Though trained as a ruthless and efficient killer, Claire barely survived her last assignment. Still reeling from the summoning of the deadly Pale Queen and Roxie's betrayal, she's unprepared for Queen Mab's next demand: to help uncover a new threat to the kingdom, Claire must hunt down the mortal mother she's never known.

But Claire's divided loyalties may be the least of her worries: her mother, the former star of the Immortal Circus, has other enemies - including the Summer King. To save the Winter Kingdom from the Pale Queen's dark designs, Claire must attempt to awaken her mother's hidden magic. But even if she succeeds, is there magic potent enough to protect her from the dangers lurking in the treacherous forests of the Wildness - or from the shadows in her own heart?

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Listening Length	9 hours and 13 minutes
Author	A. R. Kahler
Narrator	Amy McFadden
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	03 May 2016
Publisher	Brilliance Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01DKTR1YU
Best Sellers Rank	27,732 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,330 in Contemporary Fantasy (Books) 1,472 in Mythology & Folk Tales 2,610 in Urban Fantasy (Books)

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Suzi3

Book 2 - how we get from here to there

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2020

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Lots of violence, lots of magic, lots of swearing. Strangely likeable characters in the circumstances!

Skylark

This book was pretty disappointing. At the start

Reviewed in the United States on 9 October 2016

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This book was pretty disappointing. At the start, the heroine is faced with a choice that isn't really a choice at all -- after being placed under a magical contract that robs her of her free will, she has to decide whether to kill her mother, who is... inevitably dying anyway, thanks to some events set in motion by accident. And despite there being no choice to make, she spends the entire book making it. If you want to find out what happens after she makes the choice... well, that's apparently what the next book is for.

Add in the fact that the heroine's emotional life is a grating broken record of shallow, uninterestingly written self pity (killing people over minor crimes for stress relief, looking down her nose at dreary suburban humans and their meaningless lives, then moping about how no one loves her because she's an assassin) and you get a pretty tedious read. I did enjoy the first book, so I'll probably press on with the series to see how it wraps up, but this was definitely a painfully long and drawn out "will the heroine do the thing" sort of book without much to offer except empty suspense.

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Faiza Imran

Had high hopes but...

Reviewed in the United States on 7 November 2016

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I dislike the main character in this series so I suppose thats a major contributor of why I've rated it poorly. I read the Immortal Circus series first and thought it was brilliant. I had high hopes of this series as it was a continuation of sorts but the writing doesn't seem to have the same magical quality that the first series had. The main character is really whiny and goes around claiming to be a bad ass but that's not shown in the action. feels more like I'm being told rather than shown her character.

Sigh, I'm still ploughing through the second book because I have a tiny spark of hope that the plot will be worth it. But I am skipping through paragraphs of the annoying narrative :(

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efu671

Fast paced page turners!

Reviewed in the United States on 29 December 2018

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This was a great three book series! The first book pulls you in to this world and the remaining two books carry the story to a great "Hollywood" ending. I liked that it's a departure from the traditional with a female assassin as the main protagonist and her demonic side-kick. The worlds of this story are full of characters that are interesting. After the first book, I finished the next two books in a long weekend. It's a quick read and thoroughly enjoyable.

yelnats

I loved the book as a whole but dang it Claire ...

Reviewed in the United States on 27 February 2017

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I loved the book as a whole but dang it Claire pissed me off. I realize that she had some growing up to do but she wasn't as strong as she was in the first book. She was too much of a cry baby but then again if I had just had to kill my girlfriend and had really no choice in a terrible decision ahead, I might be a little upset too. I loved all the different settings in this book. We got to see new parts of the castle, modern surburbia, the circus, and the forest. I was SO HAPPY we got to back to the circus and see some of the old characters. And Kingston! Ugh I just love him so much. I loved seeing more of his background. The book overall was a good follow up to the first book and set up what could be a fantastic ending in the last one. I can't wait to read it!

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