Lord of Leaves

Wild Hearts, Book 2

By: Nazri Noor

Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux

The Blood of the Earth. The Breath of the Wind.

Lochlann Wilde is a true summoner at last, earning his Crest, the admiration of his peers, and a hunky fae prince in one fell swoop. With the headstrong Prince Sylvain at his side, Locke is finally ready to walk in his father’s legendary footsteps.

And to collect his inheritance, too, except for what he finds in the family vault. No one said anything about a fast-talking familiar. They certainly never mentioned a dragon.

But deeper danger awaits. Sylvain and Locke must untangle the twisted curse threatening to strangle all life, first in the Oriel of Earth, and now in the Oriel of Air.

They must face the Withering.

©2022 Nazri Noor (P)2023 Nazri Noor

The bantering and bickering in this is excellent

I'm really enjoying this series - the bantering and bickering is chef's kiss perfect for me. The humor is working great, the characters all have chemistry and bring something to the story. The quest/plot is entertaining, the romance is developing at an excellent pace. Just really impressed with this after having zero expectations at the beginning!

Greg Boudreaux is also doing such an awesome job narrating. Even the moments of character's eating and talking with their mouth full - little things really making you feel like you're inside the story.

Satchel the pixie was adorable with his little needling! The call backs of Sylvain hating words that don't make sense - cheesy, corny, etc. So much fun.

Pleasantly surprised!

Everything

I don’t know how to word it, but I’ve read a lot of book and a lot of series and this one is just so amazing and satisfying in all aspects of the story and how funny it can be and it just checks every box. When I found out there was more than the first book “prince if flowers” I got so excited that there was more ti the story. I can’t say how amazing this series is and how much I truly love it. Thank you!!!!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

I downloaded this series for a road trip. I completely lost track of time and was annoyed when I got to my destination because I had to stop the audiobook. Can’t wait to get more by this author

Slow to start…but I got hooked.

It seemed to take awhile for this book to get interesting, but the stellar narration kept me going. But it got interesting in the second half…ending with me wanting to know more. So…I’m giving the third book a chance.

Love these sexy boys!!

This is the second book in the Wild Hearts series. I have totally enjoyed Nazri Noor’s other books but was not sure how I would like the elven component as I am not a huge elven fan. As usual, though, Nazri won me over right away. Book 1 in this series was terrific and set up a new part of the Noor world but this one took it to new places. In this installment Lochlann Wilde and his eidolon/partner Prince Sylvain brave the oriel of the wind to find The Breath of the Wind talisman. With his new pixie familiar, Satchel, the boys brave the dangers of the land of the wind and find further information on the Withering which is infecting multiple dimensions now.

I love how this book develops Lochlann and Sylvain’s characters. I think Lochlann is a very kind and thoughtful guy. Yes, he can be a bit irresponsible at times, but he always uses kindness and thoughtfulness with his eidolons and familiar and others. He acknowledges his weaknesses and is now beginning to show more maturity. The relationships between the characters are well developed. Noor has set up an interesting storyline that has a nice potential for future books.

As usual, Nazri Noor has exceeded my expectations of an excellent listen. Greg Boudreaux does an excellent job voicing this audiobook. I love his deep sexy voice for Sylvain!! He is easy to listen to and each character is clearly identifiable.

I look forward to the next installment and recommend this for urban fantasy fans who do not mind some M/M romance tossed in.

***I received a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for my own, unbiased, review.***

Great story

This is a wonderful series with great characters. The narration is fantastic and the story is intriguing.

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The way the magical world in this series is built satisfies my Harry Potter craving, and the romance has a really good balance between funny and sweet.

Why Such An Embarrassed MC?

In Nazri Noor's second book in the Wild Hearts series, I found myself impatient with Lochlann's embarrassment with the sexual relationship he and Prince Sylvain developed in the first book. I understand not wanting public demonstrativeness, maybe, I mean a little isn't bad is it? But Lochlann is embarrassed even in private! And he kinda pushes his lover away at times which I find confusing since he decided to start the relationship. Well, that bugged me, but about halfway through he decides he loves his prince and about three quarters of the way through Prince Sylvain says he loves Lochlann too. I liked some aspects of this tale, including the Order of Nuns Who Weep, Lochlann's snarky new pixie familiar, and some of the fighting scenes. Lochlann's a long way from being confident in his Summoner's abilities and there's a number of characters who denigrate his abilities and how long it took him to master the abilities he has.
I found this book a little boring to be honest, which makes me sad because I want to like this series and the author. Thus I'm undecided about buying the third book in the series.
Greg Boudreaux's narration was excellent. Perfect choice of a narrator for this genre.

Lord of Leaves Strikes

I make no bones about it. I am a huge Nazri Noor fan. I have been since I found him. This book had the humor I have come to expect, along with the exciting adventure part of Lock going on another quest. His love was with him, even though they don't want to do labels, and, of course the creepy butterfly guy, Evandor. It was great to get back into this series again and enjoy the ride. The narrator is one of my favorites and does an amazing job with the differences for all the characters. As always, it's Mr
Noor who's brilliance shines through. These two, Greg and Nazri, are an unbeatable team. I can't wait for more.

Hooked, but still only average

I am ooked, but still only average story. Narrator does do an excellent job though.