One year after the events of Inkheart (2003), one by one, the characters find themselves read from the real world into the Inkworld. Violante begs Fenoglio to convince Roxanne to deal with Brianna and tell her not to upset Violante's marriage. Orpheus has the last copy of the book with him, but Farid is quick enough to grab the piece of paper Orpheus has been reading from before his escape. Alleine schon die vielen malerischen Namen und Schauplätze, von denen man im ersten Teil schon ein paar erfahren durfte, lassen einen die Tintenwelt mit allen Sinnen entdecken! so he reads Dustfinger home but leaves Gwin and Farid (the boy Mo had accidentally read out of "1001 Nights") behind - which results in Farid promptly being captured by Basta, Capricorn's awful second-in-command.

In the follow-up to the wildly successful (and enjoyable) Inkheart, Cornelia Funke delivers the second book in her trilogy, Inkspell, with grace and confidence. But this time she wouldn’t have to slip into the skin of a character in the story – no, this time she would be in the story herself, part of it. What he neglects to tell the Prince of Argenta is that if three words are written in the book ("Heart", "Spell", and "Death", referencing the titles of the books), the person who signed his name in the book to gain immortality will die instantly.I liked this YA series, there are good ones and bad ones and (being sure the "youth" is mature enough for the themes) this is a good one. Fenoglio works as a storyteller in the Inkworld and makes up a character named the Bluejay, a character who is said to be the Adderhead's enemy, who supposedly bears strong resemblance to Mortimer Folchart. Resa and Mo hide in a secret cave with the strolling players (known also as Motley Folk) while he recovers, but they soon assume that the injured Mo is the mysterious gentleman-robber, the "Bluejay", a fictional hero created by Fenoglio's words made into song for the Motley Folk to sing. We're hugely excited to see Dragon Rider and The Griffin's Feather as books of the month in WH Smith and Waterstones respectively. This one diverged quite nicely in comparison, but I couldn't help but compare Inkspell to Funke's Mirrorworld series.

Endlich erlebt man den bunten Mark mit Spielleuten in Ombra, taucht ein in den Weglosen Wald, der von magischen Geschöpfen bevölkert ist, riskiert einen Blick hinter die Festung des Speckfürsten und entdeckt die silbernen Türme der Nachtburg! The difficulty with the book is that it's written for younger kids, but it is too complicated, not all of the storylines are as riveting as the rest, and there are too many complicated emotions for young readers to comprehend or enjoy. When Farid and Meggie decide to take matters into their own hands and go to the inkworld on their own, things soon turn to shit and they are dependent on the help of adults like Dustfinger to navigate through the inkworld without accident. Not to give spoilers, but Mo is in a bad way Meggi is still "learning" as well as being in a bad way, mom is struggling and worrying and scared, and back to MO. Fenoglio has been working as a court scribe in Lombrica's capital city of Ombra, and once reunited with Meggie he asks her to read Cosimo the Fair back into the story, since he died a death the author never planned for him.

A lot of action happens in this book and at one point I feel like I missed so much in one chapter when I got so distracted at work.

In Band 2 der Tintenwelt-Trilogie geraten die Protagonisten aus dem ersten Band in die Tintenwelt, wo sie sich allerlei gefährlichen Situationen stellen müssen. Not for the light-hearted, this masterpiece of children's literature surpassed my expectations not only as a sequel, but as a great read in general.

With the rightful heir to the throne of Ombra mysteriously brought back to life, but with no memories of 'his own' life, a war is imminent. In the Inkworld—a Renaissance faire fever dream of Boccaccio’s Italy and Chaucer’s England—Dustfinger reunites awkwardly with his wife, Roxane, who has believed him dead for years and reluctantly remarried in his absence (luckily for him, her second husband has also died). She is immediately suspicious of Farid, believing him to be Dustfinger’s son by a woman of our world.