The Morning Flower

The Omte Origins, Book 2 (From the World of the Trylle)

By: Amanda Hocking

Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer

Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author Amanda Hocking returns to the magical world of the Trylle with The Morning Flower, the second audiobook in the Omte Origins arc.

Welcome back to the kingdom of the Omte - a forest realm where secrets and danger, human nature and ancient mythology collide.

Where truth is stranger than fiction.

Searching for answers to her own shrouded origins, Ulla Tulin’s journey of exploration takes a sudden turn when Eliana is kidnapped. Turning toward the Omte capital instead of the institute where she hoped to learn the truth about her identity, Ulla must put Eliana’s welfare before her own - a sacrifice that will present all new dangers to them both.

When history is still unwritten. 

Ulla never expected that once she arrived she’d discover the identity of a Skojare man who crossed paths with her mother - a man who could very well be her father. Given the man’s connections to the Älvolk, a secret society tasked with protecting the location of the First City, Ulla is soon dispatched to Sweden to find him.One woman will dare to go wherever fate will take her....Now Ulla, along with her maybe boyfriend Pan, finds herself on a desperate race against time to locate her kin - who could very well pose a danger to her kingdom. Nobody and nothing is as it seems as she penetrates the dark heart of the Älvolk…all the way to the secret Lost Bridge to the First City, where an unknown future awaits for Ulla and her kind. 

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books

©2020 Amanda Hocking (P)2020 Macmillan Audio

loved it

I love this series. the author and narrator are awesome. I can't to find out what happens next!

The obvious middle part of a story

While the world-building is a major positive in this series, Ulla's journey to discovery was so disappointing, and the charm from the first book in the series was missing. It's not Ulla's fault that all her discoveries led to obnoxious or unappealing characters, though obviously it was the author's choice. They were just so relentlessly unpleasant. Even the home they stayed in early on, in the New Orleans area, was the home of someone who (my conclusion only) was an alcoholic and just plain weird. Missing charm. As the first book was so much better, I could only award three stars. However, these books are beautifully narrated and the writer is quite talented. She is an excellent plotter, even if I don't like the plot path.

great series

I really enjoy this series by Amanda hocking. it keeps you hooked and wondering what's going to happen next. I also love how she jumps to main characters and writes everyone's backstop as a trilogy.

great series

This book is amazing! I love the series! Good writing and performance. I recommend this to anyone who loves mythical creatures.