Down with the Queen

Lilith's Shadow, Book 2

By: Benjamin Medrano

Narrated by: Sarah Beth Goer

Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Despite all odds, Lilith has gained acceptance from two heroines who should hate and fear her very existence.

Gina and Rachel have agreed to help Lilith's attempt to get the death sentence on her head rescinded, but they have to work carefully. Their time runs short, though. Doctor Johnson's plots advance, and other villains are infiltrating San Francisco.

In the end, the question becomes what to do when Lilith's identity is discovered, and all hell breaks loose. Despite the risk of death bearing down on her, Lilith decides that she's tired of simply running away.

©2018 Benjamin P Medrano (P)2018 Benjamin P Medrano

Enjoyable but as a romance it misses

the story played well and the narrator did great with voicing.
My biggest complaints with Medrano's writing is that, while the characters are lesbian or bi, and freely admit to it in dialogue, we as readers get told not shown. the physical contact is quite chaste, a quick peck on the lips or cheek, letting someone lay against the MC. It's okay to let readers see what's going on behind closed doors. it's okay to show actual romance between characters instead of a quick kiss or side hug. some heart to heart conversations, them having fun together, or special moments when the characters realize they love one another.

Bored out of my mind the whole way.

I grew up reading comics, and was excited about queer representation and a story about a healthy poly relationship. I figured since he was writing other stuff between instillations if this trilogy he might grow as a writer, but the emotion expressed by the narrator is the second worst I've ever heard on audible, it was almost like it was just a paycheck and she phoned it in, even the non-robot characters sounded only slightly less robotic and there is a lot of over explaining, I get Lilith's limited experience is a factor, but even the other characters nowhere near her over explain everything in exposition and most of it is stuff that is unnecessary filler, almost like the author doesn't know how people speak to each other in a social setting. I never thought I would be bored by a story about super heroes, this proved me wrong.

A must

Great story and sequel.
Can not wait for the next book so please keep the story going.

Good addition

They talk entirely too much before fighting. that the problem with most villians but heroes are killing me with getting into the act. They take more abuse when the stand and listen. Other then that it was a good installment

Fantastic!

Love it! Sad that there will be a break in the story. But still waiting eagerly for the next instalment!

A sequel that doesn't disappoint!

Book 2 of the Lilth's Shadow series written by Benjamin Medrano and brought to life by Sarah Beth Goer a great sequel to Born A Queen definitely worth parting with a credit for.

Glorious

i cannot describe how amazing this book is thank you benjamin medrano thank you sarah beth goer for these masterpieces i hope it never ends i loved every second of this.

Better than I thought it would be!

You might want to read the first book but it's not necessary. This book stands alone.

Great read.

I greatly enjoyed this book, and the series as a whole, I hope to see more books in this series in the future, THANX FOR A GREAT READ.

love this series can't wait for more

I absolutely love this series, please keep it up. I want to hear more of this story soon.

Fantastic Sequel

I Thoroughly enjoyed it for sure. I loved how naive Lillith is about certain things, and of course I found the banter between Lillith, Gina, and Rachel to be entertaining.

Can't wait for the trilogy that continues

I fell in love with this story and it characters that are both relatable and enjoyable. My only regret or disappointment is that this is the end of the story for now it warms my heart and joy that in the future there will be 3 more possible books. I can only say they can't come fast enough.

A Fun Sequel!

Down With the Queen proved a fun sequel to Benjamin Medrano's Born a Queen. This book was not quite so good as the first one but was still an enjoyable read. The story is a nice mix of comic book style action and slow paced romance.

A lot of the elements that made the first book so much fun were back in this story. The characters are likeable, the plot enjoyable, and the superhero world a good one. The world is fairly standard superhero fare as are the superpowers but Medrano makes it work as the characters themselves are good and the tone of the story had the sort of balance I enjoy. I'm also a fan of the fact that a few AI's had roles to play!

The trio of Lilith, Warden (Gina), and Morgan Ley Fey (Rachel) are as easy to root for as ever. There was plenty going on in the story as the evil Destruction Core team were looking to move in on the city and the villain from the last book, Doctor Johnson, was back and up to more of his evil schemes. On top of that Gina and Rachel have to deal with keeping Lilith's true identity from the rest of their superhero team as a result of the kill order issued on Shadowmind's last creation. It all made for and engaging and enjoyable story.

As always Medrano's writing remains a little strange and sedate, even during the action scenes, but despite that I still find it engaging enough.

I felt like there were two minor flaws that held this back from being as good as the first instalment of the series. The first was the pacing in the first half of the story. It was just a bit too sedate. A little more action and intrigue in the first third would have been better. The other flaw was a slight shift in the direction of the romance. I'll not say too much but I do feel like the author has changed his mind and the direction of it and I do not feel like the change was a positive one. It is by no means awful but I definitely liked the previous direction better and it feels a bit weird that got abandoned.

The authors note at the end indicated that this series is going on the shelf for a bit which I feel is a pity as I'm sure there is a lot more fun stories left to be told in this world! The good news is Medrano does plan to return for a future trilogy once he gets some other series out of the way.

All in all this was a fun superhero story.

I feel like Sarah Beth Goer's character voices could be a bit more distinctive at times. She does well with a lot of the characters but a few of the leads sound a bit similar. On the whole I'm a fan of her as she has a pleasant voice and does seem to get the tone of the story.