they got to the heartbreak that happens with one hour left, then stopped. Those who left those reviews did not finish the first book completely. There are reviews about this book saying the end is terrible, that the two books could be one, I disagree. I struggled at first when reading this book. When I finished listening to this book, I sat down hard in a chair and stared at the wall across from me, wide eyed. I didn't want the classic 'boy saves world' story. I wanted something with strong characters writhing and fighting for what they wished.

There I was, looking for a book that had story, life, power.

Now, with growing human unrest across the land, pressures from a foreign queen, and an evil new leader on the rise, Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war. But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn’t the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla. Now, Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family’s killing the sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier.Ĭrier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father’s legacy. Īfter the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will.

Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld. From debut author Nina Varela comes the first audiobook in an Own Voices, richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls - one human, one Made - whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution.

Crier's War by Nina Varela