A mysterious crystal.A realm of myth.Darkness is reborn.After years of exile, Cora has returned to her rightful place as princess. She has her title, her home, and even the man she loves. But a devastating secret threatens to shatter everything she’s worked for…including her heart.Newly engaged, Prince Teryn is determined to get to know the woman he is to marry. But when he becomes separated from … know the woman he is to marry. But when he becomes separated from his betrothed, his plans come crashing down. In a moment of anger, he makes one fatal mistake that unleashes a new reign of darkness.
Teryn and Cora find themselves on opposite sides of an ancient prophecy, tangled in a web of lies, legend, magic, and memories. Evil has returned to the land of Lela. This time, no one will ever see it coming.
Veil of Mist is BOOK TWO in the LELA TRILOGY. If you like royal intrigue, swoon-worthy romance, metaphysical magic, and surprising new worlds, then you’ll love Tessonja Odette’s epic fantasy tale.
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Start from the beginning of the Lela Trilogy with BOOK ONE, SHADOWS OF LELA. Finish the trilogy with BOOK THREE, SHADES OF PROPHECY.
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An unusually strong second outing in an epic fantasy series
Like others who have read this story, I found this to be a page turner with excellent pacing and lots of plot twists. The characters are strong, compelling, and interesting. Veil of Mist is a fine second book in a series that will be a pleasure to read for fans of epic fantasy.
She seems to have everything she wanted, including love but it was never going to all go well. Evil now has the face of the one she loves. How is she going to deal with it all? Can she banish the evil? See if she can
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I just finished listening to “Veil of Mist” and I have so many thoughts swirling in my mind. When I first started it, I kind of dreaded it thanks to the blurb announcing Teryn’s faux de pas, but I think once I got over it (it wasn’t as bad as I thought), I got so invested in the story some things stopped bothering me (like the fact I could stand only for so long Larylis’ and Mareleau’s voices).
With this sequel, Tessonja Odette delivers another epic adventure with far greater and darker ramifications than the first. There’s more danger and twists, the story delves more into some characters’ pasts, it transports the readers to other realms and introduces new characters, all while leaving one with the question, will it end in a cliffhanger?
As for the narrator, besides the aforementioned “but”, I think she did a great job with the voices of all the characters both good and evil, as well as with the new ones and the foreign accents (though with English being my second language, it took me a bit to get used to the elven accent). I also think there was a “repetition” of sorts in one of the last chapters, but other than that, her performance was really good and definitely gives continuity to the series. ~ 4.5 stars
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This book was much better than the first book! I believe it had to do with there being less action, and this is a personal thing, so I can’t really judge the book for this. The romance bloomed on all sides.
Secondly, this one focused more on royal politics, all while mixing the magic that we loved from the first. I love royal politics. The marriages, the debates over running a kingdom…it’s all great!
The villain in this one was good! Such a sneaky trick and I am happy it was resolved by the end. Onto the next one, which is shaping up to be more politics
Allow a VERY long, full day for this installment of the (mostly) family-friendly adventures of Princess Coralaine, Prince Teryn, Princess Mareleau, and Prince Larylis. I had an ARC from Booksprout and this voluntary review is my own opinion.
Veil of Mist
Tessonja Odette
This book picks up right where book one left off…and the story line continues to pull you in! I Love. It!
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An exciting sequel to Shadows of Lela. The story takes you to Ridine where Cora and Mareleau have to live their lives without their husbands, the twins Teryn and Larylis. However, Teryn decided to follow Cora and unexpectedly becomes a pawn in the battle for evil and good when Morkai takes over his body and Teryn’s soul is trapped in a crystal. Cora sees all the misery and chaos around her getting bigger and tries to find a solution without losing Teryn. This is how she discovers El’Ara, the Ancient Realm.
Nice adventure story to read. A lot is happening and the young protagonists (between 17 and 20) are trying to save their world and maintain their love.
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Cora is putting her life back together as princess. Mareleau is chosen to go to Ridline to help prepare her to become queen. While Larylis and Taryn are in Mena to rule there. With a prophecy in play and evil that needs to be conquered, this book was interesting and exciting and I can’t wait to read the next one
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Just like my review of the first story, I really enjoyed the story while listening to this book. I found the characters very engaging and well developed and the world building well done. My only problem is the narrator. She sounded very whiny to my ears and there wasn’t a lot of distinction in her voices and tone. The male characters most often didn’t sound masculine at all and the unicorn’s voice was like a little child – the kind that grates on you. This is really unfortunate, because, like I said, the story itself is very good. I will read the last book in the series the old fashioned way, rather than listen.
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I struggled with the first half of this story, but once it got going and the enemy was introduced, it improved. I wish as much time was set on the resolution as was on building up to the crisis.