A review by booksnorkel
The Mad Apprentice by Django Wexler

4.0

This one was a lot better than the first. Lots of action, you get to meet other apprentices, and you learn a little bit more about how the Libraries are set up and the dangers you can find within. If I had to complain about something it would be how seemingly all powerful the main bad guy is in this book but beyond that it was a great read and has me excited for the third. Alice is more seasoned, but doesn't seem to have many new creatures at her beck and call. We start off with her getting her next one, and then being sent off to capture another apprentice who has killed his own master. Alice meets other apprentices officially for the first time and discovers there are many ways to learn the craft, and many different types of Masters. The pacing in this book was great I never really felt bored with the plot or where it was going. There was always something new to learn, something different to fight, and there is always the mystery of Alice's father's death that we still need to solve.

A great second book for fourth on up looking for action adventure fantasy centered around a library that is also a labyrinth that bored and wants to play with it's food first.