Julie Gerchak, kicks Alan Lomax's butt. She's much more interesting and amusing and, well, much brighter than Alan. As a result, her lessons with Ishmael are much more fast-paced and her chemistry with Ishmael is also more intriguing. It was more interesting than the original, but a lot of what is in it is a repeat phrased in new fables.