Wolfsbane Aralorn Book 2 (Audible Audio Edition) Patricia Briggs Katherine Kellgren Patricia Briggs introduction Audible Studios Books
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The exciting follow-up to New York Times #1 best-selling author Patricia Briggs' Masques features the further adventures of the shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn.
Aralorn's dangerous existence has taken her far from her aristocratic roots and kept her from her homeland for more than a decade. Now, she must return home to mourn the death of her father, the Lyon of Lambshold. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they discover that home is gone forever and they must take on an old enemy more sinister than they ever could have imagined.
Katherine Kellgren, the voice of Masques and one of Audible's favorite narrators, returns to take listeners on this new adventure.
BONUS AUDIO Includes an introduction written and read by author Patricia Briggs.
Wolfsbane Aralorn Book 2 (Audible Audio Edition) Patricia Briggs Katherine Kellgren Patricia Briggs introduction Audible Studios Books
I'm a fan of Patricia Brigg's other work, and especially of these characters. I must have read the original "Masques" about a dozen times in junior high, so I was thrilled when I heard the sequel would be released after so many years. Overall, I found this installment satisfying.The novel opens with the main character, Aralorn, heading home to her family estate to attend her father's funeral. Wolf joins her at the family castle, and the two soon discover that her father is not in fact dead, but under the influence of a powerful spell that will kill him before long. The book follows Aralorn and Wolf and a small host of friends and family as they work to discover who is responsible for the attack and undo the spell. Their continued romance forms the major subplot of the book, occasionally superseding the mystery, so that it's almost a toss up whether this is a fantasy-mystery novel with some elements of romance, or a romance novel with some elements of fantasy and mystery.
In this sequel, Briggs brings her the two lovers closer together, highlighting the underlying similarity between the two by revealing Aralorn's sense of isolation from her large family, and giving Wolf some opportunity for redemption.
In certain ways, this novel offers a bit of a reality check. In the first book Aralorn and Wolf are coming to terms with how they feel about each other in the midst of a larger struggle against a powerful evil magician. In this book, they've already won the big fight. Now they're actually together--and it's not so easy carrying on a relationship with someone who is the equivalent of a wanted felon, inherently self destructive, and periodically leaves without explanation.
But, it's not so bad either. The couple is charming, sarcastic, witty and sweet. Their interactions are by far my favorite part of the whole book.
There are some undoubtedly corney moments ("Don't you die on me...") that just have to be got through. It's hard to care too terribly much about any of the side characters, even those the author obviously intended her readers to care about. Briggs has also added some details which help knit together the rest of the loosely interconnected books in what the publisher has apparently decided to call the "Sianim Series," but which add nothing at all to this story.
But, nit picky flaws aside, I enjoyed this book quite a bit, and recommend it.
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Wolfsbane Aralorn Book 2 (Audible Audio Edition) Patricia Briggs Katherine Kellgren Patricia Briggs introduction Audible Studios Books Reviews
I have not found a book that I do not like by Patricia Briggs. Her characters are really interesting and you find yourself wanting to learn more about them. Wolf and Aralorn are intriguing. I understand that this is one of her early works and some mention flaws; however, flaws if any are easily overlooked with such a compelling story and characters.
Early Patricia Briggs means an interesting story, intriguing characters, and fun adventure. Her later novels have better character development, shorter event lengths, and fewer generational developments. Both, early and later, stories are wonderful in their own way. I recommend anything Patricia Briggs.
It was a better tale. Wolf and company have one more adventure that strengthens bonds and deepens understandings. I am, as always, fond of morose men in need of redemption like Wolf, and Aralong is a lucky lady to be gifted with his skittish love.
She is one of my favorite authors! Her writing is great and most of the time you can't put it down! A good story and a good price for the hours of entertainment as I am able to listen while I work, so it's a win - win for me!
I enjoyed the book, though I do think that Masques was better. While characters were really well developed in Masques, in Wolfsbane I felt that the development and character progression was lacking.
This sequel to Masques continues Aralorn and Wolf's adventures while they learn how to deal better with green (earth) magic and their own relationship. This story takes place at Aralorn's family keep, which she returns to after ten year away, so she is also dealing with her very large family and their issues. The author also adds in a new monster to spice things up.
Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs is the sequel to her book Masques. I do think it's important to read Masques first. There's a lot of interplay between the main characters which relies on a knowledge of all that came before, in the first book.
In Wolfsbane we know that Aralorn and Wolf are in love with each other. They are intimate companions and trust in each other. Aralorn is heading home for her father's funeral. But is her father really dead? Very quickly she is drawn into a plot with a flurry of characters and motives.
I do enjoy Briggs' writing, scenarios, and atmosphere. I enjoy the richness of green magic, white magic, and black magic. That being said, there didn't seem to be as much depth here as there was in the first novel. The characters we meet don't seem as rich and multi-dimensional as some of the fascinating characters from the first book. The scope of what they're undertaking seems far less important. It's no longer the fate of the entire free world that's at stake, just one person. And even there, it seems that for part of the time Aralorn isn't really thinking about her father at all. She hadn't talked to him in ten years, and while she certainly cares for him, it's a distant feeling.
The interactions between Aralorn and Wolf are now more playful banter than in depth discussions. We meet a few of her siblings, but even there they are not richly painted.
There's also passages that could have been cleaned up by a more attentive editor. I've tweaked the language here so as to not give away spoilers, but we run into sections along these lines
She looked at the sword, and could see the care that had gone into its making. It had a nice handle and guard. It was the blade that attested to the care that had gone into its making.
Yes, yes, I get it. Care had gone into its making. Certainly I understand that sometimes authors do this type of repetition for deliberate effect, but I think in the cases in this book it was simply that the author liked a certain turn of phrase and didn't realize she'd used them right in line with each other.
I did get drawn in, and I did finish up the book. I didn't end it feeling as satisfied as I had reading the first book. I think a better way to phrase is is that when I finished the first book I immediately wanted to read the second book, and did. When I finished this second book, I was OK having spent the time reading it, but I felt no draw to read a third one.
Still, if you enjoyed Masques, it's worth reading this to see what happens next.
I'm a fan of Patricia Brigg's other work, and especially of these characters. I must have read the original "Masques" about a dozen times in junior high, so I was thrilled when I heard the sequel would be released after so many years. Overall, I found this installment satisfying.
The novel opens with the main character, Aralorn, heading home to her family estate to attend her father's funeral. Wolf joins her at the family castle, and the two soon discover that her father is not in fact dead, but under the influence of a powerful spell that will kill him before long. The book follows Aralorn and Wolf and a small host of friends and family as they work to discover who is responsible for the attack and undo the spell. Their continued romance forms the major subplot of the book, occasionally superseding the mystery, so that it's almost a toss up whether this is a fantasy-mystery novel with some elements of romance, or a romance novel with some elements of fantasy and mystery.
In this sequel, Briggs brings her the two lovers closer together, highlighting the underlying similarity between the two by revealing Aralorn's sense of isolation from her large family, and giving Wolf some opportunity for redemption.
In certain ways, this novel offers a bit of a reality check. In the first book Aralorn and Wolf are coming to terms with how they feel about each other in the midst of a larger struggle against a powerful evil magician. In this book, they've already won the big fight. Now they're actually together--and it's not so easy carrying on a relationship with someone who is the equivalent of a wanted felon, inherently self destructive, and periodically leaves without explanation.
But, it's not so bad either. The couple is charming, sarcastic, witty and sweet. Their interactions are by far my favorite part of the whole book.
There are some undoubtedly corney moments ("Don't you die on me...") that just have to be got through. It's hard to care too terribly much about any of the side characters, even those the author obviously intended her readers to care about. Briggs has also added some details which help knit together the rest of the loosely interconnected books in what the publisher has apparently decided to call the "Sianim Series," but which add nothing at all to this story.
But, nit picky flaws aside, I enjoyed this book quite a bit, and recommend it.
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