Legend of the Lakes
Written by Clara O’Connor
Narrated by Jan Cramer
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Cassandra stands silent upon a ravaged battlefield, watching as the druids prepare the dead for the pyres, embers drifting up into the still winter darkness. She can barely breathe through the agony of her grief, but she cannot waste another second on tears.
Because Londinium, the Caesar, the empire… all of it is still out there. The empire whose code she had followed, whose prince she had promised to marry, whose schemes she had been swept up in since birth.
They tried to use her magic against her. To silence her.
So she will use her magic against them. To silence them. Forever.
The third and final chapter of The Once and Future Queen trilogy, this epic scifi fantasy adventure set in a dystopian world where the Romans still rule will enchant fans of Sarah J Maas and Cassandra Clare.
Praise for The Once and Future Queen Series:‘OH MY HEART AND SOUL … I am still reeling … seriously I would put this series up with the big ones, like Throne of Glass and The Cruel Prince’ Richelle, 5* NetGalley review
‘OMG. I will forever be in love with this series … this author has me as a fan for life’ Penelope, 5* NetGalley review
‘Beautifully written and one of the best dystopian novels I’ve read … an epic journey you won’t forget. I would love to see this made into a film’ Zoe, 5* NetGalley review
‘I couldn’t put it down. There were times when I gasped, when I cried and when I felt my jaw drop. The world Clara O’Connor has woven together is so intricate and real and the storytelling is flawless. Absolutely my favourite series I have read this year’ Jessica, 5* NetGalley review
Clara O’Connor
Clara O’Connor grew up in the west of Ireland where inspiration was on her doorstep; her village was full of legend, a place of druids and banshees and black dogs at crossroads. Clara worked in publishing for many years before her travels set her in the footsteps of Arthurian myth. The world she never expected to explore was the one found in the pages of her debut novel, Secrets of the Starcrossed, the first book in the The Once and Future Queen trilogy.
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Secrets of the Starcrossed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Curse of the Celts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Legend of the Lakes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
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Reviews for Legend of the Lakes
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extremely well written. The narrator swept you into the story with every word she spoke. Just GREAT!
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I did not like the 3rd book quite as much as the first two, but overall, the series was very enjoyable. The narrator did a wonderful job of giving each character a unique identity, and creating an emotional bond between the reader and the story. There were several times throughout the majority of this installment where I found myself zoning out, because the story itself felt really slow and drawn out. While I can sympathize with the emotional turmoil of the main character after everything she's been through, especially the heartbreaking cliffhanger ending of book 2, I was a little disappointed that she wallowed in it so much. Given the character's magic stems from an ancestral line where great power is only passed down matrilineally, I felt like the story leaned too heavily on the heroine consistently needing help from men.