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Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews Narrator: Renée Raudman
Series: The Edge #4
Published by Recorded Books on May 3, 2013
Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Urban Fantasy
Length: 15 hours and 25 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Bought
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The Edge lies between worlds, on the border between the Broken, where people shop at Wal-Mart and magic is a fairy tale—and the Weird, where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny…
Charlotte de Ney is as noble as they come, a blueblood straight out of the Weird. But even though she possesses rare magical healing abilities, her life has brought her nothing but pain. After her marriage crumbles, she flees to the Edge to build a new home for herself. Until Richard Mar is brought to her for treatment, and Charlotte’s life is turned upside down once again.
Richard is a swordsman without peer, future head of his large and rambunctious Edger clan—and he’s on a clandestine quest to wipe out slavers trafficking humans in the Weird. So when his presence leads his very dangerous enemies to Charlotte, she vows to help Richard destroy them. The slavers’ operation, however, goes deeper than Richard knows, and even working together, Charlotte and Richard may not survive...
Also in this series: Bayou Moon, Fate's Edge, Steel's Edge, On the Edge, On the Edge, Bayou Moon
I’m taking part in the 2025 Read-Along for The Edge series & Innkeeper Chronicles by Ilona Andrews hosted by Books of My Heart.
I listened to Steel’s Edge for the first time. My original thoughts from my read still apply. The audiobook is an excellent listen. Renée Raudman narration is smooth, exhilarating, and brings the emotions and story to life. I really loved the audiobook.
5 Steel’s Edge Stars
Steel’s Edge is book four in The Edge series by Ilona Andrews. This is the final book in this series and I am sad to see it end. I have become so immersed in the world and characters that where created for The Edge series.
Steel’s Edge is full of adventure, humor, and romance. I could not put it down, I devoured this book from beginning to end. This was by far the best in the series and I’m glad it ended so well. We get a fantastic world of the Edge and the Weird.
Charlotte and Richard were great characters. I was not sure how well Charlotte would do as a healer, but the writing team really surprised me with her abilities and the fit against slavery. I loved Richard from his first introduction in Bayou Moon. Their journey together had so many emotional highs and lows, that when these two did come together it was so sweet and passionate.
I can’t forget George and Jack; I have loved these two since the moment they came into play in On the Edge and was glad to once again see them play a fairly big part on the pages.
This is another winner from the Andrews team. I can always count on them to bring adventure, humor, and fantastically interesting characters and world to life. I do hope they some day come back to this series; maybe give us a book on Sophie, George, and Jack since we have watched them grow from children to teenagers. I highly recommend giving The Edge a try.
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About Renée Raudman
Renée Raudman is a multi-award-winning audiobook narrator. She has earned a number of AudioFile Earphones Awards, including for The Last Secret by Mary McGarry Morris and Wesley the Owl by Stacey O’Brien, as well as a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for Joe Schreiber’s Chasing the Dead. She has also performed on film, TV, radio, and stage, including the recurring roles of Jordon on ABC’s One Life To Live, Phyllis on NBC’s Passions, and guest-starring roles on prime-time TV. She has been heard in cartoons (The Simpsons, Billy & Mandy), videogames, and on the E! channel. Her narration of Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper was selected by Library Journal as one of the best audiobooks of 2009, and her reading of Marthe Jocelyn’s Would You was selected by the ALA as one of the best young adult audiobooks of 2009.
About Ilona Andrews
“Ilona Andrews” is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Ilona is a native-born Russian and Gordon is a former communications sergeant in the U.S. Army. Contrary to popular belief, Gordon was never an intelligence officer with a license to kill, and Ilona was never the mysterious Russian spy who seduced him. They met in college, in English Composition 101, where Ilona got a better grade. (Gordon is still sore about that.)
Gordon and Ilona currently reside in Texas with their two children and many dogs and cats.
They have co-authored several bestselling series, including the #1 NYT bestselling urban fantasy of Kate Daniels, rustic fantasy of the Edge, paranormal romance of Hidden Legacy, and Innkeeper Chronicles, which they post as a free weekly serial. For complete list of their books, fun extras, and Innkeeper installments, please visit their website at Ilona-andrews.com.
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I really anticipated Richard’s book, too, and loved, loved, loved getting the boys in lots of page time here.
This is my favorite from The Edge series. It’s got so much in it and I love the boys. Thanks for visiting and sharing.
Yay for enjoying this re-read still and feeling like it is still a good series. Great review!
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Thanks Lisa for visiting. It nice to re-visit The Edge series.
Sounds like something I’d enjoy.
The last book is my favorite in The Edge series. Thanks for visiting Antoinette.
I’m really enjoying the Read-along, not just because I love Ilona Andrews. It’s also because it is so great to read these loosely related series all together instead of spread out over 10-15 years. I hope you are enjoying them. The Graphic Audio is a brand new thing for me this year and the Innkeeper books are quick and fun that way.
It’s been a while since I read/listen to The Edge series. A few of The Edge books like this one are new to me for audio. I bought, but never listened until now. ^_^ It’s been fun revisiting. I’m now onto the Innkeeper Chronicles to listen to the GraphicAudios which are a lot fun and shorter then the original audio version. Thanks for hosting the read-along and visiting!