It has a slow pace to begin with, like trying to peddle a bike when you’ve left it in a high gear, which is so teasing after the speed of the first book. We find him living in a cave in a forest, at a meeting place appointed by Gabriel should anything go wrong whilst trying to get the Fairborn.

Half Bad was just as wonderful as I remembered (and the ending just as frustrating) and I couldn’t wait to delve into the second book and find out where Nathan would end up. I didn’t get as far as reading books 2 and 3 the first time round so I headed over to my local bookshop and bought them, determined to read the whole series through. I’ve been binge reading this series ever since I realised I couldn’t remember what happened at the end of the first book. But can all the rebels be trusted, or is Nathan walking into a trap? Review Drawn into the rebellion by the enigmatic Black witch Van Dal, Nathan finds himself fighting alongside both old friends and old enemies. In response, an unprecedented alliance has formed between Black and White witches determined to resist him. Meanwhile, Soul O’Brien has seized control of the Council of White Witches and is expanding his war against Black witches into Europe. Most of all he needs to learn how to control his Gift – a strange, wild new power that threatens to overwhelm him. He needs to find his friend Gabriel and rescue Annalise, now a prisoner of the powerful Black witch Mercury. After finally meeting his elusive father, Marcus, and receiving the three gifts that confirm him as a full adult witch, Nathan is still on the run.

Half wild sally green