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 The New York TImes bestselling series!

Dark forces are on the rise in this sweeping second book in The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.

Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs when they rescued a Selkie and freed a military dragon. The last thing they expected was to be thrust into a realm-wide underground resistance against Gardnerian conquest.

While the Resistance fights the harsh rulings of the Mage Council, Gardnerian soldiers descend upon the University…led by none other than Lukas Grey, now commander of the nearby military base. Though Elloren tries to keep him at arm’s length, Lukas is determined to tie himself to her, convinced that she’s the heir to the power of the Black Witch, a legacy that will decide the future of Erthia. As his magic calls to her, Elloren finds it more and more difficult to believe she’s truly powerless, as her uncle always claimed.

Critics are raving about Laurie Forest’s incredible debut, The Black Witch:

“Forest uses a richly imagined magical world to offer an uncompromising condemnation of prejudice and injustice.” —Booklist, starred review

“A noteworthy debut.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Briskly paced, tightly plotted.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Books in The Black Witch Chronicles:

The Black Witch
The Iron Flower
The Shadow Wand
The Demon Tide
The Dryad Storm
Wandfasted (ebook novella)*
Light Mage (ebook novella)*

* Also available in print in The Rebel Mages anthology Fantastique Fantastique épique Fiction Littérature Littérature sentimentale Magique Paranormal Récits initiatiques Science-fiction et fantasy Discrimination Utilisateurs magiques Militaire Sorcellerie

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Another packed story in THE BLACK WITCH CHRONICLES that follows Elloren as she struggles to come to terms with her identity, lack of power, and incredible loss as cruel forces sweep to take over the realms.

This book is a lot of build-up. Most of the plot is centered around further solidifying Elloren as she continues breaking free of her people's teachings, as well as preparing for the larger events of the series. Though this can be seen as "second-book syndrome," I actually enjoyed the slower pacing. It allowed more time for the characters, their emotions, and their relationships to grow.

Elloren remains an empathetic character and I appreciated that she was truly doing her best, given how she's been raised and how she sees herself. It was nice to see more of her fire grow and see her willing to fight to support her friends. The tone of this book was much darker and she suffered quite a bit, so I was glad to see more of her passion emerge later in the book.

All of the side characters, aside from the antagonists, were complex and layered. There were new characters and groups introduced that added to this challenging political story. The bond between Elloren and Ivan continued to grow and I appreciated the direction it went. Elloren had great dialogues with many characters, and to be honest, much of the dialogues were the highlight of the book for me.

While there aren't endless action scenes, there were plenty of dramatic moments that made this book very powerful and challenging, especially near the end. There is a sense of heaviness, danger, and consequence that I hope continues through the rest of the series.

There are two major twists at the end. I don't know if it was because of the prose or plot, or that I just read so much I can identify these things, but I figured both of them out early on and was not surprised by either. That said, I didn't need shock value to enjoy the book. Instead, there is a sense of "Well, now that that's out of the way, I'm excited for what will happen next!"

Great Follow Up

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Great narration and a really great book, enjoyable story. I listen to these audiobooks when driving my daughter to school or dance. I feel like the author provides excellent examples for young people to understand the complexities of religion, sexuality, discrimination, refugees, etc in the real world by exposing the protagonist to challenging experiences that cause her to have personal growth. There is also a theme of female strength through these stories, which is good for young people to hear and understand women can actually be strong.
With all that said, these really are enjoyable stories where you can escape into the world the author has created. I can’t to wait to listen to the next book in the series!

Excellent Series!

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Ahhhh How I became enamoured by the characters, and enthralled in the story. Finally feeling the broadband of emotions strewn together in a gripping continuation of The Black Witch Chronicles. A most joyous listen. Julia Whelan is now my favourite audible voice. Thank you.

The Best Paced In This Series

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fabulous performance yet again. the plot isn't predictable and the character development is great. I go forth in binging the heck out of this series

Just as good as the 1st one

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I'm really enjoying this series. The Iron Flower was more about developing the characters' relationships with each other than the main story, but it still has some big plot points. Definitely recommend it!

Obsessed.

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