Name: The Apprentices
ISBN: 9780399162459

Maile Meloy

"Two years after parting from Benjamin and Janie reunites via magical communication to prevent a global catastrophe"--

The Apprentices

Colette McDermed

This book had so much potential after the masterpiece that is The Apothecary #1. But it just fell so short of my expectations. I feel that this book may have even ruined the first one for me a little, and I don't think I'm going to read the third instalment of the series. The ONLY thing I enjoyed about this book was Raffaelo, the beautiful Italian boy. If it weren't for him, this review would be 2 stars instead of 3. 
 *warning: minor spoilers*
The whole book felt so dry and predictable. Janie and Benjamin are kept apart for the majority of the book, and their reunion is SO LAME. I didn't feel anything at all. There are FAR too many fortunate coincidences where everything just so happens to work out perfectly. Jin Lo takes up a lot of the book and I have no idea why, it's very random. Her chapters were probably the most boring of them all. There is little character development, and I don't even like Benjamin anymore by the middle of the book. In short, it was simply not good. A very disappointing sequel.

The Apprentices

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