Liked this one better than the first volume. I love how they got Tim Hunter from Gaiman's Books of Magic involved, though it's kind of a spoiler if you haven't finished that series, and I haven't because I've been trying to collect them all so I'm only about halfway through with the series.

I like that they got all kinds of characters involved in this, even Amethyst who I've never read, but I do remember seeing the comics when I was a teen about a million years ago. ( )

I just couldn't get into this book. The art is decent but the story just didn't pull me in, so I stopped reading after the first story. ( )

Pretty standard hero schlock I'd expect from Justice Society not Constantine and co.

On the bright side, Mikel Janin has some pretty pages. ( )

There was a lot going on in this TPB. First the story concerning the vampires and the vampire Andrew Bennett from the previous TPB, and including some Batgirl and Batman since it took place in Gotham City. And, it was an okay ending to that, but, it was the Felix Faust story that took place next was much more interesting. The Books of Magic are being chased down by all sorts of magic users because the magic to them has been found, some of these chasers are on the side of good and some on the side of bad, and of course, some in the middle (hello John Constantine). There were some great twists and turns and I was surprised how much I was kept guessing.

Of course I also liked the characters. On the team I’ve always liked Zatanna and I would love to read more about Black Orchid, lots of mysteries left with that character. There were even special appearances by Frankenstein and Amethyst which were cool.

Overall a pretty good TPB, though I didn’t love the art. ( )

Not as entertaining for me as the first volume. But, still, giving me what I want in that I want magic and I want these characters. ( )