While I didn't love this one as much as the first, What the River Knows, I still enjoyed following Inez and Whit's adventures through Egypt and their quest to discover the truth behind Inez's parents. There were some very questionable decisions that came from our MMC and FMC, some which made me want to smack them upside the head with their own book...but I could still see why those decisions made sense to the characters themselves.

Spoiler territory:

While I can see why the author chose to include Whit's betrayal in the story for both some resolution to his character arc in the first book, and to create discontent between him and Inez, it felt like all of that wrapped up quite quickly, with Inez forgiving him within a couple days. HOWEVER, before I rag on that too much - her forgiving him makes sense to her character. Throughout book one we see how desperately Inez wants to be included, wants someone, anyone to choose her. Her parents were constantly jerking her around during her childhood, leaving her in Argentina, and then the poor girl is betrayed by her mother and then by her father (those moments were painful, Inez needs therapy after this book tbh), and she was desperate for Whit to be her person. I'm not saying Whit's actions themselves are forgivable, but I understand why Inez would be so ready to forgive him.

Throughout the story, there were so many villains and so few people that were trustworthy, that I was questioning every single character (I was right about Isadora though, so pats to me).

Similar to my thoughts on the first book, I just wish there was a little bit more focus on the magic itself. 

I don't read a lot of YA, but Ibañez's writing style and characters are fantastic, so I would happily read more of her works in the future.