By Nico
Amari and the Great Game is the sequel to Amari and the Night Brothers, and the second book in B. B. Alston’s ongoing Supernatural Investigations series.
[Look out – there are spoilers for book 1 in our review!]
Last summer, Amari Peters did everything she set out to do. She joined the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and made friends. She saved her brother, Quinton. She even saved the world.
But she also got betrayed by one of her friends in the process. And now, with the entire supernatural world still unsure if they can trust magicians, the last thing Amari needs is an attack on the leaders of their world. An attack which was clearly carried out by a magician—and Amari is sure that all the signs point to her fellow magician and ex-friend, Dylan, being the culprit.
Between a new Head Minister determined to blame magicians for the attack and waning support for Amari as she heads into her second summer at the Bureau, when Amari is approached by the head of the mysterious League of Magicians with a request for her to be their new leader, she turns him down. The last thing she needs is to become even more deeply embroiled in an organization which isn’t even supposed to exist.
But when Amari realizes who he’ll ask next, she realizes that the alternative is far worse—and that if she wants to maintain peace in the supernatural world, she’ll have to enter herself into the Great Game, a set of dangerous trials she might not survive.
Amari and the Great Game completely lived up to the high expectations book 1 set, if not surpassing them altogether. Amari’s world is utterly absorbing, not the least because of Amari herself. She is so utterly relatable and real, with all her actions and decisions feeling so believable; her relationships, with Quinton and with her friends, power so many of her decisions and desires, which felt so beautifully refreshing after so many books where the characters shun or constantly mistrust their friends. The whole world feels so vivid and believable, and the twists were always unexpected! I highly recommend Amari and the Great Game (and the whole series) to readers ages nine and up.
Amari and the Great Game is the sequel to Amari and the Night Brothers, and the second book in B. B. Alston’s ongoing Supernatural Investigations series.
[Look out – there are spoilers for book 1 in our review!]
Last summer, Amari Peters did everything she set out to do. She joined the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and made friends. She saved her brother, Quinton. She even saved the world.
But she also got betrayed by one of her friends in the process. And now, with the entire supernatural world still unsure if they can trust magicians, the last thing Amari needs is an attack on the leaders of their world. An attack which was clearly carried out by a magician—and Amari is sure that all the signs point to her fellow magician and ex-friend, Dylan, being the culprit.
Between a new Head Minister determined to blame magicians for the attack and waning support for Amari as she heads into her second summer at the Bureau, when Amari is approached by the head of the mysterious League of Magicians with a request for her to be their new leader, she turns him down. The last thing she needs is to become even more deeply embroiled in an organization which isn’t even supposed to exist.
But when Amari realizes who he’ll ask next, she realizes that the alternative is far worse—and that if she wants to maintain peace in the supernatural world, she’ll have to enter herself into the Great Game, a set of dangerous trials she might not survive.
Amari and the Great Game completely lived up to the high expectations book 1 set, if not surpassing them altogether. Amari’s world is utterly absorbing, not the least because of Amari herself. She is so utterly relatable and real, with all her actions and decisions feeling so believable; her relationships, with Quinton and with her friends, power so many of her decisions and desires, which felt so beautifully refreshing after so many books where the characters shun or constantly mistrust their friends. The whole world feels so vivid and believable, and the twists were always unexpected! I highly recommend Amari and the Great Game (and the whole series) to readers ages nine and up.
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