And although it was a decent enough read, it really wasn’t as good as I was expecting.Īmari and the Great Game is the sequel to Amari and the Night Brothers and basically continues Amari’s journey after the ending of Book 1. I really enjoyed the first book, Amari and the Night Brothers, and expected the sequel to be just as good. I went into Amari and the Great Game expecting great things, but it ultimately fell a bit flat for me. I don't care for middle grade and I'm still saying this was 5 stars. I think she depicts such an amazing girls-supporting-girls energy and I'm here for it. But I really don't think Amari will grow out of her loyalty for her friends. Which I know is easier to do as a child than it is when boyfriends and such become a factor. UGH! I wanted to cry reading about how amazing of a friend Amari is. To see a character like her and have someone so powerful and strong to relate to. 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. I'm so happy that she exists in the literary world. There are things she goes through where I would've been showing my ass but Amari tamps down her anger and states the facts and gets the problem solved with logic and evidence. The shit she has to go through and the absolute TACT she does it with. The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner’s magical rewards is Quinton’s last hope-so how can Amari refuse?Īmari Peters is everything. 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 magiciankind.

She’s got enough to worry about!īut her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League.

So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy-perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.Īfter finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze.īut 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.

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