A great follow up to Lord of the Fading Lands!

I love the first book but I think I almost love this second book more. We start to see more and more of Ellysetta’s ability and her bond with rain is getting stronger.
Also glad this second audiobook was re-recorded too, so now book 1 and 2 have the same narrator. As with the first book, Abby Craden did a good job with the narration. Each character voices are easily distinguishable.

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This should be popular

I don’t know why this series isn’t everywhere. It’s SO good! The world building is next level. And the romance is *chef’s kiss* good. Love the character development and the way the story is evolving. So so good!!

SOOOO U*N*B*E*L*I*E*V*A*B*L*Y GOOD, I can’t believe this isn’t famous!!

The world building is BETTER than George RR Martin (better because it’s absolutely unique, not medieval European history just with dragons added), the Romance is smoldering hot and actually Romantic, not just sexy times (you won’t be disappointed there either, tho), and the characters pull you in and the strength in the “strong female lead” is developing well. Also, THE CULTURE!!!
I’m totally in love with the Fae culture of this world! The language, the poetry, the emotional impact this beautifully developed Fae culture has on me makes me actually wish I could speak this language and study this culture - High Valeryian has nothing on this language! And I’m not normally the kind to do that - I don’t “speak” Valeryian, Dothraki, Elvish, Dwarvish, Na’Vi, Vulcan, Klingon or Wookie, other than the commonly repeated words (“Dracarys” and “WAAAAARGGGHHH” come to mind).
And I’m not really a person that likes poetry, and when authors try to make up their own poetry to fit in their story, it’s usually mediocre. But the common poetic phrases C.L. Wilson created that define certain terms are so poignantly beautiful, I wish they could be adopted into our real world.
I read this series quite a few years ago, and I had re-read what books I could find at the library several times, always falling in love with the world and the story each time, but even so, I hesitated when I saw it come up in Audible. It has been at least a decade or so since I last read it, I’ve read and listened to many other great series since then, and I’ve found old favorites don’t always live up to expectations. This is especially true when listening to an audio version of an old favorite book, as the narrator can either kill, or really add to the experience. I read some reviews that weren’t kind, but eventually I gave in, and OHHH AM I SO HAPPY I DID! The narrator was just fine - there a a lot of characters in this book as it develops, and she did a great job of giving them their own intonations that well described their character, particularly with the female characters.
I am VERY happily skipping off the get the rest of the series on Audible now, as I know I will listen to this series over and over in years to come. If only this book became popular enough to get made into a streaming series!!

loved it!

love the new narrator! she really brought life to the characters and I hope she redos the rest of the series.

Great!

A really great second book in the series. Epic fantasy romance is SO much fun. I'm really starting to fall in love with Rain.

loved it

this is my favorite book of the series. I have listened to this series a dozen times, maybe more. One of my go-to series when I need step away from reality.