Samantha Shannon does not MISS! The second book in the Bone Season series picks up right where the last book left off. Paige has escaped Oxford and is back in London, but has been marked as a fugitive. On the run, she returns to the Seven Dials and chaos follows her. A Mime-Lord (Hector) and his crew are brutally murdered and Paige is the number one suspect. A new Underlord must be chosen from the Syndicate, and Jaxon is intent on claiming the crown for himself. The clock is ticking as Paige rushes to uncover a plot that runs deeper than she imagined while also trying to warn members of the Syndicate the dangers of the Rephaim that have crept into London after the fall of Oxford.

We return to London and the Seven Seals as Paige begrudgingly admits she must go back to Jaxon and remain under his employ to also have his protection. He refuses to address her concerns about the Rephaim and Scion’s impending Senshield technology, so she is left to her own devices - plotting and scheming about ways to reveal the impending danger that voyants in London will face in the near future. As is so often the case in Paige’s life, she juggles multiple challenges at once, just hoping her luck will hold out long enough to help other people.

I had a little down time between finishing The Bone Season and starting The Mime Order (shout out AGAIN to the awesome discord read-along for this series!!!!), but Shannon is so good about completely immersing her readers in her books that it didn’t take long for me to bring myself back up to speed with the plot and characters. She writes political plots, intrigue, and YEARNING like no other!!! I’m trying my hardest to not get too far ahead in the read-along for the next book (The Song Rising), but I make no promises. ALL I want to do is tear through the rest of these books!