Wings of Wrath

Magister Trilogy, Book 2

By: C. S. Friedman

Narrated by: Elisabeth Rodgers

Kamala, a peasant woman, has claimed the powerful sorcery of the Magisters - the ability to draw on the power of the human soul without dying for it- as her own. But in her rise to power, she finds herself hunted by the brotherhood, and flees to a land where spells are warped by a fatal curse. It is a land that even Magisters fear.

©2009 C.S. Friedman (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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The first book was great and hooked me. This one not so much. Still will finish the series. I am no quitter.

Excellent Trilogy

Unique world building with an entertaining plot & fascinating interpersonal dynamics between characters. I'd like to find more series just like this.

Fun story but performance is a little weak

story is fun, albeit a little convoluted with missing explanations.
performance was generally decent except for emotional parts where the narrator opted for a muted whisper yell that damaged the feel of the scene

Not as good as the first one

If you could sum up Wings of Wrath in three words, what would they be?

continued, slow, lost me for a bit

Would you recommend Wings of Wrath to your friends? Why or why not?

I would, as long as they read the first one and REALLY liked it. I think this book is a bit slower and you really must be invested to finish it.

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

she gives emotion, dont really realized that i'm listening to someone telling a story, feels like I'm just reading it in my head.

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

Not particularly. The first one was, this one I didn't connect with as much

very surprising, but perhaps needed a rereading.

when listening to this book I found myself surprised by C.S. Friedman's creativity in creating obstacles for the protagonists. despite this though i found that not much happened in this book. all the action was devoted to essentially a single place to accomplish a singular goal with only a few tid bits here and there to signify that other parts of the story were progressing albeit very slowly.

as far as writing a further proof read felt let me it was needed towards the end of the book as a redundancy of words between sentences served as a distraction. in addition to this, the word sacrosanct was as worn out in this book as geometric scale or proportion was in the Coldfire trilogy. when reading the books it may not be an issue, but listening to them it feels like a word of the day game people often played in the 90s.

as another side note, the sexual interactions in this book seemed dumbed down in comparison to the last as if there was a sudden need for vague descriptions of what was happening or what the characters were feeling. in addition to this there was a scene towards the beginning where a guard was helping kamala under the illusion that she was hurt and in desperate need of assistance. the idea that the guy was whipped into a sexual distraction from this was very out of place without some hint that sorcery was being played. this was echoed later in another sexually charged scene with her, except that we are told that sorcery wasn't suppose to work properly in the area they were in which failed to explain several things Kamala randomly knew and an exchange between her and another character revealed that she knew more than she should, but never planned out. it felt rather odd.

the narration was much better this time though all the characters on the soul eaters side sounded alike. the only issue I really had a hard time with was the distinction between voiced words and unspoken thoughts which C.S. Friedman is known for. unfortunately the narration made it seem as one single passage until you picked apart the contradiction later.

overall the book and narration was good though I feel it could have been ironed out a bit further.