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The Calling (The Andovia Chronicles Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Tiffany Shand (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
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Magic lives within her...

Saved from death by the mysterious Darius, Nyx Ashwood faces an uncertain future, dealing with a power she never knew she had. As a Fae mind whisperer, she is the last of her kind.

Will she save the Fae or destroy them?

The Archdruid believes that Nyx is part of an ancient prophecy. The power within her could hold a key to all their futures, but Nyx has no idea how to use her powers, leaving them all in danger.

When a rift to the underworld opens, Darius needs Nyx's help. If they don’t work together then the inhabitants of the Underworld could destroy their world.

Will Nyx master her powers in time? Or will she end up like the mind whisperers who came before her...extinct?
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  1. Book 2 of 6
    The Andovia Chronicles
  2. Print length
    257 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    January 4, 2021
  6. File size
    1468 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08N1GW8FT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (January 4, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 4, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1468 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 257 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ B08NR9TGZ3
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 40 ratings

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Tiffany Shand

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Tiffany Shand is a writing mentor, professionally trained copy editor and copy writer who has been writing stories for as long as she can remember. Born in East Anglia, Tiffany still lives in the area, constantly guarding her work space from the two cats which she shares her home with.

She began using her pets as a writing inspiration when she was a child, before moving on to write her first novel after successful completion of a creative writing course. Nowadays, Tiffany writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, as well as nonfiction books for other writers, all available through Amazon and on her own website.

Tiffany’s favourite quote is ‘writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go’ and it is armed with this that she hopes to be able to help, inspire and mentor many more aspiring authors.

When she has time to unwind, Tiffany enjoys photography, reading and watching endless box sets. She also loves to get out and visit the vast number of castles and historic houses that England has to offer.

You can contact Tiffany Shand, or just see what she is writing about at:

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
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Laurie P
5.0 out of 5 stars How wonderful.
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021
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What a good book. I loved Nyx, and all her adversity. I love how she learns her curse is not a curse it is a gift,but she does not believe it. I like the fact about magic. It is great she gets to work with with Darius and Ambrose. They get to go on a great adventure to find a way to fix the tear in the veil. I can not wait for the next book to see what the next adventure is.
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Shayay19
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Adventure! Entertaining, unique ideas!
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2021
I’m not a huge fan of prequel series, which this series is one for the Rogues of Magic series, but I do enjoy the world the author has created. Entertaining and fun! Such an interesting world!! Love all the magic usage, and all the different types of Fae and other paranormals. Nyx was bought by a not so nice man, so he could use her for her magical aspects. Nyx has some really cool magical abilities; mind control and memory control to name a couple, but she’s also been lied to about who and what she truly is. Nyx knows very little about her past, so Nyx is on a quest to find out more about herself and her powers. That quest proves to be quite difficult when more than one danger gets in her way; prophecies, curses, evil people all over. In the short story to this series, some deadly evil entity came for Nyx, but ended up killing Nyx’s not so nice “guardian”. Unfortunately, Nyx is being blamed for the death, so things are looking pretty bad for her. Luckily, she’s finding some help from Druid, Darius. Trust is hard for Nyx; Nyx isn’t exactly easy to get to know, but there is a connection of sorts between Darius and Her. Love her sass and strength! She’s a brat sometimes, but I still liked her. Fun action too! Excited to read the next books in this series; cliffhanger-esque ending in this book, so will definitely need to continue reading for the full story.

Voluntarily reviewing a complimentary copy
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Judith J
5.0 out of 5 stars The Calling
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2022
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Excellent. Strong characters, thrilling drama, lots of action. A little confusing here and there, but story flows smoothly. A good read.
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dan
3.0 out of 5 stars Little development, tell instead of show, little to no characters
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2021
Rating: 2.7/5.0

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.

I'm not a big fan of prequels, and I don't normally read them until after I finish the series and only if I really enjoyed the story. Finding out The Calling was technically a prequel series after I already finished the book was the biggest 'if only I knew' moment.

That being said, I wasn't a fan of The Calling from the beginning.

The main character lost a lot of her memories so she enters the plotline pretty clueless when it comes to the world. When the story was in her point of view/focused on her, it read as more of a way to throw information about the world at the reader. There are three islands? Yeah, in the war. War? What war that I probably should have heard of because it was concerning a bunch of different races? But a lot of the descriptors of the races were blown over. I was getting a bunch of info about the government and the multitudes of slaves they kept and the islands, but there was a werewolf? And I thought some girl was a dragon but that was glossed over. And there is fae with pointy ears and fae without?

The physical descriptors and the extra information on the races were lacking, which made the story harder to visualize and hard to follow. I can definitely picture the floating cities or whatever, that's great, but right now there's a shining blob that represents Nyx and another for Darius (who is a druid but his existence also doesn't fit. Are all the DND classes joining the series? Why are there only druids that exist? Other than fae with magic and shadow things. What's the difference between a fae and a druid?) See, questions like these don't get answered.

Nyx also made me annoyed. Actually, so did Darius. For a girl who lost her memories and has no clues about the world of magic, she has plenty of opinions that she doesn't hesitate to voice... multiple times. It's hard to go a single chapter without her pouting over something. And Darius spouts all this "I don't agree with having slaves" and "my father is this bad dude I don't like him" but he's all bark and no bite. He may have joined the rebels (rebels? There are rebels?) but outside of that, all he thinks about is the giant rift that is getting bigger.

Other than those main two, nobody else has much of a personality other than 'oh, here's some info about the world/people/magic/etc. so I'll be a part of this scene to help you :)'. There's not much character to anybody, including Nyx and Darius, but at least we see a little more personality to the main characters.

By the end, the main characters supposedly had a friendship going on - but I saw no development as to how or when or why they got closer. Nyx is harping on the fact that she's a servant - not a slave, but if she's forcibly in this position with the threat of her life if she disagrees (like she can disagree) I don't see what the difference is other than to appease Darius - and Darius couldn't care less about Nyx. I saw no development whatsoever between their characters. The only part that made me question it was when Darius' brother mentions 'don't get romantically attached' or something, and then Darius has a whole argument with himself that he isn't attached, etcetera, etcetera.

One of the biggest things that irked me about the writing style was the constant repetition of questions. The characters would ask a question, get it only partially answered, and then ask the question again, but in a slightly different setup. It irked me that they kept asking for no reason. There was no inclination you'd get any extra information, and it just read like the characters asked a question and didn't bother listening to the answer, so they had to ask it again.

Clearly, I didn't care for this book. I've been wanting to read the series that this series is the prequel to, so I'll pick that up eventually, but I highly doubt I'd ever finish The Andovia Chronicles unless I absolutely had to.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre/amateurish writing skills
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2021
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The plot seemed like it would be something I'd like. I was looking forward to reading it. But the writing skills are not great. It's like a middle schooler wrote it. I gave up on chapter 7 to irritated to finish
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Scarolet Ellis
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fantasy Story
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2021
The Calling (The Andovia Chronicles Book 1) by Tiffany Shand is a great story to read. This is book number one in this great start to a brand new series. I recommend this story to everyone who likes reading about fantasy.

I read a complimentary Advanced Reader Copy of this book & am voluntarily leaving an honest and unbiased review.
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dora la exploradora
5.0 out of 5 stars Unknowing about herself
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2020
As a slave Nyx Ashwood had little choices and much less freedom. She met Darius while fleeing an unlucky incident, in which he was already in the prowl, and their path together began. Nyx was not cursed but had a dangerous power she needed to learn about and control it in order to survive. Evil was surrounding them, and a rift was threatening to end all. Who was behind the rift and with what purpose? Intended to fight for the safe of his people Darius Valeran was struggling with his feelings for the mind whisperer but he could not deny what was in his heart. Doubts were assaulting him. What was more important? Action, suspense, doubts, deceit, betrayal, bickering, mystery, secrets, violence and darkness. Interesting and intriguing plot development with Darius friends’ characters, a prophesy unknown by many, and the mystery around who were Nyx parents. Voluntarily reviewed this copy that I liked.
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