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Fate’s Edge by Ilona Andrews, narrated by Renee Raudman
#3 Edge
Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Published: 11.29.11
Time: 14 hours 18 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Narrator Rating: 5 stars
Format: audio
Source: Library Borrow
Sellers: Amazon
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GoodReads Synopsis:
Audrey Callahan left behind her life in the Edge, and she's determined to stay on the straight and narrow. But when her brother gets into hot water, the former thief takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with a jack of all trades... Kaldar Mar-a gambler, lawyer, thief, and spy-expects his latest assignment tracking down a stolen item to be a piece of cake, until Audrey shows up. But when the item falls into the hands of a lethal criminal, Kaldar realizes that in order to finish the job, he's going to need Audrey's help...
Sophia Rose's Review:
For the Books of My Heart readalong, this was a revisit of the audio and it wasn't as far into the past as the previous two. That said, before I started, I couldn't remember much about it so it felt like a fresh story until I hit moments I did remember well- George and Jack.
Here's the original review:
The world of the Edge is captivating, magical, and full of gritty adventure and romance. I was excited to come back to it after several years away when I spotted the audio edition.
Fate’s Edge is the third in the Edge series and could be treated as a standalone Paranormal Romance, but it was much more satisfying getting it in order since there is a clear connection of characters and overall series story that come with the hero’s side of things.
I love these stories of the Edge a rough, living place between the non-magical human world and the fully magical Weird. There is danger and intrigue as well as some memorable characters. I was particularly taken with first the Draytons in the first book, On the Edge, and the intro to another Edger family, the insane, quirky Mars clan in book two, Bayou Moon.
Audrey Callaghan is the newest character introduction and she comes from another shady Edger family. She’s gone legit after giving up on her family to ever change, but she has a bit of larceny in her. I loved her complicated personality. She associates the larceny in herself with the pain her family has brought her and sees Kaldar as just another manipulative user like her dad and brother so she resists the pull of what she’s good at and thrills to even while needing to set right a wrong.
Kaldar is exactly what she thinks he is, but also more. He’s a natural, but his dark painful past also shaped him as much as Audrey’s did her. Kaldar’s a swashbuckling charmer and sees Audrey’s resistance as a challenge at first and doesn’t even get that there is more to the pull of attraction between them until his glam smile and smarmy words convince Audrey there is nothing behind all the dazzle and he had his work cut out for him for most of the book.
While I liked this pair as mission partners and individuals, and, I could even see them happily together eventually, I did feel that their actual romance needed a bit more time to get there and it felt rushed at the end.
Alongside the mission and romance of Kaldar and Audrey, there are the grisly villains of The Hand led by a beautiful aristocratic woman who likes to skin her victims and has her sights on revenge against any Mar she comes across. The formidable villains ups the ante on the action and I was excited to see what happened when the inevitable clash came after a laborious series of tasks the heroic band had to complete before they could get where they needed to be.
What grabbed me most was George and Jack. On the Edge introduced them in their sister’s story, but they held the secondary storyline in this one and I could see how they came to be the men they were later and had the career they did as well. They are a pair of rascals, but their magical lethal talents saved the day more than once.
As to Renee Raudman’s narration work, it was superb as always. Her distinct voicing of characters, rhythm and tone kept me deeply engaged. This was a larger cast and I had no trouble distinguishing individuals, where they were from, and what was going on.
All in all, it was an exciting, enthralling venture back into the world of The Edge and I won’t wait long to snatch up the last book featuring more of the Mar family and another gritty, paranormal romantic adventure. Solid Paranormal Romance that I can easily recommend.
“Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)
Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children and many dogs and cats.
They have co-authored several bestselling series, including the #1 NYT bestselling urban fantasy of Kate Daniels, rustic fantasy of the Edge, paranormal romance of Hidden Legacy, and Innkeeper Chronicles, which they post as a free weekly serial. For complete list of their books, fun extras, and Innkeeper installments, please visit their website at Ilona-andrews.com.
Website: https://ilona-andrews.com/
Sophia’s Bio:
Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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I really enjoyed this one again Audrey is awesome. Thanks for reading with us.
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
It was fun to revisit and freshen my memory, Anne. :)
DeleteThe characters sound interesting. This sounds like it would be a good read. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteIts a very fascinating world and the characters are so entertaining, Mary.
DeleteI enjoyed this series way back :)
ReplyDeleteLOL, yeah, its an oldie but a goodie. :)
DeleteI totally agree about George and Jack! They were my favorite part of the story! I just finished this last night, so I'm behind. I'm starting Steel's Edge today.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten just how much time they got on the page in this whole series so was glad to go back for it.
DeleteI didn't remember much of the series, so it's been great getting more of George and Jack since they play a role in the Innkeeper books.
ReplyDeleteI had pretty clear memories of the first book, but then had a fade out on the last three so yes, good to revisit it. I was really surprised how much of George and Jack there really was in the last two books and, of course, loved it.
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