Throughout their visits they encounter various peoples and Joel gives them their own unique accents to really bring home the “travel” and “exotic” nature of this part of the series. As fits with the “fairy tale” style, Ennek and Miner are given sort of British accents that absolutely suit them. Audio: Thank goodness for the narrator change! Joel Leslie brings this series to life! From an interesting, but maybe not quite so magical story (with the narration of book one) to a fairy tale full of captivating and enthralling characters.

That alone makes this an amazingly touching story to experience. Well, he sure overcomes that! As though it weren’t enough – all they’ve endured – in book two our poor MCs meet Pirates, evil slave masters and yet another evil magic user! One thing that remains and, in fact, grows stronger, for these two – their love and respect for one another. But she sure makes them work for it! We left our guys escaping from Praesidium and poor Miner having to endure living on a boat while he’s terrified of water. Kim does not want to let these guys catch a break! Ok… That’s not true. I’m looking forward to seeing what happens to Ennek and Miner next. Yet it’s not the kind that leaves you angry, and remember, the final book Equipoise has already been released. Once again, this is a low steam book with a cliffhanger ending. His character voices, timing, pacing, and emotion are all fantastic. Joel Leslie does a terrific job with the narration here. He saves Ennek’s life, he prevents Ennek from embracing his inner Monster, he physically prevents Ennek from being trapped and used…just as in Stasis they both continue to save each other. That’s not to say Miner’s adventures were minor, he does go through quite a lot, mostly getting captured, being hurt, and then being rescued by Ennek, but the reality is Miner continuously saved the day. Those were action moments I really wanted to read. I regretted that the interesting things that happened to Ennek were mostly off page with anecdotal recounting by Ennek later to Miner. Told from Miner’s POV this time, the story is quite a whirlwind of all the things that happen to the two men: Pirates, another evil Wizard, a foolish King, a Slave Market, almost dying multiple times… While this was interesting from Miner’s point of view, I missed having Ennek’s. I love that each of the titles to this series are so apropos to the content.

Flux by Kim Fielding