Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder

The second installment of the Study series, this book was better than Poison Study. Poison study kept you on your toes as you anticipated the day Yelena will get poisoned or killed by her enemies. This book Yelena is being reunited with her family and her brother who beleives she is a spy from Ixia. She is also learning to master her magic and learn what her specific skill is. Someone is kidnapping young girls and doing horrible things to them before killing them. Yelena saves one young victim and must save the last victim before all is lost while once again watching her back from people who believe she really is a spy and try to kill her and Valek. Yes, how could we go through this story without Valek showing up to rescure Yelena and help her save the day once again.