Amari and the Great Game

I was SO looking forward to the second book in the Amari sequence and ordered the hardback copy as soon as it was released.Sorry to say that this book felt flat from the start.The main problem, without giving away too many spoilers, is that the opposition to Amari and her talents did not make any sense, especially with regard to the League of Magicians. Would they really offer this prize to a young teenager who is sworn to secrecy? No. They wouldn't. Plus. "You know who" would never have escaped, even with magical help.The other opponents such as the wraiths and head of school were cardboard cut-outs with some very strange dialogue and flimsy motivation thrown in to back up their attitudes to magic.Without a credible opposition, the main premise of the story and the "game" does not work and Amari spends most of the book imagining worst case scenarios without adult support and being too scared to take action.Very disappointing.

Purchased for my daughter. She says it is a great book. The suspense created throughout the book was amazing, I loved it when we found out the assistant prez’s supernatural ability was to control people, it was AMAZING 🤩. Spoiler alert! I also loved the ending and can’t wait to find out if there’s a next book 📖, if there is a next book, I know that it will be AMAZING 🤩!

A great book! Exciting and Magical, can’t wait for the next one!

Don’t buy mine said it was new but had missing pages

This review from my ten year old daughter.This book displays a fantastic and adventurous story. It’s a mythical yet funny book. It contains jokes, slang, informative writing and even mentions of memes. It is about this famous girl with her group of friends at a secret room in a convenience store’s so called ‘bathroom’. It has tons of mythical creatures in it such as griffins, golden yetis and unicorns. They eat real life fortune cookies that are really hard and rare to make. They ask their fortune cookies about their future, and the fortune cookies answer their questions with the closest saying to them. I find this book fun and imaginative, whilst also being adventurous and inspiring.I would recommend this book for 10-17s because it has humor both suitable for young kids and old kids, nothing inappropriate. Amari acts towards her friends like an informal person, the way children would act towards their friends, and she is 13 years old, so are her friends. She does not swear or do anything bad. She is a hero, and a kind person, teaching kids to do the same.