Oshun Rising

Trinity Forest, Book 2

By: Jennifer Alsever

Narrated by: Moira Todd

Length: 8 hrs

Publisher's summary

"Reality is like a dream that turns into vapor the moment you try to remember.
Here one minute, gone the next.
I fight for consciousness as though drowning and gulping for air....
I'm like a passenger on a ship that was once mine, but now someone else is steering and all I can do is watch. Scream silently in my head."

Oshun has everything a young pop star could ever want - fame, fortune, and beauty to spare. But there's something dark inside of her, rising like the tide, fighting to be heard. Something that terrifies her. Because once she lets it out, she knows there's no going back.

Ember is drowning. Fighting for consciousness, struggling to make sense of the strange dreams she's been having - prophecies of murder, deception, and blackmail. But once she begins to untangle them, she realizes that they might not be dreams at all...and if she doesn't find a way to stop what she's seeing, more people will die.

Maddie is barely staying afloat. How can she be expected to care about school when her best friend Ember is still missing, presumed dead? So when Ember's brother calls and tells her about his theory about a pop star who may be involved in Ember's disappearance, she rallies him to take a road trip to check it out.

Oshun Rising is the second book in the Trinity Forest series.

©2017 Jennifer Alsever (P)2018 Jennifer Alsever

Great continuation, gotta know what happens next

I received these audiobooks as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Jennifer Alsever. The gifting of these audiobooks did not affect my opinion of them.

Oshun Rising is the second book in the series, you can read my review of Ember Burning.

The second book shakes things up by being a multiple point-of-view compilations, giving us the story from every angle. We hear from Oshun, the new pop star that is eerily similar to the girl who disappeared, Ember. We also have glimpses of Ember, as she tries to figure out where she is and why she is always blacking out. We get to learn what the evil plan is from the villainess herself and find out more about this ancient Egyptian witchcraft. 

What was awesome about the multiple POV presentation was how well each character was narrated. Each person had their own sound, accent, voice, and mood. Props to our narrator for this book.

The book continues to have the lovely writing style and descriptions of the first, while building on in style with the changes in perspective.  

This book ended with a "let's get them" from both sides, so I'm super curious to see how it all ties up. A great listen, enjoyable and exciting and keeps you wanting to know what happens next.

Still awesome!

I received this audio book for free in exchange for my honest review. Part 2 is every bit as good as the 1st installment. This is because of the impeccable writing and narration.

This series has me under it's spell!!!

Again I am absolutely entranced by Jennifer Alsever's writing and Moria Todd's narration! Unlike the first book in this series this story is told from the perspective of multiple people. It took me a little bit to adjust to the change and I thought I wasn't going to like it as much but after a few chapters I got accustomed to it and actually very much enjoyed getting to see what was going on from multiple charater's perspectives. It adds such much more to the story. I love the fact that I didn't guess everything that was going to happen before it did. I almost always can and it's been along time since a series could really surprise me and this series has the perfect amount of letting you see enough you can see where its going but still tossing in surprises that shake you up and leave you in shock. I am so excited to get started listening book three later tonight ! I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Dark & Twisted

This was a great sequel that was even darker than the first! Ember has been missing for three years and her brother Jarod and best friend Maddie haven’t given up hope. Oshun and Ember are one in the same, but are completely different. Ember is still drowning in her depression from her parents death and has to find her way to the surface while Oshun revels in death. This story was twisted, haunting, heartbreaking, and beautiful as it switched from each POV to tell its tale.
Moira did a great job with this narration! It felt more like a performance than a reading in this installment and she really brought every emotion and character to life. Once again she sang throughout the book and it was hauntingly beautiful. She pulled me in from the start and wouldn’t let go.
*I received this audiobook at no-cost from Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Surprisingly I love this story...

Wow... I loved this book! I had hesitated to start this book, kinda' dragging my feet since really, I had not appreciated the first book in this series, but I had received a code from the author with the hopes that I'd voluntarily leave a review. So I felt obligated to at least give the Trinity Forest trilogy another try...
This book gave us several new perspectives... Where the first book was all about Ember, this book was about Maddie (her best friend) and Jarrod (Ember's brother), neither of whom had yet given up hope of finding Ember alive! Of course we also had Ember's POV, with the addition of Oshun's (Ember's alter-ego) POV overlapping...  I found this to be an amazingly complex and well written story. A story that held my attention all the way through to the end!
On the other hand, I can't say that I truly appreciated the narration. Moira Todd is not what I'd call a voice actress. She's fine with a single POV, but didn't even try to sound different as she switched from one character to another. It's only due to character specific chapter headings that I didn't lose my place in the audio version. So, in spite of the narration, I'm looking forward to "reading" the final book (Venus Shining), so I can discover how this vastly improved story ARC concludes!

"Time for a new world"

Oshun was a stressful journey to go on. I was so scared for her throughout most of the book. My nerves were on edge for Jared and Mads as well. The way things turned out is definitely not what I expected!

*I requested this book and am voluntarily leaving this review

Oshun Rising

I really like the titles EMBER BURNING and OSHUN RISING. The titles alone draw me in. The stories are gripping. In this tale, Ember is still lost to herself and must mentally claw her way back to reality. Great follow up book in the series.

back to trinity forest . ..

You have just gotta read/listen to book one of this series. You will enjoy the follow up so much more. There are things that you just need to know, may want to experience, and just to save you sanity later on.

I may be just a bit bias. I loved book one. I loved book two just as much. This was truly and epic step in to the Trinity Forest. You will want to know all that you can to have yourself prepared for what will be coming to you.

Come join the Trinity Forest journey. Its full of deep characters with layers, rich world building for the forest, life, sorrow, pain, sadness, truth. I unwilling to give up too much but you will find that Ember, Oshun, Maddie, Jarod, Tre and more will have an impact on you and how you will look at the YA genre.

Narration was very much a complement to the coming of age, coming to terms young adult read that shows there are many ways to interpret things in life. The tones, pitch, and cadence helps to enforce much of the current running through this story.

*****
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Audiobookworm Promotions on behalf of various authors, narrators, and publishers. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Must read Ember Burning first

Oshun Rising by Jennifer Alsever is the 2nd book in the Trinity Forest Series. I fell for this series in book 1 Ember Burning and had to listen to this book, and however many more books Ms. Alsever writes. I usually do not read YA/NA but I do love the paranormal genre and the blurb sounded really good, and I was not disappointed. This is not a standalone. You do need to read or listen to this series in order to be able to follow it, and it is well worth listening to the whole series. I can't wait for the next installment in this series.

Oshun Rising is just as good if not better then Ember burning. I love when a series just keeps getting better with each book. Some series seem to have a huge start off and then the author looses steam in the subsequent books. Not with this series though. I also like the fact that there is no bad language and no sex in these books. They may be written as YA but even us adults need some clean reads now and then.

Moira Todd narrates the audiobook and does and amazing job. The feeling she puts into the narration and characters is top notch. Not only do you hear the story you also feel it.

Ember is no longer Ember she is now Oshun. After rebirthing she has become a huge Pop Star. She has everything fame, fortune, beauty and attitude. It is 3 years later after Ember Burning, but she is still 17. As she helps to spread the virus at her concerts to take over the world. Ember is just below the surface and every now and then emerges, if only for a few seconds to a few minutes, shocked and lost.

Ember's brother and best friend Maddie are still looking for her even after all this time. Maddie is not as sure that she is still out there but goes along with Jarrod more because she is in love with him then she believes they will someday find her.

When Jarrod texts Maddie and shows her a picture and video of Oshun who he is sure is really Ember the search begins. The 2 head for California to prove or disprove that Oshun is Ember.

This is a dark and super fast moving book and series. I personally cannot wait for book 3 of this series.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Hooked!!!

This is Book 2 of the series, Trinity Forest, by Jennifer Alsever and is a great follow up to Book 1. I would encourage you to read/listen to book 1, as in my opinion, this is not a stand alone, and you will be lost with the backstory of the characters, if you do not.

Ember, the main female character, goes through the "rebirthing" process and then becomes Oshun, who is a rude, pompous bit!@# and cares of no one but herself...totally different from the Ember that we all know and love. Somehow, with the rebirthing process, there were holes in her spirit/aurora which allows her to have "flash backs" of her previous life. During one of these "flash backs" she calls her best friend Maddie to come get her, somewhere deep in Arizona.


Narration is done by Moria Todd, who also did book 1.....she did a fantastic job!


I received this audiobook at no-cost from Audiobookworm Promotions. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.