In this second book, Sophie is sent off to England to spend the summer with her estranged father as he attempts to persuade Sophie to not to have her powers removed. My feelings on Sophie’s dad were complicated. I found him to be a bit of a bulldozer while also knowing Sophie more than she knew him, which he attributed to getting updates from her mom, but that seems off-brand for Mrs. Mercer. However, he was a complicated politician with depth, so