A Spell of Bones and Madness

The Nostos Series, Book 2

Blood. Daggers. Golden chains.

Katrin's nightmares have returned. This time, they are not visions of the past, but the present. His present.

Castle Drakos hadn't been attacked since the ancient war. Until that day. The day everything changed. The day she became Queen. The day she barely escaped with her life in exchange for Alexander's.

Now Katrin must work with the crew of The Nostos and several unlikely allies to not only rescue Alexander, but journey through the depths of Aidesian itself to prevent Hades from being resurrected.

Because if King Athanas and the King of Harrenfort have their way, the fallen will rise.

©2025 E.K. Condos (P)2025 Podium Audio

Great

Saleem who voices Kohl sounded alot less robotic than the first book which was great. Anthony can narrate the dictionary and I’d listen to it. The rest of the cast did fantastic. Good story. Will be continuing when the next book comes out.

Where is chapter 28??

The book goes from chapter 27, then repeats chapter 6 for some reason, then continues on to chapter 29. Where is chapter 28?!
It is really difficult to stay invested in the POVs by Saleem Udean he just doesn’t give much range to the characters and I couldn’t stay focused on his chapters.
I feel like this book just lost the plot. I think this is a ‘bridge’ book but it had like 17 things happening with so many different people that I got confused about what time frame we were in, who’s adventure we were on and what the point of the side tasks were even for.
I enjoyed it for the most part and will get the next book when it’s available, but I was a tad disappointed with this book overall.

I like strong female characters that need saving because of the circumstances not because they are women

needs more sex! More PALMINI! Bloom is rad too. The word Vapid is a bit overused. Really it's very entertaining. Well written. Trauma without inducing PTSD.

AI sounding

The parts that are read by the Ai sounding narrators is very hard to listen to. It took me much longer than usual to finish this book, cause I just didn't want to listen to it. Please stop with the Ai. It takes away from the stories.

Good plot.

Overall it was good. Discovering new roles and who was who. Overall recommend this read.