Splinter

Reliquary Series, Book 2

De: Sarah Fine

Narrado por: Carly Robins

Mattie Carver has relinquished the world of magic, with all its dark temptations. In six weeks, she'll marry Ben Ward and claim the safe, small-town life she craves. But Mattie's talents as a reliquary - someone able to smuggle magic within her body - make her a valuable commodity, even to those she trusts the most. Forced out of retirement by a painful betrayal, she must seek the help of the man she's tried desperately to stay away from: Ben's estranged brother, Asa.

Asa, a sensor and magic dealer, may have saved Ben months ago, but he's complicated Mattie's life beyond imagining. Trailed by lethal mobsters through Chicago's seamy magical underbelly and an eerie traveling carnival, Mattie struggles to endure the priceless magic she's holding and her feelings for Asa. Once, she thought she'd chosen her path. Now the only option may be to succumb to the destiny that's choosing her, and hope she's strong enough to survive.

©2016 Sarah Fine (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Good Series; Excellent Narration

Book 2 is also excellent, though I at times wanted to shake the MC for her thought, actions, and behaviors. She just handles things in a way that is quite different from me, though that should be expected, as she is not me.

This book suffers under the illusion of a love triangle, though it's clear one point of the triangle doesn't belong in the equation.

Finally!!!

Absolutely loved the ending. I like how even before the book ended, we knew she’d made her decision. She stopped being the victim. She stopped whining and started putting some work in. Kudos. I was seriously worried but this ended well.

Splinter Audible Review

I really enjoyed this book. I loved the characters and the excitement of their interaction between them. I hated what Ben, Mattie’s fiancé, did to her and hated how she kept holding onto the dreams and hopes that everything was going to be ok with them. I loved the interaction between Mattie & Avis, how they both kept resisting the way that they were continuously being drawn closer and closer together. I really loved how Gracie took to Mattie almost immediately and loved her unconditionally and seemed to sense that Mattie & Avis belonged together.

Sarah Fine is one of my favorite authors & I’ll read or listen to anything she puts out. Also, Carly Robbins did an excellent job with the narration she really put herself into her performance. Bravo!

loved the whole book, and the characters.

the narrator was awesome. Sarah Fine is a great author, want to read all her books.

Mixed feelings continue

This book is pretty similar to the first. I still love Asa's character, and still want to punch Mattie for her stupidity when it comes to her fiance. This dragged on way to long, and I almost wanted to quit in protest. It was pretty ridiculous. The things Ben does in this book are beyond unacceptable, but Mattie stays with him like an abused puppy.

That said, there were some good adventures, and Asa makes the other frustrations worth while. He is always there to fix everything and take care of her. Mattie even has some heroic moments and saves him in places too. Some other new and interesting characters are also introduced.

Mattie finally redeems herself, but it takes up until the final minutes of the book to do so.