I have just finished the third book in The Wicked Years series, A Lion Among Men. After reading all three in about two weeks i realized that TikiPrincess is correct about how Maguire kind of dances around the events occuring versus simply just saying whats going on. However, i did enjoy reading all three very much the second installment, Son of A Witch, was my favorite out all three and I can only hope that he is working on a fourth.