The Patterns Parallels Saga #3: Heart of Metalia

The Patterns and Parallels Saga #3

by C.S. Patra

The adventures with Donnie Vaughn and Olivia Mendoza continue into the next land, a world made of machines. When Donnie accidentally ends up in the world known as Metalia, he meets the young leader of the world, Lady Selene Sakai. She's a child yet brilliant and well-respected. Selene asks Donnie for help in trying to save her world and warns him not to go to the woods because of the monsters lurking there. When he finds out the truth about them, it changes everything that he has known.


Meanwhile, Olivia is trying to get used to her new role as a leader while trying to find Donnie. Before she can leave the Paperland, they are attacked by some strange creatures known as ice wasps. Unbeknownst to her, Donnie is also having problems with ice wasps and other issues in Metalia. Will this new challenge bring them closer together...or pull them further apart?

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Published March 28, 2016

About the author

CS Patra is the Amazon bestselling author of several book series. They include but are not limited to The Reaper's Apprentices, Operation: Genome, Cirque Macabre, Portman's Creamery mysteries, The Patterns & Parallels Saga, Ghosts of Burning Inn, and Flavors of Love. She loves to dabble in different genres and loves to cross over. Her personal favorite thing is write about female characters in different situations. She is also fond of writing many LGBT stories and stories focused on PoCs.
Although she does work during the day, most of her nights are taking up by writing. A native of North Carolina, she currently lives in Nebraska with her husband. She loves ladybugs, yellow roses, movies, book signings, mysteries, watching old Youtube videos, ghost stories, gossip, music, people making her fanart, museums, ice cream, and being a wisecrack though not all in that order. Writing and peacocks hit the top of her list though.

Reviews

[Regina · Rating 2 out of 5]

** Review of Audio Format **

Hearts in Trouble

Donnie and Olivia are separated, one in Metal world (aka Metalia) and one in Paper world. While Donnie works on saving Metalia’s heart from being stolen and its citizens from being harmed by the beasts that roam the forest, Olivia is crowned Queen of Paper world and struggling to don the mantle of leadership. Donnie soon finds that the Queen of Metalia is a genius but is not being completely forthcoming with him. Can they find each other again before Metalia’s heart is stolen and they lose each other forever? Will either acknowledge their undeniable feelings before it’s too late?

I will be honest. I didn’t care for this book. It read like bad CS Lewis fan fiction. It also appeared to be more for the YA crowd though I couldn’t find it labeled as such. However, since I have listened to other CS Patra books and enjoyed them very much, I would listen to other stories written by Patra. This one just didn’t strike any chords with me.

Jonathon Johns did a decent narration with questionable material. I enjoyed his tone and cadence and he sped up or slowed down his narration to capture the right feel for the story. He didn’t try to reach for female voices but you knew who was talking at all times.

I received this audiobook for free through Audiobook Boom! in exchange for an honest review.

[Delta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first in the Patterns and Parallels Saga I've read, but I like the concept of the series. There are multiple worlds that you can travel between and communicate between. Like I said, this is the first I've read, so I'm not sure if the other books have as much explaining in them as this one. It seems like we find out a lot about how the traveling works, how communications work, and the different worlds. I wasn't that interested in the relationship between Donnie and Olivia, but I think most of that could be attributed to the length of the book.

I listened to the audio version and Jonathan Johns did a very good job narrating. I liked the speed, but I have a feeling some audio listeners will find it too fast.

**I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.**