Bayou Moon (The Edge #2) by Ilona Andrews
Publication Date: September 1st 2010 by Tantor Audio
Pages: 447
Audio Book Length: 15hrs 32min
Narrator: Renée Raudman
Source: Purchased
Rating: ★★★★★
My
Thoughts:
The Edge is a place where magical powers and creatures exist.
It sits in between the Broken, our world, and the Weird, a place where magic thrives
and where a royal society rules.
Cerise Mar’s parents are abducted as part of a land grab in
the Edge by a rival family. Their abduction was at the urging of The Hand, a
deadly group of unnaturally enhanced humans led by the ruthless and power-hungry,
Spider. Cerise has to reclaim her land and get her parents back. Her plans and
mission collide with William’s.
William was born a changeling and brought up to be a soldier.
He left that life when the government turned against him and he’s been living a
quiet, solitary existence in the Edge, until the government needs his help
again. They have the perfect motivation for William: capture Spider, the killer
responsible for the mass murders of changeling children. He’s eager for vengeance!
I adored William and Cerise’s first meeting! “The Hobo-Queen”
and “Lord Bill” had me cracking up! They had plenty of chemistry, and longing from
afar. I thought their romance was well done and in the right amount considering
all the danger they were in. I loved the big, crazy extended Mar family and how
they *mostly* welcomed William in!
Parts really creeped me out, especially the bits in Spider’s
POV!
My heart went out to Lark (Sophie), Cerise’s younger sister,
who had a traumatic event shape her. Lark appears in future installments of The
Edge and The Innkeeper series, as does George and Jack, Rose’s younger brothers,
so it was nice to reread her introduction. I loved seeing her, George and Jack
again and they continue to be some of my favorite characters of Ilona Andrews’
stories!
Renée Raudman's narration is excellent! I highly recommend the audios!
I read Bayou Moon back in 2015, and re-read it again for a read-along I’m participating in with Anne @Books of My Heart. I loved it even more the second time around!
5 Stars
Book Description:
The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Walmart and magic is a fairytale–and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…
Cerise Mar and her unruly clan are cash poor but land rich, claiming a large swathe of the Mire, the Edge swamplands between the state of Louisiana and the Weird. When her parents vanish, her clan’s long-time rivals are suspect number one.
But all is not as it seems. Two nations of the Weird are waging a cold war fought by feint and espionage, and their conflict is about to spill over into the Edge—and Cerise’s life . William, a changeling soldier who left behind the politics of the Weird, has been forced back into service to track down a rival nation’s spymaster.
When William’s and Cerise’s missions lead them to cross paths, sparks fly—but they’ll have to work together if they want to succeed…and survive.
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