Fevered Star

I listened to the audiobook version of this book. The narrators were awesome, but three from the original book, Black Sun, were stand-outs: Cara Gee, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, and Nicole Lewis.

I read this second book knowing I was going to be plowing forward into the third and final book, but I can say this one helped flesh out the world of the series quite nicely.

I will say, however, that the included map in the PDF download that accompanied this book on Libro.fm left a lot to be desired. Entire locations were left off, making it very difficult to actually rely upon it for accurate locational information, which is necessary when you are building a fictional world. Especially when it relies upon geographical locations warring against each other and historical reference to even more locations. If there was one thing I would change, it would be to update the maps. Other than that, the PDF list of characters based on location was so incredibly useful. The fact it was updated for each new book was a very clever way of not revealing spoilers. Very well done!

Regarding this particular book—it felt like a logical and natural expansion of the story, rich with surprising twists and turns, and lots of really great characters. A worthy followup to the first novel, and incredibly enjoyable!

I highly recommend it!!

Not quite as good as Black Sun, but for a middle book a really strong book setting up the wheels in motion for a grand finale. Black Sun really benefited that time was ticking towards the eclipse, as Serapio and Xiala traveled to Tova. This urgency is gone now, and most of the protagonists of Black Sun have gone in different directions. The whole plot around Tova is far bigger than the first book hinted at, and I for my part can't wait to see it resolved.

Still a big Serapio and Xiala fan. <3

Holy middle book syndrome! I’m not rating this because I’m too disappointed to rate it fairly. It’s not BAD it’s just not as good as the first book had led me to hope it would be. I LOVED the first book and… I don’t know. The magic isn’t there with this one. The characters are just moving around and coping with the fall out from events in the first book. Not a lot actually happens. I hope the final book picks back up again, but for now I don’t think I’ll be encouraging people to pick this one up unless they’re dying to find out the consequences of the first book’s ending.