The Tower on the Rift by Ian Irvine

Format: Audiobook

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Blurb

War rages across Santhenar as Aachim, Faellem and old humans pursue the Mirror of Aachan.

Only Karan can save the world, though she’s not sure she can help herself.

The Twisted Mirror holds knowledge that the world can only dream about.

How will Tensor use it in the final confrontation?

My review

Book 2 in the series.

Again, I could not “read” the book, but as an audiobook, it was quite good. In fact, this volume of the series saw some action and movement in the storyline. We live in an instant world these days, and the plot for some fantasy books can be painful.

Llian and Karan's relationship is one of those stop and go situations. Sometimes it is one of them doing the stoping. And other times it is what is happening around them. I can't accept their relationship as being real though. Or perhaps "deep" is the word, I should have used. It feels superficial. That may be intended or not. I don't know, but I suspect not at this stage of the story.

Thankfully, the world's history is no longer a problem. It is assumed we know that after book one and I'm pleased to say that we do not have to read it again.

Reading over what I've written makes me think I've given the wrong star rating as it sounds like I don't like the story or characters at all. Yet, despite all I've said, I have gone on and listened to book 3 and I'm halfway through book 4 so something must have kept my attention.