Vardaesia

The Medoran Chronicles, Book 5

By: Lynette Noni

Narrated by: Carly Robins

Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's Summary

When Day and Night combine and fight against one Enemy, then Dark and Light shall meet mid-strike and set the Captives free.

In the wake of loss and devastation, Alex must cast aside her grief to seek aid from those who banished the Meyarins long ago. But the proud Tia Aurans care little for the woes of mortals and demand that Alex - and her friends - undergo the Gates of Testing to prove their world is worth saving.

With an ancient prophecy looming, Alex must confront the secrets of her past if she is to survive long enough to see the future. For if she returns to Medora without the Tia Aurans by her side, all hope will be lost.

In this explosive conclusion to The Medoran Chronicles, the fate of Medora hangs in the balance as Alex readies herself to face Aven one final time.

Who will survive, and who will fall?

If, however, darkness wins, there is no strategy to keep from all that will be lost, and so will always be.

©2019 Lynette Noni (P)2019 Audible, Ltd

all the emotions

masterful in the descriptions. talented reading.. A great ending to a wonderful series. Definitely hit the heart strings.

So emotional

I read all 5 books in a couple days and it was so emotional, especially number 4. in the beginning I wasn't sure I'd like it so much but man did I ever! I never actually cried listening to a story but this I did several times. I wish it wasn't over. I'm sad that it is. ;(

Thoroughly Enjoyed

I absolutely loved this series! Couldn’t stop listening! Narrator was amazing! I wish they would make movies of this! I would love to see if the characters would look like what I pictured!

Good series, but…

For such a good, almost great story, you’ve made the hero/main character so weak that at times I felt like just stopping the series

Wow

This has to be the most frustrating teenage drama I've ever experienced. Alex needs to get new friends

Loved this story!

My 11 year old twin boys and I loved it! We recommend this series for all ages.

Absolutely love this series

The voice talent is amazing, the story line is amazing!!!!! I was in the car crying and clapping and excited and sad!!!! This was a really good series it didn’t need 4.5 but this was a really good Series

loved the series

loved this series. narrative was great. can't wait to read the lsd two that are not on audible

Wonderful series

Excellent experience, that holds you to every word. The reading makes you feel you are there and helps you visualize at a fast pace each scene.

Wonderful story

This was a wonderful story I only wish I knew what was left for the characters

Amazing book. Love it. Narrated brilliantly and written brilliantly

I was hooked from the first book and had to read them all. Absolutely love this author and will read more

Excellent Final Book

The last in the series and I absolutely loved it. I have listened to the entire set in about 2 weeks and I have really enjoyed it.

a lot of crying

I've loved this whole series of books including this roller coaster of a final enstallment. But I had to take breaks from listening to be able to continue, as I was crying so much.

Loved it!!

So glad the original narrator returned for this last book! Loved the story, this time it actually had some twists that weren’t obvious so it was much more surprising and entertaining, the characters became even sweeter with each other and it was just so nice to hear all the friendships developing even more, especially in different situations, it was ended perfectly I think, I really enjoyed it, I’m glad I persevered through the last book when I wasn’t sure about the change in narration because it was worth it for this book to end it all!

others were better

it seems didnt need such a long last book. loved the series but last seemed basic and unneeded after the other amazing books

The most immature protagonist not developing throughout

The whole series was painful to listen to, unfortunately more often then not. The story line would have been decent if not for whiny, overdramatised protagonist Alex. Although I understand the naivety and immaturity due to age, for some who supposed to save the world the character didn’t learn from her own mistakes, kept secrets which were hindering her progress, made absolutely weird and catastrophic choices. Her heart was shattering most of the time, predominately as a
results of her own actions, her emotions were unbearable to stomach, and prompted me to skip the long stretches of emotional garbage which would have been fine if kept to couple of lines instead of lasting what felt like pages. Shame

Predictable ending but decent story

I feel like the ending was drawn out. Too much was predictable and I didn’t get why Alex had to overcome soooooo much when readers knew her fate. I also usually get morals from every book but I struggled to find the moral here…believe in yourself? Even if that’s what it was, it wasn’t very clear! I also felt her character started become unlikeable in this book. Very moany. However, it was an interested read and I did like the relationships that were built and explained. The sad thing is I probably won’t remember this story in giver years but I am glad I read all the books.

An utter disappointment after the masterpiece of Graevale

Arkanae and Graevale were fantastic fantasy escapes. Both making me laugh at times. One making me cry. But unfortunately Vardaesia was nothing like the brilliance of those two books. It was too long. Too tedious. Too soppy. On and on and on and on it went. More trials. More riddles. And an inordinate amount of useless information and events.

After living through all the training sessions and tests of the previous books, it felt like an endless delay to go through the Gates in Vardaesia. All pointless time wasting in the end.

Plus Kaiden was like a pillow offering soppy softie support, rather than a heart pounding interesting character. Their interactions were a mix between cringe and sappy overripe peaches.

The story dragged. By the end, everytime Alex would name all the races fighting around her at every single endless location, I wanted to just yell Stop myself.

I skipped over some unnecessary whining and describing. That happened more and more as nothing meaningful happened for pages. The only other thing that seem to happen, was endless conversations about nonsense.

The ending was like a soap opera sprinkled with rushed gibberish and over sentimentality. Urgh.

Where the rest of the series was a masterpiece of brilliance, this was an utter disappointment. While I could still get onboard with the storyline, the writing was an overindulgent failure.

wow

what will I do now I have finished this series I binged all 6 books I loved the way the story drew you in and all the characters seemed so real I even shed tears when some of the characters died. well written and so enjoyable. Thank you Lynette Noni. 😃

love love love this collection!

perfect collection! so happy about the love sweetly blossomed between Alex and caiden. love all the characters and how they progressed in this collection, still think it can have a few more books to it though...the library did say there's more adventures to be had...I'd love to read them...please do more! I think I speak from all readers when I say you need to make more!....please? x