Fae and Fare

The Wandering Inn, Book 2

By: pirateaba

Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau

Length: 61 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's Summary

Winter has come to the world, and still, Erin Solstice has no idea how she came to be an [Innkeeper].

Erin is running an inn outside the city of Liscor, but she’s no longer alone. Ryoka Griffin, the City Runner, has business in the south of Izril; she’s out on a dangerous delivery of her own. Yet while both young women have finally found their calling, more and more people are beginning to realize that these visitors from Earth don’t belong here.
Erin must find new guests and old for her inn while expanding her tentative business. Staying safe would also be nice. At the same time, some pesky creatures have arrived to herald winter, and they bring mischief and danger unlike anything she’s ever seen. But as more and more children of Earth begin appearing, the cold of winter is the least of Erin’s worries.

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Please leave politics out of the fantasy genre.

It would be nice if I could listen to a fantasy off world novel and not have to get Presidential politics from the United States thrown in my face.
Spoiler alert that has nothing to do with the story: Early in the book the author brings together a group of people that have been whisked away from Earth into this new land. When they realize that there is some time distortion between the two planets, in order to ground everyone on what has happened just before each person has left Earth, one of the travelers says that “Trump just instituted the Muslim ban”. Executive order 13780 instituted a travel ban for individuals from 6 specific countries. Those countries were Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. According to the Pew Research Center in 2010 there were 50 Muslim-majority countries. That leaves 43 countries that Muslims could have been coming from to get into the United States. If you hate Trump, you could at least be accurate in your bashing from the long distance of the land of Dragons and magic. How about his hair…. Or maybe, just maybe, you could give us all a break and let us be engrossed in a land of Dragons and magic and leave out the politics from the United States of America. 4.25% of the world population lives in the United States. There are more people in countries other than the States and the rest of us don’t care who your president is.

Should have been a five star but...

Earth politics broke the immersion. Hoping the next ones avoid this.

Andrea gets 5 stars.

Amazing second addition into The Wandering Inn

I've been reading this story for years now and was only just told it was out in Audio book form as well I had to have it. Downloaded book one and loved the narrator's voices and acting, so I just had to get V2 and start tearing through it as soon as I could. 100% worth the price or your Audible token!

Politics? Really?

I read this genre of books to escape the real world. Why bring politics into this? Just why? They are in a completely different world. I pre ordered this book cause I liked the first one so much. Waited about month for this and the first thing is politics. I hate what this world has become. Thanks for reminding me.

The book is great!

Ignore the reviews about politics. It is not critical to the story, but it does give context to time and place the people were transported to. And it really is a very tiny portion of the dialogue, maybe 20 mins of the entire 61 hours in aggregate.

This books is not your typical "Transported to another world" where the MC trashes the natives. This book has a lot more depth and this volume tries to flesh it out. The "side" characters are real people, do not dismiss them. They can think and have their own lives to live, and not just bow to the MCs.

Buckle in and prepare for a dive.

60+ hours just flew bye!

I loved basically everything about this book! The side stories were awesome, the characters are beautifully and consistently flawed, the arcs are exciting, the world is delightfully complex, and the narration is superb. Normally with a book nearly this long, I would have to stop in the middle and listen to something else for a while, but not with this one.

My one complaint might be that the cyclical storytelling from multiple perspectives was a little confusing at times because the time spans of the perspectives can be wildly varied. For example, a secret can be revealed to one character from another character's perspective, and then we switch to that character's perspective and start long before that point and may not even reach that point. It got a little confusing, but I think that is the nature of the issue and a bit unavoidable. I loved having all the different perspectives of the same situations because they add a lot a nuance and humor to the stories.

Grand Work!

Amazing Performance!

Amazing Story!

Overall I have to say that i cant wait for the next volume!

Absolutely wonderful

loved this book I teared up so many times. I really appreciate how real the characters feel.

Just as good as the first!

This series has quickly become my favorite in this genre hands down! The characters are so relatable and hilarious I just can’t stop listening and at 60+ hours in this novel alone there is plenty of bang for your buck!! I can’t wait for the next installment of this series!

Politics? Really?

I'm only on chapter 7, and there's been already been too many conversations about Donald Trump. WHY?!?! Why anyone would think that ANYONE wants to escape to a fantasy world where we still all sit around and gripe about American politics is beyond my wildest comprehension.

Edited....

Sadly I had to stop. When I heard the first book, I was delighted. I loved the descriptions of everything, loved most of the characters, though the two main characters had a lot of development to do.

From the start of listening to this one, I was put off. First, the obnoxious 30 minute chat conversation was so annoying that I had to skip through it. (I skipped through a book?!)

I don't know why females have to be written as so boringly dull. The whole "simple girl is actually an amazing hero who is meant to save the world" trope is now the new formula for female power. Ick. It is clear now that Erin is some sort of clueless amazing genius who is going to stumble onto saving everyone. She whines her way through her days, and can't figure out the basic necessities of life, but everyone eventually loves her because.... I don't know. She hasn't even figured out she has multiple bedrooms to sleep in, yet she's being built up as some kind of secret master strategist.

Rioka is an equally clueless b**** who believes she's better than every single entity she comes across. Every thought she has is either condescending towards someone she believes is below her... OR berating herself for being so condescending, when she's only going to do it again in a minute.

They repeat the same conversations over and over again, but never seem to accomplish much in the telling. There is a ridiculous amount of whining done from both main characters, which becomes grating after awhile. Also, the telling so far seems only balanced towards Rioka, and we haven't even heard Erin's POV yet. And the jarring and cringeworthy political diatribe was embarrassing to listen to.

I'm so bummed. I haven't been this excited/disappointed for a book in a long time.

Oh and Andrea Parsneau is AMAZING.

even better than part 1

I really enjoyed the first one and this installment gas not disappointed. Andrea is an excellent narrator who sucks you in to the story. I believe she's the Lady counterpart to R C Bray, she's that good!

You really need to start with the first part or you're going to be lost with this one.

The story picks up literally the next morning after the boss fight with the flesh worm, few authors do this and I think Pirate has done it because the story is actually serialised in a blog so it's potentially not going to end any time soon and I'm in no hurry for that.

The two books together add up to over 100 hours of listening which is outstanding value for a mere 2 credits.

Fabulous

You know you're enjoying a book when you look up at one point and are disappointed there are 'only' 15 hours left...
Enthralling and beautifully narrated.

loved the second part

really enjoyed the second part and can't wait for the next one to come out.

I love this story!

The characters are believable and you never know what will happen next! The world moulding is the best I've read in any book in my life. I really look forward to continuing to listen to this series and I am glad to know that there are 7 books already written!

Awesome

Great narrator the change of voices and accents is impressive
The writers story,characters and events in the books I love it and want to hear more
This books grip me from the start

This is one of the most well written books!

This book better than the amazing first installment. All characters show significant development as we explore their stories and encounters.

This book gives us a greater insight into the world and the different classes. It delves into different characters and introduces us to even more dynamic and interesting characters.

The book provides us with a variety of emotions, the humour is top par, and the sad movements are sad :(.

I absolutely love this book and suggest it to anyone and everyone. I belive this is a book for all.

On a side note - the side stories are hugely entertaining. They also cover vital queries many have questioned in the past.

5*. Also the narrator did a stellar job, she has brought the whole world alive!

What a wonderful world

The 60+ hours of this book has flown by and I fond myself a little sad that I now have to wait an unknown amount of time before I get to travel back to this world and meet all of the wonderful characters again.

my only, very small criticism is that too many people 'blinked'.. 'this person blinked in surprise', 'Erin blinked', 'he didn't have eyelids, but if he did he would have blinked!" it became a little distracting but I'm really just nit picking.

Andrea Parsneau is one of my new favourite readers, up there with R.C Bray.

Fingers crossed that we don't have to wait too long for the next installment...

amazing

great book loved everything about it cant wait for the 3rd book. this book is so engaging

Truly a work of art!! Just Amazing 5🌟!!

This is great to see a continuation that improves so much on the original! Pirate Aba is an outstanding writer but the patern ship Andrea Parsneau was the best choice. The characters continue to grow and the story grows bigger and better truly looking to see what happens.

Fantastic!

The story is fantastic. Just listened to both volumes back to back over the last week. Couldn't stop and found myself going 'just another chapter' very often. The Narrator is amazing her voices are probably the best I've heard in any Audiobook, regardless of the gender or species of the character. Was honestly disappointed when I noticed that there were only 5hrs left.