A DEMON WITH A SILKEN TONGUE… entire life trying to overcome her mother’s shame. After being taken into the High Mage’s confidence, she finally has a chance to prove her worth. But she never anticipated the emotion that awakens in her when she catches the eye of a demon.
AN ISLAND MADE PRISON FOR THE UNFORGIVEN…
After more than a century of banishment, Baltherus knows Amnestria is his only means of escape. With time working against him, he’ll have to betray his soul’s other half to claim his freedom — if she can be persuaded to see past her preconceptions and submit to him.
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I really enjoy how this story flows pretty much smoothly from the first book into this one. The world building continues and we get a much clearer view of the outside world and how it really is and what’s happening. I’m also happy that we got to see more of Baltherus and figure out what makes him tick.
Unlike Morthanion, I don’t believe Baltherus really qualifies as evil. He’s pretty much a survivor with a degree of ambition that causes him more than a little trouble. Don’t get me wrong, he’s definitely done bad things. He probably falls into the ‘bad boy’ category. I enjoy that Amnestria has a temper and enjoyed watching it cause her issues. The pairing was, once again, well made. Charmer meet the anti-charm. She made him slip his own reins without even trying.
This wasn’t quite as dark as Make Me Burn, but it did deal with some heavy topics regardless.
Second book in the isle of the forgotten series.
This story continues straight after the first book. Diving straight into a juicy plot.
The h, Amnestria is a justicar mage ( GO GO JUSTIC MAGES ) sent on a special mission by the high Mage to investigate potential corruption and unfit sentencing of prisioner on the isle of the forgotten. Along with her commander ( booooo hisss ) and 3 other justicar mages ( GO GO JUSTICE MAGE ON TOUR ). Plague by self doubt, duty and a secret she is keeping from everyone, she is compelled to carry out her mission.
Baltherus is a demon ( and suspected big bad from book 1 ) the misguided, long term self proclaimed ‘king of the not so bad…bad guys’ has had his security and beliefs burnt to ash by aria and M???? ( still can’t spell it ) at the end of the first book. Plagued by guilt at the thought of Aria’s death ( SHES ALIVE! ) he questions every decision he has made in his 150 years on the island but continues to search for a way off the isle…. instead He finds Amnestria….
The world creating in this series is phenomenal, the story is meaty and brilliantly written. The charachters are emotive and expressive and flawed and REAL!
With each book the continuing story is developing at a brilliant rate and I’m loving every page.
I’m enjoying this series so much and the characters that are introduced in the prior book, next is Galen’s book.
Make Me Hunger is the second book in the Isle of the Forgotten series, and we start with the High Mage giving one of his Justicars a job to do on the quiet. He feels that some of the prisoners have been sent there without proper trial, and wants Amnestria to find out for sure. Along in the group though, as their commander, is the one person who Amnestria has a one night history with! The one person who wants that one night again, even though she isn’t interested. The others in the team pick up on this, and try to help her any which way they can. During a fight with some of those who have lost their humanity on the island, Amnestria is separated from the rest of them, and Baltherus comes to her rescue – if you can call cuffing and kidnapping her rescue! Although they both have histories and secrets, they seem to be working things out. It isn’t just them on the Island though, and real life has a way of intruding…
After meeting Baltherus in the first book, I was hopeful of him turning out to be an alright guy, but I wasn’t sure. Amnestria was a strong and sassy female, whilst also having her vulnerabilities. Together, these two are strong and will fight for each other AND what is right. Their story is very well written, with plenty of feels (figuratively and literally!). The pace is smooth and yet it is full of action in all the right places. There were no editing or grammatical errors to disrupt the reading flow, and this book pretty much read itself as I got lost within the pages. It will be interesting to find out what comes next in The Order, and I would personally love to hear more about our happy couples and how life is treating them. Definitely recommended by me.
* A copy of this book was provided to me with no requirements for a review. I voluntarily read this book, and my comments here are my honest opinion. *
Merissa
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