Magisterium The Copper Gauntlet, Is a book written by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare is a fictional story set in modern day Virginia. The second book in a five part series follows the life of Callum Hunt who has magical abilities along with many people including his father, Alastair Hunt. The Magisterium is a mage school hidden from the rest of the world designed to help teach all children who are found to have magical powers similar to Call. In this book it begins during the summer time after Call’s first year at the Magisterium. After his Chaos-ridden dog that Call had kept from the school has seemingly run away, one night call hears whimpers from his basement. He finds his dog and suspects that his father had been the one to lock Havoc up as his father had an apparent disliking for the animal. His father then finds Call, which he desperately tries to keep there and locks him in what seems to be shackles for a boy the size of himself. When he escapes his house he takes a bus to his schoolmates house who lives just outside of D.C. When he arrives he is welcomed by his friends who have a very expensive estate and wealthy family. He then stays there for the last few days of summer before there next year at the magisterium. Once school starts it is fairly normal and almost the same as it was the previous year. However this time Call has a secret and after Tamara and Aaron see that call is acting very strange they make him tell them whats wrong. After initially denying anything he gives in and states that his father is in danger and that he may have stolen something from the mages that can be used to hurt the Maker who happens to be Aaron, One of Call’s closest friends and classmates. Although they think his Dad is being falsely accused so they decide to run away and try to find Alastair in the interest of helping him. They reach a barn which Call had been to with his father before but Alastair is not there. Late that night as they are starting to go to sleep a metal elemental finds them who says he was sent by the Magisterium to come find them. They then fight the monster and defeat him by sending him into the void with Aarons chaos magic. After their encounter with the elemental who has burnt down the barn they decide to go that night to chase down Alastair who has traveled to Maryland. They take one of Alastair's old vehicles and drive all night to the coordinates they found in letters sent by an enemy mage of the Magisterium to Alastair. On their way they are found by the Masters from the Magisterium and narrowly escape their capture. The book ended with all of them destroying The Enemy of Death’s body and Master Joseph escaping with the alkahest. Returning to the school with thunderous applause as they had unofficially ended the war. The first thing that stands out to me that has changed from the first book is the likeness of Call’s father. In the first book he seems like a very well off and great father figure but straight away in this book he has gone into a seemingly insane state. What caused this was the possibility that Call may become evil as his soul had been switched when he was still an infant with the Enemy of Death as he is referred to in the book. Because of this he wanted to try and stop the possibility of another mage war beginning. As the book progresses the conflicts and the fighting begin to become more and more intense from some arguments and small disagreements to the point where the main characters are running across multiple states fighting masters and magic creatures witnessing some casualties along the way. To see some kids barely 13 years old go through what they are going through becomes very intriguing and make you wonder if something more extreme can happen. The ending of this book has been the best part of the story so far as it is very intense throughout the final chapters closing off a very critical time in the story. Throughout the ending there are many places when you really feel like you are one of the characters who are experiencing the events unfold. You feel the pain that Call’s father felt when he struck the Enemy’s chest with the alkahest and it burnt his hand and arm due to the intensity of the magic. You feel the fear that everyone in the room felt when the chaos magic was released and started consuming the tomb. Then in the final chapter you feel the excitement and the pride the characters felt as they faced their classmates who applauded and cheered for them like they were heroes. I would recommend that anyone reads this book because it follows a very intriguing story line that doesn’t take a long time to develop in the beginning. Although the plot seems very simple there are a lot of creative elements that make it much more interesting than it might seem at its core. The book does a great job of focusing on character and making you feel the emotions Call does as he experiences all of these events but simultaneously makes you feel the tension and the emotions Call, Aaron, and Tamara feel towards each other.