The Sun Child

The Vampires of Malvania, Book 2

By: J. M. Failde

Narrated by: Raven Wildewood, Ryan Stone

A child of man, with hair like day meeting night, will guide the vampire back into the sunlight.

Lila Bran has been here before, she has been the mouse in the Vipers’ game. But this time, she’s stronger. This time, she has power, the safety of her brother, and—most importantly—she has Ambrose Draven. As she aims to prove herself against her enemies in the Viper Morada, will Lila find the depth of her powers and prove she is more than a murine? Or will she discover the beginnings of another great war between the four remaining vampire manors? As enemies threaten to overtake Malvania, Lila and Ambrose must choose their allies wisely. But what if they can’t even trust themselves?

(Note: This book contains dark and mature language, themes, and content that may not be suitable for all listeners, including violence, blood, abuse, attempted sexual assault, and explicit sex. Listener discretion is advised.)

©2024 J. M. Failde (P)2025 J. M. Failde

Strong Narration Brings the Story to Life

I listened to The Sun Child on Audible, and the narrators did an excellent job. Their depth and expression added real dimension to the characters and made the world feel immersive.

The story itself continues Lila’s journey with plenty of twists, political intrigue, and her growing awareness of her skills and power. There’s a strong sense of mystery and tension that carried through the plot.

For me, it was spicier than expected and the pacing felt a bit drawn out in places, but the narration made it an engaging listen overall. Fans of vampire fantasy with layers of intrigue will likely enjoy this continuation.

Amazing 👏🏻 Ceative and Original

The world building, creativity and originality in this duet is INCREDIBLE! Ive truly NEVER read a paranormal, dark romance like this. It had such a different spin and take on the paranormal world all while still keeping some of the traditional vampire lore. The slow burn build up and spice is slow and gradually but once it gets there.......OH MY GAWD!!! 🔥 🥵
Loved, loved, loved, EVERYTHING about this duet. Fingers crossed Failde gives us stories on Marcus and Constance and Darius and Rebecca!!!! LOVED the characters so much and didnt want the story to end!!!

Lila x Ambrose

So my only big pet peeve about the Sun Child is again this book being told through third person being told basically as a story. I thought this was an amazing audio. Raven and Ryan did such a phenomenal job with their narration of this story again with Ryan’s voice in this book all I can think of was the villain Michael Morbius from the animated Spider-Man show back in the 90s that’s just who reminded me of and it’s funny because Michael Morbius was also a vampire. Raven throughout this just goes through like a range of everything and she portrays the character through all that range. Our FMC has her downs and ups, she goes through a lot and I don’t think anyone else but Raven could’ve done this. If you’ve read the crow Lord, then Sun Child picks up three months after the events of the Crow Lord, this book is more spicy you get more, more basically vampire, drama, more action, and more Lila and Ambrose. Kind of like a quick recap for anyone going into the Sun child, is at the end of the Crow Lord, Lila has now gone back with the vipers as she’s trying to have like a Feyre moment from ACOWAR and basically bring them down from the inside. But again in this one, we top book one with our spice, with our drama, with the action. Thank you so much to blue nose audio for allowing an opportunity to listen to these audios early. Thank you so much again to the amazing Ryan Stone and Raven Wildewood for your narration. And most importantly, thank you to the author J.M. Failde!

Even better than book one! Amazing series!!

Story - ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Spice - 🌶🌶🌶🌶
Narration - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sun Child is book #2 in The Vampires of Malvania dark romantasy series. My opinion - this was better than book one! TSC picks up a few months after the incredible cliffhanger from book #1 with Lila back in the clutches of the Vipers to destroy them and things not going as she hoped. The author ramped up so many aspects of this story - unexpected friendships and alliances, betrayal and loss, Lila's discovery of her powers, and way more spice between her and Ambrose. I binged this because the action and plot twists just kept on coming. LOVED it!

The narration by Ryan Stone and Raven Wildewood is amazing! They take this amazing story to the next level by giving us ALL the emotion and passion of the characters. Mr. Stone's plead of "Lila"...blew me away. These two are magic...5/5 stars!!

Vampy Romance

The Sun Child picks up right where The Crow Lord left off. And I was so ready. Raven Wildewood and Ryan Stone reprised their roles as Lila (FMC) and as Ambrose (MMC). And they are really the most perfect pair to bring the book to life. When Lila decided to go back to the Viper Morada and let them think they could control her, I was so scared for her. I knew Ambrose would keep an eye on her though there Concord but it wasn’t the same. There is so much action and lots of death (of the bad guys). Watching Lila come in to her own as The Sun Child and seeing Ambrose love her even more than before was the absolute best.