From the get go, I didn't like it. I wanted to; it had the potential to be so good. The short story tells the tale of the last Vhalgenn, loyal companion to the King; a sister, a lover, a friend. Returning after the jealous Queen's banishment of her, Raik came back only to find herself partaking in the dying Queen's last request; take the newly born heir away from the Kingdom, to save his life.
Sounds pretty good right? Not so. Not so at all.
Sounds pretty good right? Not so. Not so at all.
Now I've got to give Kayelle Allen credit; the concept is not half-bad. I'm a sucker for these kind of stories, usually. Bittersweet, anguish... all that jazz. And I suppose this story had all that. I may have liked it a bit if not for the awful, awful, AWFUL voice narration of the audio-book. In retrospect, Lesley Livingston, was spectacular with her Wondrous Strange. I shouldn't have given her such a hard time. I'm just not an audio-book person. But seriously, I may have slightly liked this book if I have read it. The woman who narrated this book was horrible; the same intonation in everything. Most of the time, I couldn't tell which character were speaking. Oh Lesley Livingston, pardon my harsh critiscism of you! I take it back, I take it all back.
