The Young Wizard Series Book Two: Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane
Part of 50bookchallenge, book #6 (2007).
What's supposed to be just a plain old summer vacation-swim, sand, and sun-takes a turn for the magical when Nita and Kit come to the aid of a fellow wizard. Only, this wizard is a whale, and she needs the two teens to join a group of whales and dolphins in an ancient underwater ritual. But performing the Song of the Twelve is not easy-and there are things in the ocean more dangerous than even the Lone Power, such as the enormous Master Shark. He is as old as the sea and has his own role in the Song of the Twelve, a role that requires only that he do what he's best at... eat someone.
Diane Duane reminds me of a friend I once knew in high school. She was one of those people who could tell the simplest tale and everyone would be listening to her attentively and in rapt to know what happened and what happened next. He stories are simple, but she draws you into her tales that it was hard to put down the book until you reached the very last bit of text in the book.
I read this book with a dash of scepticism. I mean, how could you top the first book? How would you put your protagonists on the stage after they've done such remarkably death-defying feat? She did just that, she put the characters in even greater death-defying feat, in which Rita has to freely give her life in order to maintain the continuity of life.
I really like the song that she created for the 'Song of Twelve', as Rita mentioned in the book, it really described the personalities of the characters singing it.
This is a beautiful book, the underwater tale of magic she weave here is so mesmerising, it was like watching the snowfall.
Related links:
Diane Duane website | Diane Duane on LJ | Diane Duane on Wiki | Young Wizards Series website | The Big Meow Project
What's supposed to be just a plain old summer vacation-swim, sand, and sun-takes a turn for the magical when Nita and Kit come to the aid of a fellow wizard. Only, this wizard is a whale, and she needs the two teens to join a group of whales and dolphins in an ancient underwater ritual. But performing the Song of the Twelve is not easy-and there are things in the ocean more dangerous than even the Lone Power, such as the enormous Master Shark. He is as old as the sea and has his own role in the Song of the Twelve, a role that requires only that he do what he's best at... eat someone.
Diane Duane reminds me of a friend I once knew in high school. She was one of those people who could tell the simplest tale and everyone would be listening to her attentively and in rapt to know what happened and what happened next. He stories are simple, but she draws you into her tales that it was hard to put down the book until you reached the very last bit of text in the book.
I read this book with a dash of scepticism. I mean, how could you top the first book? How would you put your protagonists on the stage after they've done such remarkably death-defying feat? She did just that, she put the characters in even greater death-defying feat, in which Rita has to freely give her life in order to maintain the continuity of life.
I really like the song that she created for the 'Song of Twelve', as Rita mentioned in the book, it really described the personalities of the characters singing it.
This is a beautiful book, the underwater tale of magic she weave here is so mesmerising, it was like watching the snowfall.
Related links:
Diane Duane website | Diane Duane on LJ | Diane Duane on Wiki | Young Wizards Series website | The Big Meow Project