'Faith and Moonlight: Part 2' by Mark Gelineau and Joe King is a continuation of a story featuring Ronan and Kay who were new students at a school.

Now Kay and Roan have kind of gone separate ways and found different friends. They are now both Razors, but Kay is more adept and Roan has to rely on more untraditional methods. Both make new friends and are influenced by them. Choices are made which lead to a confrontation and consequences.

I have enjoyed this world, these characters and these writers. They have a good style and do world building really well.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Gelineau and King, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

This book continues where part 1 left of, but it also fits in with the bigger universe of An Echo of The Ascended, which was supposed to become a series of series that were slowly working to come together. Unfortunately, I've never since heard anything about it, and this makes me scared that the stories will have ended rather abruptly. And I really liked the concept, also because the vibe and genre of each of the stories was (slightly) different. I would certainly recommend them, and I would read more, if I could.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I would like to thank NetGalley, Gelineau and King, and authors Mark Gelineau and Joe King for an advanced copy of Faith and Moonlight 2 for an honest review.

Now students of The Faith School we find Roan is training. Spending time with fellow students and looking to climb the ladder. Kay is struggling, needing to learn control but will her fears hinder her? I like these short stories, just enough for a quick read. Definitely recommend.

These authors are magic. Such intense world building and in-depth characterisation in a short work, simply amazing! I love this whole series of books and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

In the previous instalment, we were introduced to teenage orphans Roan and Kay: best friends who had travelled together to the city with hopes and dreams of entering the prestigious School of Faith, to become a legendary Razor. At the start of this instalment, passing the entry test is not the end of their trials, as they are now both thrown deep into the vigorous training regime and are tested in dangerous one-to-one combats. Through out which Roan and Kay are finding themselves growing further and further apart.

The protagonists Roan and Kay are still young, naïve and vulnerable, which gives us, the reader, the opportunity to watch them grow. It is in this second instalment where we see more clearly that these best friends are now on very different paths. Roan excels in his training and is determined to succeed, so as not to return to his brutal past. While Kay struggles with the dark, powerful magic growing within her; and fears the price she paid to get into the School of Faith may have been too high. I still definitely felt the most for Kay as Roan seems to be leaving her in his wake.

This majority of this young adult thread is set in the beautiful and serene School of Faith – a place of peace, education, power and history, with its marble buildings and lush green grass. Where there is the opportunity for fame and glory but this can come at a great cost, and in this instalment we are also introduced to the dark, bloody fate that could await those who fail in the fighting pits. The authors, Gelineau and King, have certainly ramped up the ante with the fights, danger and power for the characters in this – I think I may have read this one even quicker than the one before!

Overall, I thought Faith and Moonlight: Part 2 continued this highly enjoyable young adult thread to this epic fantasy series very well. Sadly I have no more instalments from this series…get writing Mr Gelineau and Mr King, I want more!