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Eye Spy

Valdemar: Family Spies, Book 2

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Eye Spy

By: Mercedes Lackey
Narrated by: Nick Podehl
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In this second installment of the Family Spies series, set in the best-selling world of Valdemar, the children of Heralds Mags and Amily must follow in their parents' footsteps to protect the realm.

Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife, Amily, the King’s Own Herald, are happily married with three kids. Their daughter, Abidela, dreams of building on her parents' legacy by joining her father's network of spies, hoping to offset her seeming lack of a Gift.

But when Abi senses the imminent collapse of a bridge only moments before it happens, she saves countless lives, including that of her best friend, Princess Katiana. The experience, though harrowing, uncovers her unique Gift - an ability to sense the physical strains in objects.

Intrigued by the potential of her Gift, the Artificers seek to claim her as their own - but only the Healers can train her. Through training with both of them, Abi discovers unique facets of her Gift, including a synesthetic connection to objects that allows her to “see” as well as feel the strains.

Her Gift may also grant her a distinct advantage as a spy - there won’t be a building in the entire kingdom of Valdemar with a secret room that she doesn’t know about. With the help of her mentors, she must hone her gift to uncover the hidden secrets in the depths of Valdemar.

©2019 Mercedes Lackey (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
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Couldn’t stop listening. A balanced storyline filled with inspiring characters, and a wonderful narrator (I can’t usually get into American narrators, but this one is very fluid and not at all robotic).

Enchanting!

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This second book in the family spies followed Abi the second child of our Valdemar spy family.
It’s an easy read, and I found Abi a refreshing and easy to like lead, I did have trouble starting the book but I’ll chock that up to having read too many Valdemar books back to back.
The story isn’t a high stakes one, and follows her journey as an artificer trainee and discovering what she wishes to do and how she wishes to help her father and Valdemar.
Over all a good story, nothing ground breaking but a fun and easy read. 3.5/5

A different kind of Valdemar story

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