Puzzle Pieces

Finally, things are beginning to make sense.  The Magicians and Mrs. Quent is still too difficult to describe in detail, but I can give another Spark Notes version.  In the most recent section I have read, the plot has deviated from the works of Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen.  Magic has become more important as Ivy attempts to solve the mystery behind her fathers madness.  Through riddles and puzzles he left her, she has discovered that she needs to go to her former, magic home and, with the help of a magician, cast a spell to somehow stop these scary bad-guys from taking over the world.  I WISH that had been in Jane Eyre instead of all that crap about St. John.  Basically, she requests the help of Mr. Rafferdy, who has become a close friend, despite her marriage to Mr. Quent.  Mr. Rafferdy, ignoring his hatred of the arcane for her sake, has been learning about magic from Mr. Bennick and is planning to help reinforce this mysterious spell that is stopping the bad-guys from wreaking havoc.  However, a sudden plot twist happened at the end of my section!  Ivy got a letter from Mr. Quent telling her not to trust Mr. Bennick -  apparently he was the one who originally attempted to break the spell.  When her father stopped him, the effort it took caused him to lose his mind.  Dum dum DUUUUUUUUUUM.  I don't know what will happen next, but my book is getting close to the end and I am wondering how all these plots will be wrapped up by then.  Mr. Garrit is still having adventures trying to escape the highwayman/scary-magic-guy who is creeping on his sister.  There is still some strange ghost/witch lady in the woods.  Mr. Garrit, Mr. Rafferdy, and Ivy still have hidden talents that they do not totally understand.  Overall, there are enough loose ends that I am wondering if there is going to be a sequel.  If so, I'm going to have to take a break before I start - this is a good book, but I can only take so many fantasy/classic/mystery/ period novels in one semester!