Rainhorn

The Weirkey Chronicles, Book 2

By: Sarah Lin

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Betrayed. Murdered. Reborn. One last chance to make it right.

Theo's adventure ended with his mentor's hands around his neck. The betrayal cost him his friends, allies, and everything he had built...but not his life. Though broken and powerless, Theo has one last chance to enter the Nine Worlds, wielding the knowledge and expertise of his first life. This time, he needs more than just power, he needs to unravel the deception that killed him once...and is coming for him again.

Theo built his foundation, but now he has no choice except to venture into the brutal world of Deuxan. In this pale realm of blood feuds, he'll find no allies and no resources except those he can steal. He finally has a chance to investigate what happened since in his first life...but he may not like the answers.

©2020 Sarah Lin (P)2022 Sarah Lin

The last "good" before it gets "great"

When rereading this book I found myself getting impatient for the next one. Don't get me wrong, there are some good bits. Our first ascensions and orbital bombardments, for example. But aside from seeing a new world and some new characters, this book feels like too much of a bridge between one and three.

One big thing: SENKA. As much as I loved seeing the hidden meanings this reread, I remember how much I hated her the first time around. If anyone thinks she's an annoying mascot character, just wait... the payoff later is pretty amazing.

But that's kind of the problem with this book. Too many of the pieces are setup and not enough are payoff. It's still pretty fun overall, it just pales in comparison to the others.

As for the performance, Baldree is still GOAT.

Great story and performance

An excellent continuation that builds perfectly on the first book's foundation while leaving room for many more adventures to come. Very excited to see how Theo's skills grow.

great magic system

love the soul home system for magic. I wish the books were a little longer but its a nice taste.

great book

Another great book in the weir key chronicle series with great narration by Travis Baldree.

Needs to be longer

It is decent story and I love the world however the story needs to be longer and include a bit more growth on soulhome powers. Honestly I will drop the series if book 3 is not longer its just not worth the credit to spend on anything less than 9 hours.

Please support this series.

This series deserves a lot more attention than it is currently getting. The characters are great, the magic system is so refreshing and unique, and the setting is expansive and interesting.

The author has kindly agreed to put the first three books on audible no matter what, but because it's an expensive process is not sure she can do more unless the series does well.

Please support the author so she can continue this fantastic series and help provide motivation for future books!

more please

the only thing I regret with this book is that I don't have more of it right now. I. am looking forward to the next one.

romance none
drama plenty
adventure much
action much
building plenty
conversation medium
descriptions some

Amazing story and concept!

This world just continues to grow and inspire me further! Sarah Lin must have a truly fascinating mind.

And if course, Baldree is perfect and we all love him.

Disappointing Sequel

I enjoyed the first book of the series, and I was hoping the second book would work out some of the kinks in the story. However, I feel like Rainhorn made me overall less interested in the series.

Soulhome made it clear that this would be a story with stakes and constant pursuers, one where a mad scramble to get as strong as possible as quickly as possible was needed to survive. It finished off strong, and leading into this book I anticipated some clever actions from the protagonists to bypass the normal slow process by any means necessary.

Instead, the second book follows a very slow, standard path for progression. I typically prefer a slower progression series, but with the setup in this series it feels like a lot of time is being wasted when extremely powerful pursuers could show up at any minute. The beats are very repetitive, much moreso than the first book. By the fourth or fifth time the rich rival characters showed up I was very tired of the same thing happening again and again with no real forward momentum. The climax itself is solved by the protagonists using the same techniques they used in previous encounters with the same enemies but better this time, which I found very lackluster.

I hope this series finds its stride in later books, as I find the setting interesting and I'm a fan of another of the author's works.

Absolutamente Fantástica!

Absolutely fantastic novel in a series we want to read more of! Sarah Lin has a good thing going once again.
We are getting deeper into the thinking of the main characters and their relationships. A fun new character who adds mystery to the story is Senka. Either people like her or find her irritating. First I read the book, and found the questions as they were puzzling over her background intriguing. Now, enter Travis Baldree! He does the coolest job of giving the characters different voices, and blending the conversations so well, you would really think there are several people in the studio talking together. The voice and conversation with Senka's childlike manner just made me laugh and laugh. As with Sarah Lin's other novels, this series is worth a second read/hearing as it is rich and has a lot of nuance.
Keep up the outstanding work Sarah!