Bit weird, this one. Kinda like if The Magic School Bus had a religiously overtoned episode with an angel playing Ms. Frizzle. Not that A Wrinkle in Time wasn't also like that, but A Wind in the Door was less subtle about it.

I feel like I finished this book more confused than anything else. Not because I didn't understand the plot, but I had more of a "where is L'Engle going with this" after the events of the first book. The antagonistic force in this book wanted very different things than the antagonist in the first book. So I'm wondering how those are going to connect or, potentially, clash against one another in the future. The stakes would've been higher in A Wind in the Door if the reader had been given a reason for the imminent decline and death of a character. Instead, L'Engle just shrugs and says "just 'cause."

Overall, I still liked the book. Good descriptions, great explanations for typically difficult concepts (especially for kids,) and a new character to round out the cast of children a bit better.