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Thunderlight: Dragonian Series, Book 2 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Adrienne Woods (Author), A. T. Chandler (Narrator), Erin Moon (Narrator),
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For 17-year-old Elena Watkins, the world of Paegeia is not finished revealing all its secrets. During a summer break intended for relaxation, she discovers that her harrowing adventure to retrieve the King of Lion sword wasn't the destiny foretold by the cryptic Viden, a dragon with the ability to see a person's true fate. The words inked onto the page of the mysterious Book of Shadows remains black, and Elena must return to Dragonia Academy to discover their true meaning.

Upon her return to the magnificent castle, she has to face a challenge of a different kind - keeping her boyfriend, Lucian McKenzie, the Prince of Tith and love of her life, away from the dangerous new student, Paul Sutton. As a Wyvern, Paul has made it his mission to claim Elena as his rider, but he is proving to be more perilous than at first glance. Everyone knew that Wyverns were bad news and just as evil as the darkness lurking inside Blake Leaf, the Rubicon, who is forced to fight against his inner nature every day. But Elena can see a small light in the darkness, a destiny still unfulfilled, to prove that Wyverns can be claimed.

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  1. Listening Length
    14 hours and 50 minutes
  2. Author
    Adrienne Woods
  3. Narrator
    A. T. Chandler, see all
  4. Audible release date
    June 20, 2017
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Tantor Audio
  7. ASIN
    B07218DX8F
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 14 hours and 50 minutes
Author Adrienne Woods
Narrator A. T. Chandler, Erin Moon
Audible.com Release Date June 20, 2017
Publisher Tantor Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B07218DX8F
Best Sellers Rank #214,772 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#802 in Epic Fantasy for Teens
#3,174 in Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy

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Darque Dreamer
5.0 out of 5 stars but this book was definitely better than the first
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2017
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I don’t want to go in to too much detail for those who have not started this series, but this book was definitely better than the first. I have been dreaming of Dragonia since I started book 2!

Thunderlight is more action packed than book one! It is full of adventure, romance, heartwarming and heartbreaking surprises. Elena becomes more powerful and discovers something unexpected of herself. We learn more of the history and mysteries of Dragonia and suffer heartache.

Though I predicted the twist of betrayal in the story from our first encounter, I could not have predicted the change in Elena and the loss we suffer. The ending was quite a surprise and I shed a few tears for our lost loved one! I thoroughly enjoyed the twist in Elena’s fate, as well as watching her grow into more of a bad ass heroine! Blake’s story line becomes more of a mystery to me and I have begun to form predictions on his future. It warms my heart to watch the friendships between Elena, Sammy, and Becky continue to grow and flourish, and I’m still hoping to learn more of Elena’s parents.

I am so hooked on this series and already have the rest of the books waiting for me on my kindle! The idea of Dragonia has a Harry Potteresque appeal to it, yet it is unique in its own way. The story of dragons and their riders reminds me of Eragon, and yet the idea of dragons taking human form is something new and intriguing. I am looking forward to finishing the series!
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Erani Kole
4.0 out of 5 stars Ugh, my heart
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017
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I'm obsessed with this series because it depicts a girl's life journey through difficult times. Thrust into a magical world she didn't know she came from, attending an elite academy full of dragons and their riders, and given all the things she craved before she lost her life on the run with her father, Elena goes from being overprotected to being constantly compared to and judged. Her new friends and boyfriend help to conquer it with every day that comes their way, but for Elena, I feel that things aren't always going right for her, and there's always something to cause a rift in the people she's meant to put her entire faith in.

One of the reasons why I find this series so interesting is because of how much all my favorite things are in it. Elena's failings is one of them, seeing her try again and again to do what's right by her. She's young, and one of the few YA MCs that I will actually enjoy reading without wondering how implausible things could be. There are still times, though, when I feel like she's being difficult, as things are getting a little darker and more confusing. I'm starting to see a stubborn side of her I don't know if I like, just yet. It definitely keeps me on my toes wondering what'll happen.

I'm in love with this series, but gave this four stars because of the many errors and run-on sentences that disrupted the otherwise excellent flow of writing. If only those things were fixed... A few scenes dragged, but I still can't stop myself from reading on because at the same time, I enjoy this lengthy type of writing style. If I love it, I could read it for days without pause, but whenever difficult scenes come up, that's when things start to lag a bit. Still, it was pretty good, though personally taxing because I'd guessed what was going to happen, based on who are characters were from the start. Devastating, but satisfying and confusing at the same time. If you love fantasy, young characters learning to grow up, action and evil, check this out.
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Donna D. Haxton
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fantasy!
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019
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This is a great series and it is very well written. This is the 2nd book in a five book series according to Amazon. The characters are well developed and interesting. Each book is a long read which is great! I hate it when a book is over after 125 to 150 pages and is part of a long series. They just want my money. This author really delivers!
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Suzy Ostapower
5.0 out of 5 stars Well…
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2024
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One thing I do know is that Adrienne Woods must be a Harry Potter fan. So many similarities and the use of some character names. Be that as it may, I still loved this book. I just wish she hadn’t done that because it would have made the book totally original. I still recommend these books.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A tad disappointed, not as good as the previous book.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2015
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I have to say that I did not like this instalment as much as the previous one in the series. Elena continues her adventures in Paegeia but this book seems to focus much more on the romances and boy problems of Elena than the previous one. She continues her schooling but those parts are much more suppressed and mostly relegated to grumblings about how difficult it is and how little Elena understands. There are no real development in this area. Actually Elena never really seems to grow much in terms of character and maturity and she definitely needs to grow in maturity since that part of her starts to become somewhat annoying.

There are some interesting events taking place though and the book is not unpleasant to read. It is however somewhat predictable and the basics of the events where not that surprising. I did like the parts where Elena “ascends” and her abilities are revealed. I did suspect that this was what was going to happen. Actually I hoped for it. Of course Elena had to spoil it somewhat by whining about that as well.

I cannot help comparing this book series to Christopher Nuttall’s somewhat similar (emphasize on somewhat) Schooled in Magic series. Both book series have the same core story idea. Young girl whisked away to fantasy land and put in magic school. There are fewer dragons in Schooled in Magic of course. Whereas the heroine in Schooled in Magic is intelligent, hard working and rather mature Elena is much more a classical teenager. Whining a lot, not very intelligent and loses focus rapidly when a handsome boy steps into the room. The Dragonian series has much less depth and focuses a lot less on the actual education and skills development of the lead character than Schooled in Magic. I considered the previous book to be borderline young adult but this one falls quite squarely in that category.

I thought this series had quite some promise after reading the first book and I still do but of the two books published so far this is definitely the lesser of them. I hope that he next book focuses more on Elena’s advancement in her schooling as well as the principal bad guy and less on boy issues.
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naomi Tickle
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2023
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Good read but the lead female can be a bit annoying.looking forward to the next book though
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LucinStar
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime
Reviewed in Mexico on November 30, 2017
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Muy buen libro, grandiosa saga. No soy gran fan de las protagonistas femeninas, pero esta saga acaba de entrar en mi top 10 de favoritas. Muy recomendado.
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Iren Adams
3.0 out of 5 stars Good story, bad writing
Reviewed in Spain on October 2, 2019
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Caution, mild spoilers ahead.

“‘Hope doesn’t exist.’
‘It does. It comes to us in all sorts of forms. You just have to keep your eyes open to it.’”

I went from Firebolt to Thunderlight in less than a few hours, jumping from one book to the next one.

I am still not a huge fan of this type of 1st person type of narration. All that you must know, could think by yourselves and should imagine in your head is laid down on the page in a very detailed description. Nothing is left to your imagination but laid out in front of you on a silver platter.

It is, by far, not the only problem. The repetition looms over and creeps on the pages of this book. Elena’s feelings or same dialogs appear several times in different chapters, described in the same way, making you ask yourself if maybe you opened the book on the wrong page.

Elena’s and Lucian’s couple looks too cheesy and her relationship with his parents, that changes after they saw her, is far from believable. As well as the way Becky’s and Sammy’s parents seem to treat Elena. The characters are not developed and have no chemistry to them and it gets boring to hear them worry about the same things they did in the last book.

Elena seems to be the most lovable person of all Paegeia and the most important people are interested in her, from Blake to Lucian and Paul, the wyvern. She must be the center of it all.

The only exception to this routine seems to be Paul… This character was incredible. He changes from page to page, enveloped in mystery. Throughout the whole book, you don’t know what would you find in the end, him being good or him being bad. And A.Woods manages to surprise with this far from a happy ending in this new book.

Blake… We all know that by the end he will be good and he will be with Elena so no matter how dark, bad and wicked A.Woods is trying to make him, it is obvious that by the end of Starlight they will be together and deeply in love.

The world is richer and deeper and this installment, adding layers to the world we already know. It is one of the only things that makes these books so good and easy to read from cover to cover in one day.
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Sifi queen
5.0 out of 5 stars Fireboltforlife
Reviewed in Canada on September 5, 2017
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Excellent book. A real page turner right to the end. I would highly recommend it to everyone! Cant wait to read the next book...
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Client d'Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Toujours aussi bien
Reviewed in France on September 3, 2017
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Plus ça va, plus ça s'améliore.ce livre m'a fait sourire, rire et pleurer. Je ne vais pas spoilers, mais la fin m'a prise aux tripes, je n'ai qu'une hâte maintenant, lire frostbite.
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