I really enjoyed this second book in author Lali A Love’s young adult sci-fi fantasy series. Roma has been captured by the Draco Lizzies, evil beings who want to enslave Gaia and drain its life source. She is able to communicate telepathically with Jo, and will need to help her try to find a lost magical artifact—the Blade of Truth while her class is on a school field trip to the Canary Islands. I really enjoy the characters in this book and the positivity of the writing. All of the characters in Jo’s Ascending Angel Academy high school are struggling with different issues that teens will relate to, and they are written diversely. Daphne is an assault survivor who struggles with issues of body image and weight. Flynn has had issues with addiction in the past but I really liked the therapy scenes he had especially. Theo is transgender and has struggled with self-harm. All of these issues are handled in a positive way. No one likes their new teacher, Miss Rolland, who is one of the chaperones on the trip to the Canary Islands. I loved the great descriptions as Jo and Roma work together to find the missing Blade, and also rescue a classmate who has gone missing. This was a terrific book I highly recommend for YA lovers! ( )