Returner's Defiance 5

By: Bruce Sentar

Narrated by: Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet

Bran has been thrust into the Trial of Kings before he was prepared, but even without his memories, he’s still the Bran who passed it once before.

However, this time he won’t just do the trial once but twice, with the second time being even more dangerous than the first to ensure he can pull all of his companions through the trial with him.

He finds himself shackled and imprisoned by a Simone who leads the Mul Branova within the trials, but she doesn't recognize him. Can he win her over a second time?

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The worst part is it was over too quick

Great continuation of the story. The premise stands out very well. Most definitely stay with the first book,

Funny harem scene accomplished

As an author, Bruce is tenacious and ever improving. To think at one point, I was ready to write him off as another in this genre that put in just enough effort with some added spiciness to sell books that had no substance. This book, the most recent in what has rapidly become one of my favorite series of all time, takes several concepts I've seldom seen done well and pulls off a genuinely entertaining story. There's barely any heat in this entry and the most fleshed out scene is both important to the plot and hilarious at the same time. Of all the authors I've listened to in this space, he's the only one to attempt making a sex scene funny multiple times and has pulled it off each time. If you've somehow found this review without reading the preceding books, navigate to book one and start from the beginning.

I can’t wait for the next one

Great story. Normally, I don’t like when characters go through something like this. Typically it feels like a side story instead of being canon. But the author did an excellent job, tying in the characters, allowing for character development, and my favorite part was it didn’t take up the whole book 

Great as always

These voice actors are amazing in everything they do, and this author is definitely a perfect match for them.

All his stories are great and these two make them come alive.

Definitely one of the best audio books series out there.

Another fantastic story in the series. The narrators are what I would consider the best in the world. definitely recommend to anyone who is interested.