Vortex Chronicles: The Complete Series

By: Elise Kova

Narrated by: Sarah Sampino

Length: 53 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

To save her world, she must sacrifice everything she holds dear.

Despite descending from a long line of powerful sorcerers, Vi Solaris lacked all magic. That is, until the day she manifested a powerful sorcery unlike any other.

Now, a sorcerer from a distant land tells her she must leave her home to claim her true power as champion of the goddess. That the mysterious plague ripping through her empire is the first warning an ancient evil threatens to rise anew. And that she is the only one who can put a stop to it.

Making matters worse, her empire falters under political turmoil, and her disappearance as the crown princess might just be what causes it to buckle. Assassins anointed by the evil she seeks to thwart hunt her relentlessly. And, despite herself, she's falling for that charming sorcerer with pointed ears and haunted eyes as he trains her in secret.

Vi embarks on a perilous journey across land and sea that will unveil shocking truths about her dying world, explore the mysteries of primordial magic, and have her fighting for the one thing that remains when all else is lost: love. Love for her home, her family, her duty, and for the man who will stay at her side until the world's end.

Vortex Chronicles is perfect for young-adult epic-fantasy fans who love sweeping adventures, coming-of-age stories, sword and sorcery, thrilling magic, slow-burn romance that doesn't overwhelm the main plot, and hope prevailing—all tied up with a happily ever after. Fans of Victoria Aveyard, Leigh Bardugo, and Alexandra Bracken are sure to be delighted by Vortex Chronicles.

This complete series omnibus edition contains all five books in Vortex Chronicles by USA Today best-selling author Elise Kova:

1. Vortex Visions
2. Chosen Champion
3. Failed Future
4. Sovereign Sacrifice
5. Crystal Caged

©2019, 2020 Elise Kova (P)2023 Elise Kova

Slow start

After a slow start in book 1, the series got better than I believed it was going to be. I initially believed it to be a simple love story that blew up into something far bigger. 2 thumbs up.

I loved the character development!

It was a great series! Unexpected twists and turns! It was great how Elise tied it together with the Wind Walker Series!

good but can be better

the book was great the author did an amazing job writing the book. it was predictable at times but still good though the issue I had was the reader the last one was better

Characters and food plot

I Loved the depth of the characters. Her ability to overlap timelines without resulting in confusion for the reader was amazing.

Such a great follow on to the original story

First of all the change in narrator was strange. I started this immediately after finishing Air Awakens. That being said I loved the story and seeing just how everything evolved and concluded. I would have loved to see a longer epilogue, but the time spent traveling the lines of fate made the ending that much sweeter.

If you can get through the first couple of hours

If you can get through the first couple of hours of narration, the narrator does get better. It was good. Help me captivate the whole way. A little frustrating with all the challenges she kept facing over and over again. I will admit in the beginning I wanted more of her parents and their relationship. I wasn’t ready to let them go. But Vi grew on me quickly and I because absorbed in her only. Good series. Will recommend.

The world building

I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read The Air Awakens before. Since this becomes a SPOILER********

time travel story, it would have been better to read the original first. It was good, but Vi and the ML are a bit whiny

Great series hard to listen to.

These book- just a great read. I listened to Air Awakens too and love it.
The vortex books however were so much harder to follow along. One review said it was a robotic narrator, I agree. This narrator should have listened to the first books and listen to the voices. A few of the voices started out with a middle eastern flare then went to an Irish/English dialect. Then a southern twang person. Lord. I can’t tell if it’s the constant change accent or how she butchered each sentence to make it sound like she was talking to a child but it almost lost me.
Great read just prepare yourself for the narrator.

Continuing the story to greater heights!

I didn’t think it could get better than the first set of books, but Elise has outdone herself again! I was so sad for it to end, but at least there is the tournament set of books now to listen to! My ONLY complaint is the performer this time around wasn’t consistent with her accents through every book and westerners sound completely different in this storyline than in Valla’s so the inconsistency for those of us reading all the books back to back threw me off.

Fantastic author and stories

Came across these 2 collections by pure luck and couldn't have been happier. I enjoyed every moment in each set. Thank you