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THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE—IF IT DOESN’T KILL YOU FIRST
Lara Jansen is a truthseeker, gifted—or cursed—with the magical ability to tell honesty from lies. Once she was a tailor in Boston, but now she has crossed from Earth to the Barrow-lands, a Faerie world embroiled in a bloody civil war between Seelie and Unseelie. Armed with an enchanted and malevolent staff which seeks to bend her to its dark will, and thrust into a deadly realm where it’s hard to distinguish friend from foe, Lara is sure of one thing: her love for Dafydd ap Caerwyn, the Faerie prince who sought her help in solving a royal murder and dousing the flames of war before they consumed the Barrow-lands.
But now Dafydd is missing, perhaps dead, and the Barrow-lands are closer than ever to a final conflagration. Lara has no other choice: she must harness the potent but perilous magic of the staff and her own truthseeking talents, blazing a path to a long-forgotten truth—a truth with the power to save the Barrow-lands or destroy them.
Lara Jansen is a truthseeker, gifted—or cursed—with the magical ability to tell honesty from lies. Once she was a tailor in Boston, but now she has crossed from Earth to the Barrow-lands, a Faerie world embroiled in a bloody civil war between Seelie and Unseelie. Armed with an enchanted and malevolent staff which seeks to bend her to its dark will, and thrust into a deadly realm where it’s hard to distinguish friend from foe, Lara is sure of one thing: her love for Dafydd ap Caerwyn, the Faerie prince who sought her help in solving a royal murder and dousing the flames of war before they consumed the Barrow-lands.
But now Dafydd is missing, perhaps dead, and the Barrow-lands are closer than ever to a final conflagration. Lara has no other choice: she must harness the potent but perilous magic of the staff and her own truthseeking talents, blazing a path to a long-forgotten truth—a truth with the power to save the Barrow-lands or destroy them.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Imaginative Urban Fantasy Adventure
7 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback
Wayfinder is the exciting conclusion to CE Murphy's Worldwalker Duology. You can't read Wayfinder without having read Truthseeker or you will literally be missing half the story.
And the truth shall set you free...
Wayfinder begins where Truthseeker ends. Dafydd has been badly injured, betrayed by Merrick and rescued by Iaon, and Lara has followed them to the Barrowlands. She finds time has once more distorted, 6 months has passed and Dafydd has not returned to the Seelie court. With King Emryn and warrior Aerin she sets out to confront Prince Iaon who reveals he has placed Dafydd in The Drowning Lands to help him recover. To find the truth, Lara must face the trials of the sea to awaken both Dafydd and Hafgan, the Unseelie King but her accomplishment is threatened when Merrick intervenes throwing Lara and her companions back into her own world. To defeat Merrick and save Anwen, Lara must find a way for them to return to Faerieland and fulfil the prophecy and her promise to heal the world.
I am glad I waited to read Truthseeker until Wayfinder was released as I was enjoyed Truthseeker so much I was eager to read the conclusion as soon as I had finished it and the delay between publication dates may have otherwise blunted my pleasure.
All of the elements I thought highly of in Truthseeker are evident in Wayfinder and Murphy pushes everything just that little bit more to ensure the adventure stays fresh and exciting. Wayfinder moves at a faster pace than Truthseeker as it races towards the conclusion. Again the author juggles shifts between worlds and time with skill adding to the tension as Lara struggles to prevent the destruction of both worlds.
The author carefully matures both Lara's talent and her personality to meet the demands the storyline makes on her character. Lara continues to develop her unique gift of truth which gains new subtleties and strength the longer she spends in Faerieland.
The characters from the first novel all have a role in the second though their importance varies. Lara's relationship with Dafydd becomes a more substantial part of the plot but Lara continues to shine as the heroine of the story.
The conclusion has a twist I didn't expect but perfectly completes the various story threads and perhaps intentionally, leaves the glimmer of a possibility for Murphy to return the characters and this world again.
The Worldwalker Duology is a well crafted, imaginative and exciting story with appealing characters to which Wayfinder is the wonderful conclusion. I enjoyed every moment of the adventure through Boston and Faerieland with Lara and her companions. I'm hoping to read more of CE Murphy's series soon starting with The Walker Papers.
And the truth shall set you free...
Wayfinder begins where Truthseeker ends. Dafydd has been badly injured, betrayed by Merrick and rescued by Iaon, and Lara has followed them to the Barrowlands. She finds time has once more distorted, 6 months has passed and Dafydd has not returned to the Seelie court. With King Emryn and warrior Aerin she sets out to confront Prince Iaon who reveals he has placed Dafydd in The Drowning Lands to help him recover. To find the truth, Lara must face the trials of the sea to awaken both Dafydd and Hafgan, the Unseelie King but her accomplishment is threatened when Merrick intervenes throwing Lara and her companions back into her own world. To defeat Merrick and save Anwen, Lara must find a way for them to return to Faerieland and fulfil the prophecy and her promise to heal the world.
I am glad I waited to read Truthseeker until Wayfinder was released as I was enjoyed Truthseeker so much I was eager to read the conclusion as soon as I had finished it and the delay between publication dates may have otherwise blunted my pleasure.
All of the elements I thought highly of in Truthseeker are evident in Wayfinder and Murphy pushes everything just that little bit more to ensure the adventure stays fresh and exciting. Wayfinder moves at a faster pace than Truthseeker as it races towards the conclusion. Again the author juggles shifts between worlds and time with skill adding to the tension as Lara struggles to prevent the destruction of both worlds.
The author carefully matures both Lara's talent and her personality to meet the demands the storyline makes on her character. Lara continues to develop her unique gift of truth which gains new subtleties and strength the longer she spends in Faerieland.
The characters from the first novel all have a role in the second though their importance varies. Lara's relationship with Dafydd becomes a more substantial part of the plot but Lara continues to shine as the heroine of the story.
The conclusion has a twist I didn't expect but perfectly completes the various story threads and perhaps intentionally, leaves the glimmer of a possibility for Murphy to return the characters and this world again.
The Worldwalker Duology is a well crafted, imaginative and exciting story with appealing characters to which Wayfinder is the wonderful conclusion. I enjoyed every moment of the adventure through Boston and Faerieland with Lara and her companions. I'm hoping to read more of CE Murphy's series soon starting with The Walker Papers.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A Sweetly Written Fantasy
12 Sep 2011
Format:Paperback
I seem to be one of the few that really did not like this concluding book as much as I did the first book that built the series.
While it was a lovingly, intricately and very well written story, it was not one that held my attention. It rambled quite a bit in places, and just had very little excitement. I am used to books that portray the Dark and Light Fae much differently and perhaps I just expected too much of the same thing.
This will be a book for those readers that like sweetly written romance, although it is a minor part of the story over-all. If you are not a fan of a lot of blood and gore this will be an enjoyable read.
It was fairly easy to follow even though I hadn't read the Truthseeker since last year. However, I would highly suggest to anyone thinking of reading this to make the time to read the first one too. If you do read them back to back, I think you will like both of them a lot more than I did this second novel. I very much enjoyed the first and really disliked this one. I found it to be slow to build, many of the characters to be cloyingly sweet and even the characters that you aren't supposed to like just left me feeling bored. This book managed to not bring out any emotions in me, nor was it, a page-turner that I just couldn't put down.
I am upset that I didn't find this more enjoyable because I really do love all of CE Murphy's other series and trilogies.
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While it was a lovingly, intricately and very well written story, it was not one that held my attention. It rambled quite a bit in places, and just had very little excitement. I am used to books that portray the Dark and Light Fae much differently and perhaps I just expected too much of the same thing.
This will be a book for those readers that like sweetly written romance, although it is a minor part of the story over-all. If you are not a fan of a lot of blood and gore this will be an enjoyable read.
It was fairly easy to follow even though I hadn't read the Truthseeker since last year. However, I would highly suggest to anyone thinking of reading this to make the time to read the first one too. If you do read them back to back, I think you will like both of them a lot more than I did this second novel. I very much enjoyed the first and really disliked this one. I found it to be slow to build, many of the characters to be cloyingly sweet and even the characters that you aren't supposed to like just left me feeling bored. This book managed to not bring out any emotions in me, nor was it, a page-turner that I just couldn't put down.
I am upset that I didn't find this more enjoyable because I really do love all of CE Murphy's other series and trilogies.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Wayfinder - C.E. Murphy went in the right direction
11 Nov 2011
Format:Paperback
*ARC Provided by NetGalley
Normally I prefer to start a series with the first book, but when I saw Wayfinder (book 2 in the Worldwalker Duology) listed I couldn't help myself. The cover was nice and premise sounded very interesting. Overall, it turned out to be an enjoyable read. This was a little more on the high fantasy side as opposed to urban fantasy because you spend a great deal of time in the Barrowlands (a post-apocalyptic land for their Faerie-kin). Thankfully, even though I didn't read the first book the author catches you up to speed.
The book is centered on Lara Jansen, a not-so-ordinary tailor that has special powers allowing her to be a human lie detector. Her gift makes her very attractive for the beings of this other world, so she reluctantly trades her sewing kit for a magical staff that proves challenging to control... Or is it trying to control her? Either way, she needs it to fend off enemies in the Barrowlands as she tries to rescue her beloved Dafydd, the Seelie prince who originally sought her out for her gift to save his world. As she takes this journey she meets many powerful characters, some friend and some foe.
I found it very easy to immerse myself into the story. There's a lot of decent action and world-building and the magic was cool. Lara isn't particularly special or quirky, but the character experiences the necessary growth into her roles as a Truthseeker and then a Wayfinder. The romance for me is a little bland, but this may have been because I didn't read the first book where a lot of the development happens. As it stands, this book didn't need that angle to be interesting.
I liked C.E. Murphy's writing style and I felt as if the pacing was just right. I enjoyed this book enough that I have added the first book to the TBR queue. As a Duology, we're not committed to an on-going series which is good and bad. I appreciate that the books didn't drag on, but I think this could have been a decent on-going series if handled well. Either way, I recommend this series.
Normally I prefer to start a series with the first book, but when I saw Wayfinder (book 2 in the Worldwalker Duology) listed I couldn't help myself. The cover was nice and premise sounded very interesting. Overall, it turned out to be an enjoyable read. This was a little more on the high fantasy side as opposed to urban fantasy because you spend a great deal of time in the Barrowlands (a post-apocalyptic land for their Faerie-kin). Thankfully, even though I didn't read the first book the author catches you up to speed.
The book is centered on Lara Jansen, a not-so-ordinary tailor that has special powers allowing her to be a human lie detector. Her gift makes her very attractive for the beings of this other world, so she reluctantly trades her sewing kit for a magical staff that proves challenging to control... Or is it trying to control her? Either way, she needs it to fend off enemies in the Barrowlands as she tries to rescue her beloved Dafydd, the Seelie prince who originally sought her out for her gift to save his world. As she takes this journey she meets many powerful characters, some friend and some foe.
I found it very easy to immerse myself into the story. There's a lot of decent action and world-building and the magic was cool. Lara isn't particularly special or quirky, but the character experiences the necessary growth into her roles as a Truthseeker and then a Wayfinder. The romance for me is a little bland, but this may have been because I didn't read the first book where a lot of the development happens. As it stands, this book didn't need that angle to be interesting.
I liked C.E. Murphy's writing style and I felt as if the pacing was just right. I enjoyed this book enough that I have added the first book to the TBR queue. As a Duology, we're not committed to an on-going series which is good and bad. I appreciate that the books didn't drag on, but I think this could have been a decent on-going series if handled well. Either way, I recommend this series.
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