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Down with the Queen
- Lilith's Shadow, Book 2
- Narrated by: Sarah Beth Goer
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
Despite all odds, Lilith has gained acceptance from two heroines who should hate and fear her very existence.
Gina and Rachel have agreed to help Lilith's attempt to get the death sentence on her head rescinded, but they have to work carefully. Their time runs short, though. Doctor Johnson's plots advance, and other villains are infiltrating San Francisco.
In the end, the question becomes what to do when Lilith's identity is discovered, and all hell breaks loose. Despite the risk of death bearing down on her, Lilith decides that she's tired of simply running away.
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- G. P. Brown
- 17-09-18
A Fun Sequel!
Down With the Queen proved a fun sequel to Benjamin Medrano's Born a Queen. This book was not quite so good as the first one but was still an enjoyable read. The story is a nice mix of comic book style action and slow paced romance.
A lot of the elements that made the first book so much fun were back in this story. The characters are likeable, the plot enjoyable, and the superhero world a good one. The world is fairly standard superhero fare as are the superpowers but Medrano makes it work as the characters themselves are good and the tone of the story had the sort of balance I enjoy. I'm also a fan of the fact that a few AI's had roles to play!
The trio of Lilith, Warden (Gina), and Morgan Ley Fey (Rachel) are as easy to root for as ever. There was plenty going on in the story as the evil Destruction Core team were looking to move in on the city and the villain from the last book, Doctor Johnson, was back and up to more of his evil schemes. On top of that Gina and Rachel have to deal with keeping Lilith's true identity from the rest of their superhero team as a result of the kill order issued on Shadowmind's last creation. It all made for and engaging and enjoyable story.
As always Medrano's writing remains a little strange and sedate, even during the action scenes, but despite that I still find it engaging enough.
I felt like there were two minor flaws that held this back from being as good as the first instalment of the series. The first was the pacing in the first half of the story. It was just a bit too sedate. A little more action and intrigue in the first third would have been better. The other flaw was a slight shift in the direction of the romance. I'll not say too much but I do feel like the author has changed his mind and the direction of it and I do not feel like the change was a positive one. It is by no means awful but I definitely liked the previous direction better and it feels a bit weird that got abandoned.
The authors note at the end indicated that this series is going on the shelf for a bit which I feel is a pity as I'm sure there is a lot more fun stories left to be told in this world! The good news is Medrano does plan to return for a future trilogy once he gets some other series out of the way.
All in all this was a fun superhero story.
I feel like Sarah Beth Goer's character voices could be a bit more distinctive at times. She does well with a lot of the characters but a few of the leads sound a bit similar. On the whole I'm a fan of her as she has a pleasant voice and does seem to get the tone of the story.
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- Cyprus Frost
- 21-03-20
Fantastic Sequel
I Thoroughly enjoyed it for sure. I loved how naive Lillith is about certain things, and of course I found the banter between Lillith, Gina, and Rachel to be entertaining.
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- Dale gibson
- 27-08-19
Can't wait for the trilogy that continues
I fell in love with this story and it characters that are both relatable and enjoyable. My only regret or disappointment is that this is the end of the story for now it warms my heart and joy that in the future there will be 3 more possible books. I can only say they can't come fast enough.
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