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The Rainbow Gate

By: Freda Warrington
Narrated by: Jan Cramer
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Which of the worlds was real? And where were the boundaries? As a child, Helen and her friend Rianna had wandered freely through Charnwood Forest into an enchanted otherworld of brightly-coloured creatures and strangely beautiful, charismatic people. Then Rianna moved away and the enchantment vanished. Now, 15 years later, she has returned suddenly, secretive and haunted. And soon Helen finds herself drawn back across those half-forgotten, ever-shifting boundaries between reality and fable. Drawn back into the twin lands of Tevera: the sun-bright, singing lands of the Chalcenians and the chill, sad underworld of the Domendrans.

Very different but connected worlds, their pull is growing stronger. An age-old conflict between the realms of light and darkness is breaking through into Helen's everyday world, dragging in her loved ones too. Wonder gives way to bewilderment and fright. As they come to understand the enigmatic people of Tevera, they realise that they must play their part in the conflict that will save or destroy our own world.

©1989 Freda Warrington (P)2014 Audible Studios Fiction Science Fiction

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"She is emerging as a formidable novelist, already in command of dark romance and blighted love." (Vector)
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I love Freda Warrington’s other books. This one was…rough. There were some great ideas but at a certain point it started to feel disjointed and I didn’t exactly get why certain events happened and tied into each other. (Ex: why was sexual energy needed for certain things…I get the general idea but it wasn’t connected well). I didn’t experience this in her other books. It was a creative and interesting premise though.

On to the narration. Oh. My. Goodness. Mouth sounds all over the place. Especially later in the recording. There are ways to avoid this. It drove me crazy. I did like her voice for general plot moments. I didn’t love her portrayal of the characters. Rhiana just sounded whiny most of the time and even Helen did after a while. I do think this was partly the author but mostly the portrayal. There were other voices I found annoying as well.

I wanted to love this book but overall it kind of fell flat for me.

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