The Last Faoii

By: Tahani Nelson

Narrated by: Sara Morsey

The Faoii have protected Clearwall for generations. With militaristic order and stalwart discipline, these women have reigned in prosperity. But when her monastery is attacked and her sisters slaughtered, only young Kaiya-faoii is left alive.

Forced to cope without the long-standing traditions of her Order, Kaiya travels the country on a mission to avenge her sisters and preserve what is left of her heritage. The search brings her not only to dark discoveries and ancient family secrets, but to something she never wanted or dreamed of: a brother she never knew she had.

Thrust into a war at the heart of a broken empire, the siblings must evaluate the true meanings of enemy, betrayal, and freedom - and the gray areas surrounding each. Kaiya slowly learns the true state of the world outside her monastery's walls, the dangers of the poisonous army that is slowly covering the land, and of her own innate abilities gifted by the Goddess.

©2017 Inkshares, Inc. (P)2018 Tahani Nelson

awesome

I read the book and loved the book. when I saw the audiobook I had to have it. I loved the story and the narrator brought the story to life.

Great story, Interesting ending.

Overall good pace to the story, rarely dull. Narrator unfortunately didn't quite fit the characters.

Best story read in a long time!

Loved this story! The author is definitely talented and has a way of using words to grab hold and paint a great picture. Cannot wait to read more from Tahani Nelson. Way to go girl you have put words to paper and created a wonderful story.

did the narrator ruin this one for me?

I'm conflicted about this story. I think I liked the concept, but I had a really hard time getting into the story. around chapter I started to feel like I was invested and around chapter 32 I found myself wanting to know what was going to happen next. at that point though, things got really weird and crazy and I had a hard time following around. I am wondering if the narrator had something to do with it. he read well, but there was no change in her voice throughout the story. when exciting things happened she used the exact same voice when there were peaceful times. I would have liked to have felt the emotion while I listened to this one.

Visceral and Intense

4.25 out of 5 stars

I normally don’t look at other reviews before writing mine since I don’t want to be affected by what they wrote or said but The Last Faoii left me feeling confused. Not in a bad way but I couldn’t put the book into words. In my head, that’s a good thing since it means that it was something new and unique that I couldn’t quickly bucket into a word or feeling.

The feeling that I think I was trying to figure out was intensely visceral. The book was real and deep and dark at times, but I thought that Nelson did a wonderful job writing a world, characters, and an overall story arc that kept me going “just a few more minutes” until it was late into the night.

Fantasy isn’t normally my jam and Epic Fantasy is even less, but there was something about The Last Faoii that pulled me in and held on. I couldn’t stop reading it and I wanted to figure out what was going to happen minute after minute.

The only issues I had with it were probably more personal and an issue related to the genre and the tropes surrounding it. I won’t even air them here since there isn’t a major reason to put a black eye on an otherwise great book.

Nelson’s work was only elevated by Morsey’s narration. She was able to take an already good book and turn it into something better. I love when a narrator is able to embody a work like I felt that Morsey did with The Last Faoii.

Overall, an enjoyable work of Epic Fantasy that had me staying up way too late to get through another chapter.