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The Bitter Twins

The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, Book 2

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The Bitter Twins

By: Jen Williams
Narrated by: Jot Davies
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From Jen Williams, highlyacclaimed author of the Copper Cat trilogy and three-time British Fantasy Award finalist, comes the second novel in the electrifying Winnowing Flame trilogy - the sequel to The Ninth Rain. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Adrian Tchaikovsky.

The Ninth Rain has fallen. The Jure'lia are awake. Nothing can be the same again.

Tormalin the Oathless and the fell-witch Noon have their work cut out rallying the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for three centuries. But these are not the great winged warriors of old. Hatched too soon and with no memory of their past incarnations, these onetime defenders of Sarn can barely stop bickering, let alone face an ancient enemy who grow stronger each day.

The key to uniting them, according to the scholar Vintage, may lie in a part of Sarn no one really believes exists - a distant island, mysteriously connected to the fate of two legendary Eborans who disappeared long ago. But finding it will mean a perilous journey in a time of war while new monsters lie in wait for those left behind.

Join the heroes of The Ninth Rain as they battle a terrible evil, the likes of which Sarn has never known.

©2018 Jennifer Williams (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Limited Classics Fantasy Fiction War

Critic reviews

"Fantasy adventure at its very best." (Starburst)

"Williams excels at eldritch world-building." (The Guardian)

"An absolute joy to read...jam-packed with breath-taking inventiveness." (James Oswald)
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A great read, carries on the trilogy with no lessening of imagery, the strength of the opposes, and the price they paid in the face of unequal odds.

fantastic

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The second book is as good as the first one. It builds up the world perfectly and we learn more about the history.

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The storyline is more or less predictable, there isn't really a big surprise or drama, just an excellent story.

Getting deeper in the world of Saarn

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I had a love and hate relationship with this sequel.
The first half of the book took me over a month to listen to as Jen builds the world and story in such fine detail. But then as a result, the second half was completed in a week, I couldn’t get enough of the story.
Can’t wait to listen to the next one.

A slow, world building story that gets better and better

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Just as good as book 1 - The Ninth Rain. Excellent cast throughout although Noon is my favourite. An honourable mention to Vintage’s exclamations which are often laugh out loud funny. It keeps up the pace of book 1 with no sagging.

I listened in conjunction with reading the Kindle version because I just had to keep going. You have to know what happens next as you have no idea where Jen Williams is going to take the story making the whole thing a joy from start to finish.

Jot Davis’ narration brings everyone to life with his narration and giving the Eborans a rich Welsh accent is a master stroke. And as for his voice for Helcate - so cute. When I switch to Kindle I have Jot’s voice in my head.

I’m moving straight onto book 3 but I of don’t want to as I really don’t want the story to end.

Exceptional

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Excellent 2nd book. 3rd book purchased, downloaded and ready to press play for what I'm hoping to be an explosive final book. I can't wait.

Excellent

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