Splinter Angel: Book 2

By: Avaritiabona

Narrated by: Jessica Threet

Three weeks after her abduction to the Splinter, Anastasia Cole’s life is all but unrecognizable. Thrust into a fantasy world of magic, an enigmatic System, and demonically possessed creatures, most people would have been overwhelmed. Many would have given in to grief and loss, but Ana has always been a survivor. If her old life is gone, she’ll grab onto the fabric of this new world with both hands and make herself a new one.

She’s made a good start. She’s rapidly growing stronger , and killing demons is both fun and profitable. She’s learning to use magic, Shaping the mana of this new world to her needs. She’s even made a few friends and, most confusing to Ana, she’s met a woman who anchors her. Who makes her feel safe, comfortable, and perhaps even loved. She could be happy here.

If only things could have stayed that simple. Now half of her friends are missing, a woman lies infected with a disease that seems to be eating away at her very soul, and the small outpost is under siege by feral Earthlings infected with that same disease, who want nothing but to kill anyone unfortunate enough to be caught outside. The food stores are running low. Things are looking dire.

Ana is a survivor. But she is also a protector. A Guardian Angel. Gifted with a Class that gives her the strength she needs, with the will to do whatever it takes to protect those important to her, and unburdened by conscience, she will fight back. She will not let the Splinter fall. She will not let her new friends die. And above all, Ana will survive. Whatever it takes.

©2026 Avaritiabona (P)2026 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Overall Good, Romance Not So Much

Performance 10/10 easily. Good pronunciation, cadence and range.
Book itself is good, and I enjoyed most of it.
"Pacing" of the story is fast. Which is perfectly fine with how the story is crafted, except for the romance.
The MC fell in "love" too quickly for the type of person that she is. And said "romance" is borderline obsessive on her part. She also became heavily dependent on the love interest as a sort of mental reprieve but it never felt like it was earned in both a narrative and interpersonal manner.
And the overall pacing of 90% of the "romance" was all over the place and very disjointed with the rest of the story.
Too often in a scene would their moments of "romantic intimacy" feel completely out of place, as if it was pasted into the story after the fact, with little care.
And then on a personal level, I don't really care for the love interest and how she acts within the confines of the romance. Extremely clingy, unnecessarily horny (at least to me) and lacking in her own self characterization. Outside the "romance" she's almost nothing.
Their "love" feels much like those that are cartoonishly exaggerated in a play so that the audience can see how much in love they are with each other.
Their little moments of love and intimacy (like a hand squeeze, a hand on a shoulder, a quick hug etc...) are not warm, comforting, or quiet. Almost every show of love was loud and bombastic. Constantly telling me to "Look" at their love, instead of just letting me, and the characters, feel it.
Honestly, it feels shallow.
Not much of a gripe and more of an observation; I find it strange how "soft" the people are. To death and killing of others. They live in a world with their own brand of demons that seek out their deaths. People can kill each other to get levels, skills, and experience. Yet 99% of them are like "I've never desired to kill or harm another person nor have I killed or harmed someone."
Overall enjoyed the story for what it was, and enjoyed the MC outside of the romance.

Great second book.

Love the charecters, the story and the romance. Anyone saying they don't enjoy the mc's relationship with Messy and what it represents either has the emotional depth of a puddle or just wanted an Mc that does nothing but fight which in my opinion would be a boring and shallow story. Anna's willingness to trust and change thanks to Messy and her new friends are a big reason I continue to enjoy this series. Looking forward to book 3!

Great book

Every thing from the last book ramped up , all the characters have so much personality and I love it. Can’t wait to see what comes next and the VA dose an amazing job

Amazing!

Loved this book, especially love the romance, the strategy despite hiw Op our protagonist is. Can't wait for book 3!!!

Love this series! Cant wait to have book 3

Love the progression and the fact that she is not just op but uses her unarmed combat experience to her advantage