Black Bottle by Anthony Huso (sequel to The Last Page which i really loved) arrived unexpectedly yesterday and i was very excited, but I seem not to connect with it for now; the writing is actually captivating for most of the time, but so far I couldn't care less for the content and the jargon which has transformed from charming and interesting in The Last Page to very boring and annoying here; we'll see but I am tempted to give it my "browse random pages every now and then and read the ending" treatment to see if it hooks me anywhere and forget it if not...

Tried more and finally did the above - browsed, read the ending (which i actually liked) and I put the book aside; too many superpowers, people as gods, high magic etc for me; the writing is still poetic and evocative but the content is way too un-involving for me as I simply could not care about the super-people of this book

Not really a surprise in some ways as the ending of The Last Page clearly implied the possibilities here, but still one could hope...