This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite
Call of the Huntress by Stacy Bennett is the second novel in the high fantasy Corthan Legacy series, preceded by book one, Quest of the Dreamwalker, and a companion novella, Tales of the Archer. The book revolves around several point of view characters, but the three primaries are made up of Cara and Falin, the former being a girl whose gifts were exploited and the latter being a huntress; two young females who must learn to live conjoined lives in an actual literary twist of soul dualism. Then there is Khoury, a male warrior the two believe to be dead but is very much alive. Cara and Falin are on a journey for the promised Ironwood Sword but, more so, they are coming to terms with a terrible new reality that is a journey in and of itself. Khoury is also on the move with companions of his own in a journey toward sanctuary that is fraught with challenges, giant battles that arise both within and around him [bad pun regretfully intended].
It took me a couple of chapters to find my Call of the Huntress footing as I had not read Quest of the Dreamwalker, something I rectified quickly because Stacy Bennett is an incredible author and the quality of the work deserved it. I'm absolutely hooked now. The Cara/Falin construct is a new deal to me but makes for fantastic character development. Two who are so different in every conceivable way being thrust into the same mind resulted in a whole lot of “holy moly-isms” from me. Khoury is also completely fleshed out and feels like a truly living, breathing individual. I loved Archer and was happy to ride along as he and the sweetly named Maura O'Mara had some blossoming of their own to do. The battle scenes are exquisitely executed and the tension from book one keeps barrelling through book two, but it is the emotional toll that plays out that is the star of this installment. The book ends on a cliff-hanger but not the kind that makes you want to scream and throw your e-reader. Hopefully, the agony of a wait to book three, Hound of Barakan, doesn't last long. Until then...very highly recommended.
