A Dance with Fate

Warrior Bards, Book 2

By: Juliet Marillier

Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill, Moira Quirk, Alex Wyndham

Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's Summary

A young woman who is both a bard - and a warrior - seeks to repay her debts and settle scores in this thrilling historical fantasy series.

The young warrior and bard Liobhan has lost her brother to the Otherworld. Even more determined to gain a place as an elite fighter, she returns to Swan Island to continue her training. But Liobhan is devastated when her comrade Dau is injured and loses his sight in their final display bout. Blamed by Dau's family for the accident, she agrees to go to Dau's home as a bond servant for the span of one year.

There, she soon learns that Oakhill is a place of dark secrets. The vicious Crow Folk still threaten both worlds. And Dau, battling the demon of despair, is not an easy man to help.

When Liobhan and Dau start to expose the rot at the center of Oakhill, they place themselves in deadly danger. For their enemy wields great power and will stop at nothing to get his way. It will take all the skills of a Swan Island warrior and a touch of the uncanny to give them a hope of survival....

©2020 Juliet Marillier (P)2020 Recorded Books

So Good

I first found Juliet Marillier through the Blackthorn and Grim series. I loved those books. I then started the Sevenwaters series and only listened to 4 of those books. When I saw the books with Blackthorn and Grim's children I had to purchase and listen. The Harp of Kings was good, but A Dance with Fate is sooooo good. The story and the narration is great... although the way Brocc's chapters are read are are a little annoying, but not so much that it didn't detract from how great this story is or the overall performance.

Series continues to be good

Second books in a series are sometimes not as good but this one is. Juliet is one of my favorite authors and She is just an excellent writer. The pacing was good. Character development continued, wasn’t predictable. Very enjoyable. If you’ve started the series and liked the first one, you should definitely continue. Definitely need to read the first one before this if you haven’t. I like these characters and look forward to a third installment. There is a complete story here but it is very much a middle book.

A Dance with Fate: Aptly named, highly entertaining Sequel

This audio book does not disappoint, especially if you are familiar with Marillier’s writing. Gaelic mythology blends well with storyline and reveals more of Swan island and its warriors snd bards; Covid distraction ( distraction from the poor state of affairs ) and excellent entertainment. Cannot wait for the next sequel or sequels. Please publish it soon ! cannot get enough of the hero protagonists.
oh yeah: the performers are all 5* !

How long til the next.

totally immersed in JM's world! please don't miss this. start at sevenwaters !!!love this! 💘😻💜

By far my favorite author

Iʻve read or listened to all of Juliet Marillierʻs books and many of them more than twice. Her stories and characters keep me coming back for more. Excellent storyteller. Only problem with this audible series was Broccʻs reader who sounded like he was struggling with constipation throughout and dreadfully monotone. It was so HARD to get through his chapters. Had to take a star off performance for him. Maybe he should have listened to the other performers as they played their parts to get a clue?Otherwise, all the other performers were stellar and made this another fantastic listen.

Good story

The story was very good. It kept me spell bond. Juliet Marillier is my favorite author. The only problem in the story was I would have preferred that Dau would have adapted to his blindness. As a blind person myself. Independence and the ability to do things even though, would be even better.