Apprentice

Wanderers, Book 2

De: Richard A Bamberg

Narrado por: Johnny Mack

Rafe survived the fight with the renegade Wanderer, Rowle, but was unable to defeat him. As promised, Fate finds Rafe an apprentice. He arrives at Wilford Hall expecting to find a seriously injured veteran, what he didn't expect to find was a veteran missing a couple of limbs, who was female, the lovely Therese Sylvan. Regardless, his only way to convince her to leave with him is to heal her minor injuries and tell her that he can also restore her limbs. Fleeing just ahead of the military police, they ride into the night on Beast, Rafe's manticore-possessed Harley-Davidson. While Tess recuperates, Rafe begins her training, a long process that is interrupted time and time again by Rowle's machinations. Rafe knows he cannot defeat Rowle single handedly, but can he train Tess fast enough to prevent the on-set of Ragnarök?

©2014 Richard A Bamberg (P)2017 Richard A Bamberg

Love this series!

I loved listening to this book. A lot of action and humor. Rafe and Tess are my favorite characters, I like their sense of humor and they are very relatable. I really liked the use of Norse mythology. The narrator is excellent and makes listening very enjoyable. I highly recommend listening to this series in order as this book picks up from the first and much will be missed otherwise. I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Entertaining but not romance

I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.
Firstly the book was fun and entertaining. The Hero was likeable but a little flat. I disliked the heroine a great deal as a character, I felt she was poorly written for the role she played. Character development was poor. The beginning of the story flowed nicely until about the middle. Then the "magic" started to become too easy. The hero could complete any task with no apparent cost. Just all powerful with no struggles in that regard. This book is listed in the romance section but there is nothing resembling romance anywhere. There are a few sexual (non descriptive) encounters but that's it. It got a little bogged down at about 75% then picked back up at the end. The few attempts at an emotional connection fell flat.
All of that said, the plot and story were still quite good. The dialogue was well written and I did finish the book which is saying something because these days I dump about 1/4 of the books I read because I just can't wade through them.

Exciting follow up

Book 1 for this series ended with Ragnarok averted for now. In this book, Rafe finally acquired an apprentice — a female — the first time a Wanderer is a female.

He goes to admirable lengths to acquire his apprentice and decided to revisit an old haunt to lie low for a time. Of course, things don’t go according to plan and we have past dalliances with consequences, deadly Amazons, Norse gods, evil Shades, and others causing mayhem and heartache.

Johnny Mack’s narration is as always perfect for the story and the characters. Loved his narration. The story is fun as well filled with humor, love, and plenty of passion and heat.

Wander into this series

This is part of a series, and although you can probably follow events in this story, the overall arching story won't be as clear. This story takes place as Rafe's is on his mission to find Rowle andto stop Ragnarok. Along his journey he has to rescue his Apprentice from the hospital and heal her. There is so much going on in this book. Having to train an Apprentice of the opposite gender and the dynamics that go along with that, seeing an old love (with a child). This book had more personal drama but was also full of action and a little romance.

This was hard to put down...and I have to know what happens next.
Worth a credit: YES

I was provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Very entertaining and enjoyable

Any additional comments?

Very fun and entertaining. I didn't listen to the first book in the series but it didn't take me long to get caught up in the story. Even though there references made to the first book in the series it basically can be listened to as a standalone story. The story is told in a way that everything you need to know is filled in throughout this book. I enjoyed this book so much though that I will go back and read the first book in the series. The story pulls you in immediately and it held my attention from start to finish. Between the humor, storyline and characters it's just an entertaining, interesting and very enjoyable story.

Enjoyed the mythology woven into the story.

Great cast of interesting well rounded and likable characters. You can't help but like Beast. He's a different sort of character.

While training and healing his new apprentice they seek refuge at a place from Rafe's past. It was close and Rafe thought it would be safe. While it is a safe haven for them in many ways, Rafe is in for one heck of a surprise upon his return.

Johnny Mack did a great job with the narration. Nice voice that is easy to listen to for long periods of time. Clearly spoken with a nice even pace. Really good character voices. Male and female. I like that he doesn't try to do a falsetto female's voice. Just a slight change in cadence is enough to distinguish the characters. Perfect tone and delivery of the humor. He brought the story and characters to life. Very enjoyable

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily provided this review.