

You get sucked in so easily in this world. It may have been because I didn't read it in one stretch, but again I urge future readers to pay attention. Sometimes I'd have to flip pages to jog my memory.

I actually had a hard time remembering who was who sometimes. The plot to this story is very intricate so it's important to pay attention to names. And as most people guess (I'm sure this really isn't a spoiler) that Count Kalliovski still roams the catacombs of Paris.

Sido on the other hand is safe in London, but is not as safe as everyone assumes. He uses his extraordinary powers to help people escape the unforgiving guillotone and becomes to be known as the Silver Blade. Yann Margoza has become a Robin Hood of sorts. Seriously, I almost felt like I could smell the blood. This one is darker in tone and there is even more dread of death upon everything. The sequel to The Red Necklace certainly does not dissapoint. I think this one comment sums it all, "Gardner just keeps getting stranger and better." The Telegraph
