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Hand and Talon
- World of Kyrni, Book 1
- Narrated by: Kristin James
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
Steal the bag. Don’t get caught. Repeat. Not the most glorious existence, but Krea likes it just fine.
When Sorin, a cranky old soldier, barges in and decides to take over her life, Krea is less than enthused. Sure, he saved her from a brutal death at the hands of the guards, and he did stop decrepit faerie monsters from eating her. But declaring she isn’t human and dragging her through a cursed forest to the Royal City is going too far.
Now she is eyeball deep in magic-wielding nobles, shape-shifting dragons, assassins, and an ancient elf war that could destroy the empire. Her cloak is too small. Her horse thinks she wants to eat it and her companion resents her very existence.
And then there's Dane.
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- C. Rowlands
- 04-01-18
Conventional starting point does not limit book
Plot devices such as the world-weary mentor taking on a teaching role to a young chosen one that doesn't yet understand his/her power is not an uncommon starting point for many fantasy series, but the crucial thing is what they do from that starting point and this book proceeds to deliver an engaging start to a new series with some interesting ideas fleshing out the world and the magic system in use there.
Krea is the teenage thief with the unrealised power of shifting (the Kyrni of the title) and Sorin is the older mentor, a kind of mage known as a caller who is basically an anchor to tether the shifter to their human side as otherwise when they shift they are basically lost to whatever animal (or counter in the book's vernacular) they become when they change.
The author does a good job of introducing us to these characters and others they meet along the way, while at the same time fleshing out the world with information of the politics, conflicts and particularly the magical creatures that inhabit the world.
The narrator of this book gave a great performance, giving distinctive personalities for a wide age range of characters from Dane via the teenage Krea to the more senior Sorin, at the same time helping to bring the rest of the book alive and you would hope that she returns for any subsequent books in the series.
Overall, this was a very enjoyable book with a quality narration too and my main issue with it is probably that there is no second book available yet.
[I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
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- Sally Goddard
- 14-01-18
loved the characters
the characters were brought to life by the narrator and was a very enjoyable listen. looking forward to book two.
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- MR
- 19-12-17
Great Story
Great start to a series. the characters are likable, the world they are part of is interesting with plenty of scope for future stories and the narrator did a great job giving each character a distinctive voice with none sounding strange.
I really enjoyed this story and will be following the series from now on.
Please note that I received a free copy of this audiobook to provide a non-biased review
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