The Sea of the Dead

The Magicians of Venice, Book 2

By: Amy Kuivalainen

Narrated by: Brenda K Nelson

Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Penelope and Alexis are back in this next installment of 'The Immortals of Atlantis,' where danger and intrigue intertwine, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Penelope has embraced her destiny as the new Archivist for the magicians, but with an impending war against the formidable priests of Thevetat looming, and the tides of magic intensifying, she must swiftly navigate her perilous new world if she's going to outwit their adversaries. To vanquish them, Penelope and Alexis must unearth a weapon capable of obliterating him forever.

When a long-lost magical secret surfaces, unearthed by her colleague Tim, Penelope and Alexis embark on a high-stakes journey to Israel to secure it before their enemies, Abaddon and Kreios, seize the opportunity.

As Penelope's past collides with her newfound responsibilities, she confronts unimaginable sacrifices to safeguard the magicians' secrets and ensure victory in the battle against darkness.

This book is an urban fantasy that contains lots of magic and mystery, but please note it does contain adult themes, violence, and sex scenes.

©2020 Amy Kuivalainen (P)2024 Amy Kuivalainen

Switching Narrators Was The Worst!

Ugggh. I just can’t stand when a series switches narrators. In this case it was a BAD move. The original narrator was amazing!! This narrator was just awful. I wanted to stop and not listen to it but I need to get to the third book that has the original narrator back.

Ugh!!!

The first book narrator was so GOOD!! This one not so much. I love the story. But not the narrative part of it.

Poor Accents, dramatically different from the first one

Story is great! However, this narrator isn't nearly as engaging as the first one. She shouldn't bother with accents or voices. she sounds bored and sarcastic

Sigh.. Good book, terrible narrator

Just as my title implies.. the book is great, a continuation of the exciting story began in book 1, but the narrator is terrible. Truly. I am so sad they couldn’t keep the same narrator.. it’s been a struggle to say the least to get through it.

Great book, not so great narration

The second book in the series was fun and compelling, just like the first. Luckily so, as this narrator struggled. There are so many characters to which the first narrator did such an amazing job. But this one couldn’t do a single discernible accent. Or do any sort of inflection when a character was sad or even scared. Most of the Magicians sounded like they were in slow motion. Still worth a listen if you’re enjoying the story.

Worst Narrator

Worst narrator ever. Her change of voices for certain characters was disastrous. This was absolute torture. Narrator treats the text as if it were a children’s book!

DNF

Let me start off by saying I really enjoyed the first book. The Narrator switch for book two killed this series dead for me. I can get past most narrator issues people seem to have but this switch was like watching your favorite show consistently everyday then one day out of the blue every single actor gets swapped out with a new actors that don’t look anything like the characters they’re replacing and you can’t even follow the plot anymore because you’re still scratching your head trying to figure out who in the world is who all while checking over and over again if you even turned on the correct show in the first place. It’s not that this narrator is bad it’s just that the incredible accents and distinct voices each character had before is just gone and it’s so distracting that you simply can’t recognize who is who even when the author flat out tells you.