• Blackveil

  • Book Four of Green Rider
  • By: Kristen Britain
  • Narrated by: Ellen Archer
  • Length: 22 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (1,261 ratings)

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Blackveil

By: Kristen Britain
Narrated by: Ellen Archer
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Publisher's summary

The long-awaited sequel to Green Rider, First Rider's Call, and The High King's Tomb.

Once a simple student, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic, compelled by forces she cannot understand when she becomes a legendary Green Rider - one of the magical messengers of the king. Forced by magic to accept a dangerous fate she would never have chosen, headstrong Karigan has become completely devoted to the king and her fellow Riders.

But now, an insurrection led by dark magicians threatens to break the boundaries of ancient, evil Blackveil Forest-releasing powerful dark magics that have been shut away for a millennium.

©2011 Kristen Britain (P)2012 Penguin

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Destiny???s pawn balks and whines through 4 books

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The story has a decent plot but shows little advancement of character throughout.

Has Blackveil turned you off from other books in this genre?

No.

What does Ellen Archer bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

I enjoyed Ellen Archer.

Do you think Blackveil needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes!. The series is not finished.

Any additional comments?

Then hero of this series is just as immature and willful and stubborn at the end of the 4th book as she was in the first book. When the hero of a series doesn???t grow or change his or her habit pattern through a series of books I think the author has done the character a disservice. Why is it that when the hero is challenged by the villain that he or she has about five minutes to argue about their fate and natter on and on for five pages instead of defending herself. She never believes her eyes and suffers time and time again. She is constantly willing to hurt those she cares about but agonizes over the smallest slight done to her.

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love audible for bringing this audio to us

If you fancy a well written fantasy with all the right ingredients, with tales that weave in and out the main one without being all mess up, with the universal battle between good and evil not being too predictable, with the right dose of romance, an -of course- unobtainable one at that and again making you doubt the final outcome.Well I think you will enjoy this series, as for this book (Blackveil) in particular the positive point is mainly that keeps your interest in the series and you expect the next one, which in my opinion at this point in the series is no small task.
The negative points are the time elapsed between books and the recounts needed to update the reader of previous events. But miss Kristen Britain does not overdo the latter
so, all in all i'll say: enjoyable, worth the money and the time!

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Good but weird at one point

If you have read my other reviews, you know I have loved this series so far. But I have to say the weird ritual rape scene kind of threw me for a loop. There has been nothing like that so far in the series. It was handled as gracefully as possible but...really?

Other than that, I love the characters and the situations they get into. So this book is a continuation of the greatness of the previous books minus that one weird blemish.

Ellen Archer does her usual excellent job portraying these characters.

I would still recommend the series as Karigan gets thrust into the most amazing circumstances as a member of the Green Riders. I have very much enjoyed reading them so far.

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Book 4 - A tease - has me hanging

The entire series has been very well written and read . . . but with the ending of Book 4, Ms. Britain had me hanging, could not belive how she ended it, especially when I had no idea that there was a Book 5 in the works. Audible gave no indication that Book 4 was not the end of the series. For all to know - Ms, Britain has sent Book 5 to publisher, I await with great anticipation.

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Just a wonderful engrossing novel

Would you listen to Blackveil again? Why?

I have already listened to it twice... But then I have read it four times so what's a few more times?

What was one of the most memorable moments of Blackveil?

her talks with her father.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

the ending. I can't wait for the next book.

Any additional comments?

I have all of these books, and the audiobooks. the stories are just wonderful.

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Great Trilogy but beware it will leave you hanging

Would you listen to Blackveil again? Why?

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What did you like best about this story?

Story Line and character development

What does Ellen Archer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Her ability to adapt to different characters in the book

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

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Slow Book

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I felt this book dragged on more so than the others.

Which scene was your favorite?

Right before the awake the sleepers, one of the Eletian grabs her and tells her to stop questioning everything and puts her in the moon spot. This during they are being assaulted by dark Eletians and she is whining and keeps questioning the Eletian queen!

Did Blackveil inspire you to do anything?

I put the book down for 2 week because I found myself getting angry at the main character because she is so dependent on everything.

Any additional comments?

My thoughts really Echo what the other reviewer Bruce has already said about the main character in this book and some of the last one.

Karigan does NOT grow in this book and didn't in the last, she still is dependent on people and very naive, but yet she has supposedly trained with all these master swordsmen? she seems to get her ass kicked every time you turn around by something and she can't seem to defend herself even after all that training.

In the end I felt myself hating this character because of her not having Independence and no growth.

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Great Book Series

I have really enjoyed the whole series. I like the way the main characters have begun to really develop. I really like the King, the Capt of the Green Riders and the heroine. I hope that book 5 comes out soon and is done as an audio with the book release.

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Fantastic story and great characters

The green rider series is one of my favorite series. The story is so how uplifting despite all the troubles our main character faces. I look forward to continuing this and will probably listen again for a third time.

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Enjoyable

Highly suspenseful leaving huge cliff hangers to compel you to the next book. on the hole, I am enjoying this series.

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