The Exiled Queen

A Seven Realms Novel

By: Cinda Williams Chima

Narrated by: Carol Monda

Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's Summary

New York Times best-selling author Cinda Williams Chima has been crafting riveting novels since her days in middle school. In The Exiled Queen, 17-year-old ex-Ragmarket street lord Han Alister is pursuing an education in magical arts. To stand up to the haters at the academy, he joins forces with a mysterious wizard—but soon discovers the price may be more than he's willing to pay.

©2010 Cinda Williams Chima (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic Reviews

“… a well-thought-out fantasy …” ( School Library Journal)

Excellent

Excellent sequel. Well written. I love the characters & plot development. I really like how her characters are judged to be one way by public persona but in reality they are very different.

great narrator and story!

I am a huge fan of this narrator and storyline. highly recommend this series. favorite and have read twice and listened to the first time with even more love for it.

loved it

this is a great and clean book. loved it! I'm getting the next book.

Loved it!

I really enjoy this series as this is my second time reading through them! :)
Recommended!

Never A Dull Moment

Great book...always kept me interested. I never wanted to stop listening. Recommend this book to anyone.

Extraordinary!

This is one of those books where you feel very strongly that the author has a whole story intricately woven in their heads and they are feeding the readers a scrap at a time. Even though we want it all at once to gorge on, we take the bits and are hungry for more.

This story has characters with a strong foundation, a good setting, and a deep seated history that propels forward the current events.

The main protagonists are likeable and sympathetic. You really feel like they are friends and understandable. The villains are appropriately loathsome and threatening. It has been a joy watching characters grow.

The whole thing is turned into a remarkable experience listening to the audio book. The narrator is truly marvelous at each individual character, accents and patterns of speech. She is consistent with pronunciation, and has wide range and a smooth voice. I'm SO glad she narrates the whole series.

2nd time around

just as good as the first time I read it. hope you enjoy it too

I enjoy the story but the narrating...

This is one of my favorite series, and at least my 6th time reading it. The narrating, especially the sound editing, drove me nuts though. I could swear that each chapter was done in one take and with no cuts. You constantly hear the narrator inhaling which sucks you right out of the story (pun intended). Production value is seriously lacking. I don’t appreciate the accents, but I suppose artistic choice exists. Overall a better performance from the narrator than she did on the first book though. A much worse performance from the editor & director though.

Great second book. I can't wait to start number 3.

The story is great and very good writing. I will definitely finish this series and look for more by the same author.

5 stars!

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