Treason

Book Two of the Grimoire Saga

By: S. M. Boyce

Narrated by: Kara Kovacich Stewart

Kara Magari ignited a war when she stumbled into Ourea and found the Grimoire: a powerful artifact filled with secrets. To protect the one person she has left, she strikes a deal that compromises everything she believes in...and things don't go as planned.

Braeden Drakonin can no longer run from who - and what - he is. He has to face the facts. He's a prince. He's a murderer. He's a wanted man. And after a betrayal that leaves him heartbroken, he's out for blood.

To survive, both Kara and Braeden must become the evil each has grown to hate.

©2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Sarah Montee (P)2015 Sarah Montee

what a whirlwind of a story

Any additional comments?

Book 2 is quite entertaining. It's full of action, and there's continually new things to learn about Ourea.

It was great to get to know Stone, Cedric, and Deidre better. They are really great, complex characters that helped me to stay engaged in the story.

In this installment, however, there were quite a few times where I felt the alternate world/fantasy elements were abused a little bit. Does this character need a mount? Oh! Lets add a new species we haven't talked about yet and have it appear magically at just the right moment!! I don't think I minded as much in book 1, because we were still getting to know the world... but every time something like this happened (which did feel pretty frequent) I cared just a little less about the book.

The other thing that irked me a bit was that there were some pretty simple could-be solutions to some of the problems presented and there wasn't any explanation given as to why it couldn't happen like that. It made some of the main characters feel dumb to me.

I really enjoyed the narration. Whenever I read a first book and then listen to a second, I'm either thrilled with how much the narration adds to the story or disappointed that it adds almost nothing. In this instance, it was quite the former. There were a variety of accents for the many characters and their personalities really were brought to life in this installment. She did a much better job than my imagination did the first time around!!!

I received this book free for review.

WOW!

I am typically not a fan of books like the Grimoire Sagas. I decided to do the audio books to help me read them. I am so very happy with my decision! Listening to Kara Kovacich Stewart read these novels is such a delight! Kara has a way of bringing the characters to life and the different voices Kara uses is fabulous! I cannot wait to hear the next book!

Always a fan of S.M. Boyce

What made the experience of listening to Treason the most enjoyable?

Continuing on after Book 1 is more necessity than choice. You have to know more!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Great!!!

Was an amazing continuation and leaves you waiting to see what happens next. Great to see how the love story plays out and who betrays who.

Who can you trust?

If you could sum up Treason in three words, what would they be?

Entertaining, surprising, engaging

What did you like best about this story?

The development of the characters

What about Kara Kovacich Stewart’s performance did you like?

Everything! Listening to this book with very long chapters made it more entertaining than reading it myself. Kara's voices, which were different for each character, really added to my enjoyment of the book. Awesome performance!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No...way too long with too much action to listen to all at once