Prophecy's Daughter is the second book of the Endarian Prophecy trilogy by Richard Phillips. Released 9th January 2018 on Amazon's 47North imprint, it's 291 pages and available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

This 'bridge' book (filling the gap between the beginning and end of a trilogy), and indeed the series thus far, are well written grand quest fantasy. I read this second entry with an eye to how well it works as a standalone and the answer is, not very well. I recommend reading the series in order to get a feel for the characters and world building.

The protagonist is young and despite being powerful, she's still learning her capacities and adjusting to the idea of leadership. I felt that she was written sensitively and in character and even though I felt like poking her and saying 'grow up!' sometimes, it was in character and her motivations were well placed. The author gets a fair bit of allowance from me for the immaturity since this really struck me as mostly a YA/NA series.

The world building is solid with a myriad of characters but they're generally so well drawn and distinct that I've had no trouble keeping them apart in my head.

My only small quibble with the book is some of the names... they were distractingly modern American (Carol, Alan, etc). According to the dedication, the author's wife is called Carol... so that's sweet. I felt myself falling out of the story fairly regularly because of the names. All in all, not a very big issue.

Definitely worth a read for fans of quest/campaign fantasy.

Three and a half stars. Entertaining and readable.

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Prophecy's Daughter, the second book Richard Phillips's The Endarian Prophecy picks up right where Mark of Fire left off. We meet right back up with Carol dealing with the fallout of losing her magical abilities and finding her new home, as well as Arn, Ty, John, and Kim and their stay in the Kingdom of Endar. We continue to get more world building as we're introduced to the area in the west of the current world, and we learn a bit more about the magic system.

This was an incredibly quick and easy read, almost too quick. Maybe rushed? Had I had the time available, this could have been easily finished in a day. But that doesn't take away from the pacing and, more importantly, the quality of the story. There is actually quite a bit of story unfolding in these few short pages, although the primary focus this time around is purely on Arn and Carol, with minor focus on the secondary characters on the good side.

My only problem with this book was the lack of attention on the bad guys. In fact, the ending didn't really give me the "oh crap, our heroes are screwed!" mentality I was expecting from the second book. I'm not sure what the future holds for this series, whether we're only getting one more book to make a trilogy, or if we're getting a few more. If I were to guess, just based on how quickly events are unfolding, we're only getting one more. My only hope for the next book is that the stakes are raised for our heroes, for as much as I love the good guys winning, I don't want it to be easy for them!

If you've read and enjoyed the first book, definitely pick this one up.

These books are not my typical read, but after learning this was a sequel I had to read book 1. I was pleasantly surprised with this book! I actually liked this one better than the first. It was bit easier to follow and get into. The characters are really enjoyable, the light and the dark. I always prefer characters in relationships in books that are realistic, not everything is simple and flows perfectly. Real life is complicated, and I prefer for that to be mirrored in books I read as well. This book gives me that.

I suggest picking up the first book before diving into this one. This did leave me excited about the next installment. This book leaves you very open with a lot of possible directions it could all go.