The Weirkey Chronicles: A Tale of Adventure and Magic with Rainhorn

CAS: I read the brightest shadow and wanted more! The author left the reader out to dry but I decided to give her other works a try. I like the other better and still want questions answered but this series has me reading every chance I get.

United States on Oct 14, 2023

M. Wilmsmeyer: I'm not a huge fan of the Deuxan politics that get the group involved in the local contest, and the planet itself seems not particularly inspiring, so I have no qualms saying this is the weakest book in the series, to me. It's still a good read, but a little straightforward on the whole. Obviously I still recommend it, because the rest of the series is even better.

United States on Sep 27, 2023

Timothy A.: Kept the winning streak going. After the first (excellent) entry, I was worried it would be a tough act to follow. But this was even better. The world/a gets really fleshed out and we start to see some of the depths Sarah has planned!

United Kingdom on Sep 23, 2023

Scott Sheridan: Another great read from the author of the. Can't wait to read more from the author of the series. Plenty of action and adventure and developing storyline between characters.

United States on Jul 29, 2023

Alexander McCall: The second book in the Weirkey Chronicles continues from where the last one left off. Our heroes, Theo, Nauda and Fiyu have set off on their own to gather more materials, become stronger crafters and, in the case of Theo, discover more about the deadly enemy hunting them from behind the scenes. In this they must travel to the farthest corners of Tatian and even into another world.
What I really like about this series is how varied and alive the different worlds feel. There’s the old complaint about Star Wars that there’s the desert planet, the swamp planet, the grass planet. Just one biome covering a whole planet, everything homogenised. This is not the case here. There are Nine Worlds and we’ve seen three of them by the end of this book but the variety within them is impressive. And each of the world are very different, while still seeming very natural. There’s even mention in the book about how such different societies could come to be It makes the world feel vibrant and alive.
The story is good as well, though still a little slow paced. We get to see from several of our heroes points of view throughout this novel, my favourite being Fiyu’s. It’s fascinating to...

United Kingdom on Aug 12, 2022

Roberto D'Aprile: The characters keep growing both with their inner homes as well as in their depth.

I love how we get to experience Nauda and Fiyu pov and as usual Sarah Lin ability in creating and fleshing out the cast keeps shining. Especially great the clear idiosyncrasies they show from their race and upbringings helps giving them a distinct voice without being used as a excuse for conflict.

France on Aug 06, 2022

Sublime Dissonance: Same as the previous installment, Soulhome, Rainhorn remains relatively hesitant of setting into motion events that would drive the story's main plot. There are a few new revelations about the outworlder conspiracy,  hints about how vastly more interwoven and influential this threat is, but the second book of The Weirkey Chronicles still uses the dynamic between the main characters as its main agent to tell an engaging story.

Before talking about the characters I feel compelled to talk about one detail, nothing more than a minor addition to the book, but that is always welcome and a timesaver. This book features a summary of the previous story. I know, this will not be a big deal to some people, but to me, it is an absolute delight even if Soulhome's story is still fresh on my mind. This will really help out catching up with the next volumes, so thank you, Sarah Lin.

Theo's party remains relatively unchanged, though there is some character development and a deepening of their friendship bond, save for the wholesome addition of a new member, Senka. She comes out of nowhere, which is not a bad thing and only serves to expand upon her mysterious origins, and bring...

Canada on Jan 03, 2022

Steven M. Brown: With book 2 Sarah Lin does a bit of time jump in the beginning that is a confusing considering where we left off in book. The group comes together relatively quick which I am grateful for but given the start is small reader speed bump for me. Thankful this third person limited story does pull the reader in and through with each chapter.  It does have a bit of a chapter by chapter release feel with sold chapters that pull you through but with a end that is okay but feels much like the rest of the story.

I did enjoy this story. Lin uses familiar aspects and tones of cultivation and progression genres but molds it with her own vision that makes the magic system her familiar yet strange. This fantasy does have a bit of a sci-fi feel to me. 

Overall I think this story is appropriate for all audiences young adult and above.

Admittedly Lin does have a main protagonist that is hard to like at times and almost seems spiteful rather than crotchety. If this was an anime or Manga he would be a tsundere, if and I'll be annoying one at times. At the same time the character does feel like the young hero I'm a typical fantasy during certain beats of the story.....

United States on Dec 09, 2021

Syd: Rainhorn is the second book in The Weirkey Chronicles by Sarah Lin.

The more this book expounds into greater detail, the deeper I fall into its clutches. I can't seem to get over the creative genius that is Soulhome crafting. The concept is so wuxia cultivation, with this beautiful almost more "every man"s twist. It opens up the query of laying out your own inner foundation: what materials speak to who you are? What would you place inside on pedestals of honor? Where would your focus reside?

Outside of that chief intrigue is the aspect of traveling between many worlds, experiencing the antagonistic clash of such primordial differences within the base of their individual cultures. Shifting between nuances and hidden inuendos.. Attempting a mere conversation or introduction on shifting ground.

The variances in the journey allowed us to delve into these three characters more thoroughly. And I am glad to have this new understanding, of Nauda especially.

What Theo's queries into Brigana will bring to their future is my strongest concern going forward... Along with any other dangerous traps laid by Vistgil through the Nine Worlds in preparation for his...

United States on Oct 16, 2021

Amazon Customer: TLDR: If you liked the first book, you’re gonna like the second one, that’s all there is to it.

If you want more details, here you go. The second book, to me, is just better. Everything I enjoyed about the first book was more tuned in, it was smoother, I liked the characters more, I liked the cultivation system more, worlds were more fleshed out, it was just better.

If you want more overview of the series, it’s got some really interesting ideas and mechanics that keep it fairly fresh. The magic system is quite interesting in the way it works, the cultivation being different from what I’ve read before but still something that you can understand and grasp fairly quickly. The worlds are wonderfully different and the characters that interact from these different worlds do behave as you would expect, that is that culture shock is a large part of the books, which makes sense. All in all, it’s still an excellent series to read and I’m looking forward to more books to come.

Canada on Aug 23, 2021