The Fire Keeper by J. C. Cervantes

 In this second book in the Storm Runner series, Zane, Brooke, and their friends and family are living on a is a tropical island, protected from the vengeful eyes of the Mayan gods. In some ways life has never been so good, but Zane is still worried about his divine father Hurakan who is imprisoned for fathering a demigod son. Zane is preparing to try to sneak off the island and go to free his father, when another demigod arrives on the island, Ren, who has read Zane's book about his first adventure and found the magic note in the end.  Zane soon discovers that by putting the hidden note in his book, he has exposed other godborn kids and that 10 have already been kidnapped by unknown magical forces.  Now Zane needs to save the godborns and his father and he is willing to do just about anything to do it.

When I read the first book, I mentioned that this was the most Riordan-esque of the Rick Riordan Presents imprint.  That is doubly true for this book.  I don't know if Cervantes is just good at imitating Riordan's style, or if Riordan did major text editing and plot help in its production.  Either way, this book is better than the first and I think Riordan fans will like it. Zane is smarter and the plot tighter. The character of Ren is good and it is fun seeing Zane team up with previous enemies. Cervantes is on a roll and I probably won't wait another two years to read the next in the series. (2019, 432 p)