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Bartimeaus Trilogy: The Golem's Eye - Book #2 (Bartimaeus Trilogy)

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The Golems's Eye by Jonathan Stroud- Book Two of the Bartimaeus Trilogy

The second book starts where the first one ended. Nathaniel--now officially John Mandrake--after the demise of his incompetent master is now assigned to be the apprentice of the powerful Security Minister, Ms. Jessica Whitwell, and is promoted to be the youngest Assistant to the Head of Internals affairs, Mr., Julius Tallow, who inherited his old master's job.

At only 14,Nathaniel is a rising star: a young magician who is rapidly climbing the ranks of the government. He's a bright future until he is asked to deal with the growing Resistant movement, which is disrupting magicians' lives with thefts and raids.

No easy task, The ringleaders: Katherine Jones (Kitty), Frederick Weaver (Fred), and Stanly Hake (Stan), have a special talent: they are resilient to magic and under the guidance of of Mr. T. E Pennyfeather, they are about to commit their greatest theft of all: rob the tomb pf the greatest magician who ever lived: Mr. Gladstone.

As the pressure mounts, a new series of terrifying attacks are occurring in London. First attributed to the resistant, Nathaniel has no choice but to break his promise to Bartimaeus, the djinni who helped save the government in the first book. Bartimaeus discovers that the new destruction is being caused by a Golem--not seen since 1868 in the war with Prague. Nathaniel must make a desperate journey to the enemy city of Prague and uncover who's the traitor behind the summation of the Golem and at the same time deal with the Resistance.

A thrilling sequel to the Amulet of Samarkan, The Golem's eye is a roller coaster ride of magic, adventure, and political skullduggery in which lessons and change of attitudes occur as the fates of Kitty, Bartimaeus, and Nathaniel explosively collide.

This is a wonderful read, definitively highly recommended!!!

I'm not real long winded on these things. I love reading. this is an awesome series of books. if you like the Harry Potter Series and are looking for something with the same kind of genre or feel, check out this series. :)

Stroud is a fairly good writer but in all three books he seems to fall short in creating a true conflict for Bartimeus and Nathanial. Without going into too much detail and spoiling the book the plot centers around the emergence of resistance to the magic elite. The best character in the entire city seems to be the city itself, but never do we see a true villain. Reading about the two running around trying to stop this and that was closer to reading a mystery novel instead of a young adult fantasy. A mystery where the criminal is who you suspected all along.

ALL OF THE BOOKS OF THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY ARE AWESOME. I ENJOYED THEM. IF YOU LIKE FANTASY THESE BOOKS CAN REALLY TAKE YOU MIND AWAY!
ALSO, THEY ARE FOR EVERYONE, OLD AND YOUNG- BOYS AND GIRLS. NO ROMANCE, BUT ALOT OF ACTION, DRAMA, SUSPENSE IN A WONDERFUL FANTASY WORLD.