Murder of Crows by Bishop is the second book in the Others series. Picking up where the first book left off, the human antagonism of the Others increases with attacks on the Crowguard. Food left by garbage cans is laced with the drug feel-good so that the crows eating it will become passive. Then dogs or humans on gone over wolf, which increases aggression, kill the crows. Meg's warning saves the crows of Lakeside, but the same scenario plays out in the town of Talulah Falls with deadly results. As tension between humans and Others increases, Simon invites leaders from other courtyards to discuss the origin of the drugs and to find a way to eliminate the threat.
Like the previous book, the plot moves slowly and steadily. The first book focused on Meg adapting to life outside the compound and the day to day life in the Courtyard. Book two continues the first theme and the humorous relationship with Simon and others in the Courtyard, but it also expands beyond Lakeside to discuss the human lands across the sea as well as additional town in Thasia giving a broader picture of the various relationships between humans and Others.
Favorite quotes:
"Of course he looked funny. Meg had hauled him halfway into her lap and was using him as a furry shield, peering between his ears when she wasn't squeezing him breathless during the movie's scary bits."(136)
"'The cow-shaped cookies have a beef flavoring, the turkey-shaped cookies have a poultry flavoring, and...'
Jane held up one of the cookies. 'Human-flavored?'
Meg stifled a sigh. That would be the first thing on her feedback list: don't make people-shaped cookies. The Wolves were way too interested and all of them leaped to a logical, if disturbing, expectation about the taste."(246)
I will definitely be rereading this series in the future and recommend it highly.
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