The Adversary

Two Series, One Book

Any additional comments?

This book is the third book in two separate series. It is the third book of The Sundering Series, and the third book in the story of Farideh, Erin M. Evans' premier character. You do not need to listen to the first two books in The Sundering Series in order to enjoy this book -- "The Companions" and "The Godborn" has almost nothing to do with this book. However, you probably do want to familiarize yourself with Ms. Evans' other two books: "Brimstone Angels" and "Brimstone Angels: Lesser Evils."

My major critique of this book is that the B plot-line obstacle (between Havilar and Brin) seems particularly forced for the sake of a delayed climax that fits into a traditional narrative arch. I hate to say that it rings false, because this is all just make-believe anyway, but it does.

On the plus side, I think Dina Pearlman has really improved as a voice actor since the last book in this series.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Great but you have to pay attention to characters

Would you try another book from Erin M. Evans and/or Dina Pearlman?

yes both are great

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

more devils like asmodaus

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

yes it was great

Could you see The Adversary being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

yes the girlfrom hunger games

Any additional comments?

worth a credit but you have to read the first two from same author on same characters

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

A great follow up to Brimstone Angels

If you could sum up The Adversary in three words, what would they be?

Insightful, emotional, adventure!

What did you like best about this story?

Astonishing developments in the Farideh and Havilar story, with good Harpers and Hells style action. The sideways riff on deconstructing TWILIGHT via Farideh and Lorcan continues to develop in fascinating and heart-gripping ways.

Which scene was your favorite?

The final scene

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I think I was holding my breath through about half the chapters.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Easily the best of the Sundering

If you could sum up The Adversary in three words, what would they be?

Fantastic Shared-World Story

Any additional comments?

This may be my favorite a Realms novel ever. Evans integrates the world in a top notch fashion the way the leaders in the setting often don't. She, likewise ties in with the other Sundering books in ways both meaningful and interesting. All this in a story involving some of my favorite things, Chosen, devils, and Harpers. Every third tier character deserves a spin off story because that's how interesting and real they are written. The performance was also spot on. I think this is the first D&D audiobook where I didn't hear any mispronunciations that took me out of the story.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

A fun jaunt

I love the quick pace and constant action, start with book 1 however as you really need the backstory.

Interesting characters and a great story.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

going to return the book - narrator ruins it

I am going to return this book later on today. I tried repeatedly to get this book started but I just can't keep my mind on the story. I am a huge Forgotten Realms fan and love most of the novels but last night I finally bought the Kindle version and am already several chapters into the book and enjoying it. I've dealt with bad narrators before, I have over 150 audiobooks after all, but speeding up the narration to 1 1/4 or faster didn't help. I am not a huge fan of "Fareeda" (phonetically spelled from the way the narrator pronounces Farideh's name) but the 3 of them are fun to read about. I mean Farideh, her sister and the prince. After a spell they are very likeable but again, only in print, at least for me.

7 of 10 people found this review helpful

I love this series

One of my favorite series. I've sent this series over to a number of friends and everyone is loved it

Needed for the story arch yet slow

I enjoyed the book but two key points made it less enjoyable than the earlyer ones. The use of time stopping, this cut the connections to the heros and made it a little awkward/disconnecting. To add there are a few ways to turn the deals made with devils in the book around that are a little obvious but not taken. Lastly the pase of the book was slow with alot of jumping between characters. I found myself zoneing out at some bits of the story more often then in other books. To round off on a good note the endding was exciting and as always ends on a good cliff hanger. The book is not skipable, you need the information for future storys. :)

I only read this book to continue the series...

I only read this book because it was next in the series. Erin M. Evans should avoid fantasy realms all together as an author. Horrible. The narrator had no idea what she was reading and was a real drag listening to. All 14 hours of it. Never once gave a shit about any of these characters. They are all stupid and make stupid unreasonable decisions and I never once was drawn into the realm or connected with any of them. After Salvatore's work I just couldn't enjoy such garbage. Didn't care about the politics because they were so weak. Didn't care for the characters because they were so "Twilight Saga" that I only finished the book out of extreme endurance. Terrible story. Terrible book. Terrible narration. Erin M. Evans and Dina Pearlman- PLEASE STOP. YOU ARE TERRIBLE. SPARE US PLEASE. Make no more and I might forgive you.

Love the book but...

The narrator did a great job. Only issue was that her voice was so soothing I kept falling asleep. Gonna try again, if not I'll just have to read it. Still happy I bought it though.