By now this series is a breath of fresh air in a genre that’s so unimaginative and derivative that you feel like you’ve read everything before. The story here does take a detour into a plot device so overused and cliche that it has no business in this series, but manages to do well with it, all things considered. It continues the series in an exciting and imaginative way and manages to balance everything out in the end, while laying the foundation for future books.