Grim Solace

By: Ben Galley

Narrated by: Moira Quirk, Samuel Roukin

Nothing is certain in Araxes. Not even death. Stolen from the widow's clutches, master thief and ghost Caltro Basalt must learn new ways to survive the cutthroat society of the Arctian Empire. His one hope for freedom and justice? A gift from the dead gods, who continue to beg for a saviour.

©2019 Ben Galley (P)2019 Recorded Books

Fast, fantastically dark, could listen for days.

Hypnotic excitement, I don't have enough credits for the next one. Gotta wait till tomorrow.

Great Story

This is the second book of the Chasing Graves trilogy. The narrators are a perfect fit for switching between the main characters, and help to give an extra element of life to this already great story! Love the writing, and can't wait to see what happens next!

Plot line moving slowly along.

In my review of the first book of this series I said that the story had some interesting world building and premise, but the plot had nothing really going on. I wasn't sure if I would move on, but due to a lack of current books from series I am listening to and the excellent narration of this series, I decided to do just that.

Unfortunately, this book continues its plodding pace from the first book. There is still not much happening in the storylines of three of the characters, and the most highlighted character is the villain, who is comically evil and unlikable. The book does seem to pick up steam in the last quarter or so.

Overall, I probably would not have started this series had I known how long it would take the plot to develop. I'm hoping the pace at the end of this book will lead into at least a good series ending book that will payoff my patience through the first two.

Narration is amazing in this book. But the story is boring.

I’ve read the first book and it was somewhat interesting. I took a break from it and came back to it. I figured that I would try the second one I was kind of hopeful. Unfortunately this book is not good. The narration is amazing. That’s why it’s getting two stars overall but the story is slow and characters make stupid decisions. Some of the characters are just completely appealing. The series had a great potential with some of its war and it just sucks that this isn’t a good book. Don’t waste your credit on it.