Rise of Legends (The Kin of Kings: Book 2)

By: B.T. Narro

Narrated by: Brad C. Wilcox

Basen's unique skill with energy leaves him hunted by a psychic of legendary power. But that becomes the least of his troubles when an enemy army of unknown numbers, loyal to a murderous pretender to the throne, surrounds the Academy where Basen has honed his talents. As he begins uncovering the truth about his enemies, it does little more than show him how powerful they really are. But the most dangerous of all, the one who hunts him, will shock everyone by accomplishing something so diabolical, so utterly insane, no one would've guessed it was possible.

©2015 B.T. Narro (P)2016 B.T. Narro

good book, bad narrator

Great book, but that is unfortunately brought down by the narrator. his voice lacks a smooth cadence, almost robotic in timbre. his phrasen is very jaunty almost as if he's the first learning to read the book and needs to stop, think about and pronounce each word before moving on to the next one.

it's a fun book but not spectacular.

the narrator might be the biggest problem. he speaks slowly and sounds like a high school teenager moping around while mom is asking him questions about his day

Another great book

I was sidelined by this series I was just going to read it while I waited for other books to come out but now it’s in my top 5 favorite series.

All Stars

Loved the first and second books. Can't wait for the next book! Hope it gets here soon.

Bad. Not even as good as book 1.

This was just bad. Sorry. The war idea should've waited until book 4 or something.
The idea where Basin could rise in an academy setting, showing off his unique abilities with wand and sword should've been more of a focus. As he gains the respect of his peers. But it seems like the author wanted to throw in this war. War-- we as fantasy authors overuse this objective.
The idea that Sonya was the first woman in the academy, rising up to be a legend. And even as a potential rival for Allabel.
There was so much potential in this but it was bogged down with boring backstory, history, awful scenes.

This book just seems like it was too early. And it was predictable. Way too predictable. Sonya is basically a necromancer. I immediately knew Alex was coming back --and it seems like Steph suddenly knowing how to make a potion that erases memories--- *sigh*

I'm stopping there for now. I'm done with this series. There wasn't enough here to make me really care about the academy. There should've been more.
A rival for Basin? More time in the academy before the war come in? Maybe some warning that Tackery existed in the first place? Maybe it should've been mentioned a little bit before, I don't know.
The takeover came out of nowhere.
Nevermind. What's written is written. This is my opinion. The first book was way better.
The performance of this just didn't work. Boring. And what's with Cleave's voice? Monotone, really? A lot of the performance was monotone, probably because even the narrator was like, "wtf?"