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Queen of Song and Souls (The Tairen Soul Book 4) Kindle Edition

by C. L. Wilson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 4 of 5: The Tairen Soul

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“A brilliant, sensual must read.”

—Christine Feehan

The incomparable C.L. Wilson brings her phenomenal Tairen Soul novels to Avon Books! Queen of Song and Souls is the fourth book in the epic romantic adventure that combines sweeping fantasy with breathtaking paranormal romance. USA Today and New York Times bestseller C. L. Wilson returns to the Fading Lands, as the outcast lovers, Rain the Fey King and Ellysetta, his truemate, must defeat the gathering forces of darkness through a power forbidden in their doomed world…and the awesome strength of their love.

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The Fourth Chapter in C. L. Wilson’s Breathtaking Epic Tale of Magic, Passion, and Destiny

Two lovers, two hearts, one soul.
Only joined can they be truly complete.
Only joined can they survive the darkness.

The Fey King Rain and his truemate Ellysetta share a passionate love unrivaled in the history of their world—and a forbidden power that made them outcasts from the Fading Lands. As war looms and the evil mages of Eld threaten to rip their world asunder, they must fight to defend the very kingdom and people who reviled them.

Only by trusting completely in their love—and in themselves—can Rain and Ellysetta hope to defeat the gathering forces of Darkness. But it will take more than the strength of their devotion to endure. They must unlock the secrets of the past and find the courage to embrace the dangerous destiny that awaits them. Only they can save their world, but that victory might cost them their lives.

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C. L. Wilson wrote her first story at age six, and though she took a number of long detours during her life, she never gave up her lifelong dream of being published. Many years, hundreds of false starts, and five completed novels later, she received "The Call" in October 2006 and sold her epic fantasy romance, Tairen Soul, at auction. Her debut novel spent two weeks on the USA Today bestseller list, and her subsequent novels have gone on to hit a variety of lists, including USA Today, New York Times, and Publishers Weekly.

When not writing, C. L. enjoys relaxing with her husband and three children in sunny Florida and daydreaming of a world where people exercise in their sleep and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream is a fat-burning food.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003V1WUUI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins e-books; Illustrated edition (July 14, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 14, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2553 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 418 pages

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Writing has always been a focus of my life. I penned my first story at age six and haven't stopped writing since.

I hold a Bachelors Degree in English, Creative Writing from Georgia State University. Before selling my first book, I worked in the high tech industry as a marketing manager, a technical trainer, and a marketing product manager. I'm a member of Romance Writers of America, Tampa Area Romance Authors (TARA), Georgia Romance Writers (GRW), and Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)

I live in Florida with my husband & our three children. When not torturing my characters mercilessly, I enjoy questing through the wilds of the latest Elder Scrolls game, knitting, crocheting, and dreaming of a world where chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream is a fat burning food! Oh, and reading, of course!

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Ronda Tutt

Brilliant & Creatively Written!

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2013

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Brilliant & Creatively Written!

Just Wow! I am totally blown away. The series is brilliantly written with the world building and the dynasty of connections between the characters. This is one series that imagination and creativity of the plot exceeds any fantasy tale I have ever read. I found myself captivated from the very first book and towards the end of each book I couldn't wait to get to the next book to continue the flowing magical movie like visual of excitement the author's smooth writing revealed as it came alive upon the page.

I want to note however that each book is just a part of the story and must be read in order for the reader to understand the awesome plot and the connection between each character.

The main characters Ellysetta and Rain are magical and their passion is believable and steam up the pages throughout the series. The fey language will have you melting with heart felt emotions.

"Ver reisa ku'chae. Kem surah, sheitani. Your soul calls out. Mine answers, beloved." (Rain)

"Whatever your fate, I wil share it. Wherever your Path leads, there, too, walk I. Ver reisa ku'chae. Kem surah, sheitani." (Rain)

The Tairen creatures are creative as they are a form of great big cats with wings. They are humorous and playful but most importantly they are protective with a fierceness that will have you in awe. Steli is my favorite because of her protectiveness and heartwarming fondness of Ellie, she had me laughing out loud with her humor and actions.
The friendship between the Celierian (humans) Fae, Elves, characters bring forth the drama of family history, their fates of religion and beliefs, their turmoil of living and surviving, and their dedication of honor and soul wrenching love to die for.

"War is a strange thing, kem'jitanessa. I've seen bitter enemies fighting side by side, because they hate the thing they're fighting more than they hate each other. Sometimes you have to take your allies where you find them and hope for the best."

Throughout each book the reader will find the many examples of good (light) vs evil (darkness) and a discovery of how not all evil (darkness) is truly evil but a necessary action of protectiveness and love - a way of life. This is one of the reasons I love about this magical story.

"We are all the gods children. All our gifts come from them. It's what we do with those gifts that determines whether we walk in Light or Shadow."

The evil (darkness) of the Mages along with their demon possessed evil creatures will have you seething for revenge as the torture and graphic bloody scenery plays out in this action packed mystical story. The magical powers bestowed upon the Mages and their minions is bone chilling and will have you gripping the book tight as you read the scenes thinking OMG or WTF.

However, though the reader will be stunned from the horrific scenes of great loss, the passionate warmth of love and good deeds between each book leaves you with a fulfilled contentment up to the final climax of the breath taking Happy Ever After in the end.

Overall, I highly recommend this series for all Adult Fantasy fans and this fan of C.L. Wilson looks forward to reading more of her fantastic works.

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A delight and wonderful escape!

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2009

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I agree with the comments made by previous reviewers. Wilson is one writer you really MUST read the previous novels of AND in order, to appreciate the excellence of her novels. Without the previous books, this would be quite confusing to a reader. This novel was a very long time in arriving in print, it was a long wait, but it was worth the wait. You can entirely escape your own troubles and tribulations very quickly for an entire day in this, or any of Wilson's, novel(s). Her characters are very vividly described, although the multiple races or species can be very confusing to a newcomer to the Fading Lands. This novel really does NOT deal well with the Queen's missing sisters. It does, however, provide much information about her parents, noted only briefly a few times in the previous novel. The King of the Eld proves himself to be a fascinating, if enigmatic addition to the series. The fate of the Fey guard with the Queen's younger sisters is still left open to interpretation for the upcoming novel. Yet, more of the Queen's "Dance" is being unveiled now for the reader. Wilson's novels are, for me, a strong blend of elements from Feehan's Carpathian novels (especially her most recent ones) and Tolkien's complex species and battles from Lord of the Rings novels. These are very complicated novels, but they are so intricately plotted, characters so vividly described (usually), magical fantasy enhanced that anyone who loves romance-fantasy-battle stories will be captivated. After Feehan's Carpathian line emerged strongly in the last few years, I wondered, as a reader, "What's left? Where else that's original can the romance genre go?" I think the answer clearly is, "To C.L. Wilson."

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Babit

satisfying in parts, left yearning for more in others

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2009

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As with the previous three books in the series, I devoured Queen as soon as I got my hands on it. I find myself once again enthralled in Ellysetta's and Rain's world. Every time a character speak in Feyan, I sound out the words myself, imagining how the characters sound like speaking them. C.L. Wilson continues to describe a beautiful world of magic and love through her characters. Queen on the whole lives up to the very high expectations I have for this series, but I would be lying if I said I was completely and utterly satisfied with this book as I have been with the others.

Although there is nothing wrong or unsatisfying about the plots and storylines that is written in this book, like another reviewer, I thought Ms. Wilson's focus was shifted a little too much off the main characters of the story. I understand that she decided to split the last book of the series into two because there was so much that she wanted to put into the ending in order to tie the story all together neatly, there was just too much side story going on. Again the side stories themselves had nothing wrong with them, they were interesting and enthralling just the same, but there was not enough written on the main character's stories. The only time where I felt like Rain and Ellie's story progressed was their time in Elfia, which was toward the end of the book. Much of the book was spent in Celieria, with Annoura/Bour and Adrial/Talisa. I am sure that those two plot lines are essential to future events in the story, especially with what is happening at the palace, and I also understand that Adrial and Talisa's story ultimately needs closure as well, but I just wish that those plot lines were interspersed in the main story of Rain and Ellie instead of becoming the focus of the book themselves. In the end I feel like Rain and Ellie's story ended at pretty much the same place as in King, not much progress or change. There wasn't anything new to their story.

However, to be fair, Queen is a bit shorter than King, and I'm sure (hoping) that Ms. Wilson focused more on the side stories in this book so that she can focus all the story on Rain and Ellie in the final book without the distractions of side plots.

All in all, I think everyone, including me, may have felt a little disappointed because we were all waiting and anticipating for this book to come out and might have hyped it up too much. The book itself is well written and is a beautiful continuation of the series. I think I will be more satisfied with this book if I had the final book to read right after it.

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moonrising

Fascinating

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023

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I love all 5 books!! I could actually visualize the character's and scenes so vividly. Smart, witty, and so entertaining.

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jbfranco

Utterly beautiful !A must read !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2019

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I love every page of this 4th book ! I don’t have enough words to describe how mesmerising is the world created by this author . Really great . Not only was I hooked from the vey beginning but I also got into tears many times. So we have a incredible world building and a fascinating tale of love, friendship, honor and much more. Starting now the last book of this amazing serie! For all fantasy romance lovers this is a must read for sure! 😍🤩👍🏻👏🏻

Briar

moving right along

Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2010

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This is number 4 of the Tairen Soul series and again C L Wilson has done a great job. Just as number 2 & 3 the stories just flow from book to book. There is no jumping from one to the next, it is just as seamless as moving from one chapter to another. The story line is expanding and is building towards a huge battle in book 5. (The Tairen Soul) Ellysetta finds out who her parents are and, with her husband, Rain, at her side they prepare to meet the evil that threatens to destroy them and take her over, body and soul. Personally I can barely wait for book 5 to hit the shelves, and as soon as they announce the publishing date I will be one of the first to pre-order it.

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Gaia Seraphina

Dramatische Ereignisse mit Cliffhanger!

Reviewed in Germany on December 14, 2009

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Der vierte Band beginnt ein paar Wochen nach dem Ende von Band Drei.
Die Ausgangssituation ist folgende:
Das fey'sche Herrscherpaar Rain Tairen Soul und Elysetta Baristani wurde von Tenn v'En Eilan, dem Führer des obersten Rates der Fey zu Dahl'reisen ( entehrten Ausgestossenen ) erklärt und zwar aufgrund der Ausübung verbotener Magie ( Azrahn ), welche jedoch notwendig war, um die ungeschlüpften Tairen-Jungen zu retten.
Hm. Wer fühlt sich dabei an "Gilde der Schwarzen Magier" erinnert, der möge die Hand heben. ^^
Zwischenzeitlich hat v'En Eilan den Thron usurpiert und den Rat, die Massan, zur offiziellen Regierung erklärt. Womit er das Volk der Fey spaltete, in jene die weiterhin treu zum Tairen Soul sowie seiner Gemahlin ( und mit ihnen auch den Tairen-Wesen ) stehen und jene, die sich strikt an die alten Gesetze halten wollen.
Elysettas Schwestern und Vater sind bei dem Überfall auf Teleos in die magischen Grenz-Nebel geflohen und gelten seitdem als verschollen.
Mit den Eld ( unter schwarzmagischer Leitung ) kommt es immer wieder zu kleineren Scharmützeln, während ihre Führer nach dem misslungenen großen Überfall auf die Grenzstädte offenbar eine Gegenoffensive planen. Es werden weiterhin einzelne Schwarzmagier als Spione geschickt.
Hierbei fühlte ich mich ebenso an Trudi Canavans Saga erinnert. ^_~

Keine schöne Ausgangssituation also und es wird immer schlimmer.
Denn während Elysetta und Rain um Unterstützung bei möglichen Verbündeten bitten, begegnet man den Fey - speziell dem verbannten Ehepaar - in erster Linie mit Furcht, Hass und Ablehnung ( schlimmer als zuvor ) bzw. abweisendem Desinteresse ( seitens der anderen magischen Völker, den Elfen und Danae ).
Zudem wird uns Lesern die ernste Situation bezüglich der vier Magier-Zeichen auf Elysettas Körper klargemacht. Diese ist sogar noch gravierender als man gedacht hätte.
Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, daß die Autorin es dazu kommen lässt, wenn auch gewiss anders, als man denkt ... aber nichtsdestotrotz auf extrem dramatische Art aufbereitet. Wir kennen die Vorlieben der Schriftstellerin ja nun inzwischen zur Genüge.

Melliandra, das gezeichnete Sklavenmädchen des eldischen Erzmagiers und Hauptfeindes Vaudim Maur bekommt in diesem Band sogar noch eine grössere Rolle als im letzen, in welchem bloss ihr miserables Dasein ( denn Leben kann man das nicht nennen ) gezeigt wurde. Ihre "Beziehung" zum uralten Fey-Paar dürfte interessante Folgen auf sich ziehen.

Leider muß ich sagen, bekommen die Leser nichts über das Schicksal von Kiel und Kieran mitgeteilt. Nix. Weder ob sie die Schlacht überlebt haben oder gefallen sind. Was mich persönlich wie auf glühenden Kohlen sitzen lässt, denn ich mochte die Beiden sehr und dachte ich würde hier nun endlich über ihre aktuelle Situation aufgeklärt ... aber Pustekuchen!
Das Schicksal der Zwillinge erscheint auch irgendwie schwammig.

Ich freue mich allerdings, daß wir endlich (!) einige Vertreter des Elfenvolkes in Persona erleben dürfen. Nicht bloss in Erzählungen wie bisher ( bzw. während eines distanzierten Blick auf Gesandte ).

Die wenigen Sexszenen sind erfreulicherweise sehr dezent gehalten. Abgesehen davon, daß das Augenmerk auf der Handlung liegt und nicht auf der körperlichen Annäherung. Romantik misst man allerdings auch hier nicht.
Trotzdem ist die Reihe inzwischen eher zu einem High Fantasy Epos geworden und hat die Grenzen der Romantic Fantasy überflügelt ( ohne sie zu vernachlässigen ).

Die Autorin kommt in diesem Band auch auf das unglückliche Paar Talisa und Adrial zurück. Wir erinnern uns, Talisa war die junge Ehefrau eines celieranischen Landadeligen als sie und der Fey Adrial ihren Shei`tanitsa-Bund zueinander erkannten. Adrial musste jedoch aufgrund der gesetzlich gültigen Ehe seiner wahren Gefährtin auf eine Beziehung verzichten und stattdessen beschützte er sie unerkannt ( auch vor dem alles andere als darüber erpichten Ehemannes ).

Eigentlich ist die Gesamtsituation ein einziges Fiasko. Es wird den Lesern geraten Taschentücher bereitzuhalten. Dieser Band kommt zu keinem befriedigenden Ende.
Nunja "Queen of Song and Souls" ist auch "nur" ein Füllband, der die große Menge an Hintergrund-/Zusatzinformationen und Nebenhandlungen wiedergibt, welche die Autorin uns noch unbedingt in würdiger Länge ( d.h. nicht überhetzt ) erzählen wollte, bevor sie auf das absolut undurchschaubare Finale hinsteuert.

Die Spannung auf den fünften und finalen Band, genannt "Tairen Soul", steigt.

FAZIT:
Wer die Bände bis hierhin verfolgt hat, kommt einfach nicht umhin weiterzulesen ... bis zum bitteren Ende!
So packend ist die "Tairen Soul"-Saga. Höchste Suchtgefahr ( wobei diese Warnung offenbar zu spät kommt ^^ )!

PS:
Die Reihe erscheint auch auf deutsch. Wobei die Übersetzung nicht sehr gelungen und auch das Äussere sehr uneinheitlich ist.
Es gibt inzwischen zwei Bände. Angefangen mit dem falsch betitelten Im Bann des Elfenkönigs und der etwas besseren Fortsetzung Herrin von Licht und Schatten . Der dritte Band Die finstere Macht der Tairen Soul ( >_< ) ist schon in Vorbereitung. Ich empfehle allderdings die unverfälschten englischen Original-Ausgaben.
Lord of the Fading Lands (Tairen Soul 1)
Lady of Light and Shadows (Tairen Soul 2)
King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul 3)

A'propos - wem die Reihe gefällt, der könnte mal einen Blick auf "Guardians of Light" von Renee Wildes werfen ( 1.Band: Duality )

Der Link zur HP der Autorin steht in den Kommentaren unten.

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linda Gordon

Queen of songs and sounds book 4

Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2017

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Outstanding! Tremendous weaving of all the primary characters into the story line. The author is so descriptive one can easily imagine the terrains such as the Elf ‘s.

becky

Oooh and the plot thickens!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2018

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I am loving this series but only one more book to go 😭. I can't wait to see how it all end i have a feeling its going to be a bumpy And emotional roller coaster. Always so many twists and turns 😯 with such an intriguing plot. I'm not going to bang on about what happens in the book and blah blah blah because of you got to book 3 your definitely going to get to book 4 just like I'm now going to go to book 5 😬

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