This was just as magical and whimsical and enchanting as book one. I loved so many things about it--that we got to see Emily at school, that we got to see more magic from Wendell and learn more about his home, and we got another adventure in a rural town! I loved all the characters we got to journey with, and ... the ENDING. Just. So freaking good and as breathtakingly surreal as the first book. My only complaint is that I now must wait for book three for probably at least a year and I don't know how I shall survive.