I got this audio book free of charge in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second book of the Neverwar trilogy, and the story goes on just as fascinating as before. It's hard to tell whether somebody who hasn't read or listened to the first volume would understand what it is all about, but I guess they'd have trouble, and that's why I didn't rate it five stars.

I love the language, and it is fluently written, with remarkable characters. Like before, Katie Welburn narrates in a passionate way, so all emotions come across brilliantly and convincingly. I'm even slowly getting used to her fast paced reading. :)
A great saga which combines fantasy, scifi, and reality in a very skilled way. ( )

One bad thing about a series, whether book or movie, if you don’t read/watch the next one, you tend to forget what was happening. Such is the problem I faced with this book. I read the prequel, Origins of the Never back in late 2014 and Souls of the Never in mid 2015. But, once I got myself reacquainted with the characters, and storyline, it didn’t take long to get back into it. I’d forgotten how much action there was in the first book. The second book is full of action too. It does jump around from world-to-world, and from time-to-time, but we start to see where all of Olume’s plans from the prequel start to come together. There was a reason why Kat’s mother and unborn sister had to die. What Kat’s baby sister comes back as is AWESOME!!

There’s a lot more world building, and we’re introduced to a new race from the planet Zhibalba. All of their names begin with the letter ‘Z’, which I found quite unique. They’re a reptilian race and I really liked their determination to continue in the face of adversity. I thought they were believable and well-written.

As with all conflicts and war, people die, and so Kat faces the loss of another friend. This part made me cry, as the character was one of my favorites, though she did change in this book.

What I didn’t like: Parts of the story were just to saccharine for me, too lovey-dovey and cutesy. I know it’s a YA book, but my teeth still hurt.

All-in-all, a well-written tale with very believable characters. I’ve already begun the last book. All the characters are rushing toward a final confrontation, which I hope, will be a very dramatic conclusion. I’ve been told by CJ, I’ll be weeping during this one too.

If you love sci-fi with epic world-building and alternate universe’s, you’ll enjoy this series. I give it 4 dragons. ( )