I listened to the audio of A King Awakened straight after finishing A King Undone.

I liked A King Awakened much more than A King Undone -there was a lot more happening in this second book than the first.

I like the progression in Arend and Julian's relationship, and I cheered when Arend finally declared his love.

So many machinations against our king and his lovely concubine. I didn't think Arend was going to do the right thing for a long time, so again I was most pleased when he decided to fight for his love.

And we did get the happy ending - in more ways than one - in A King Awakened.

I loved getting to see my Alistair from before his story in A Gentleman Revealed. I loved seeing his gruff side, and seeing hit tender side when hit comes to his 'brother'.

Now, onto the narration. It was the same narrator as A King Undone, so I have to say.. WTH happened? Julian went from sounding like Pepe le Pew in the first book to a bad Count from Sesame Street in this one. I nearly had to give up listening and go on to just read this book as it got just ridiculous to listen to.

These m/m historicals by Cooper Davis have become my new obsession, and I am impatiently awaiting for the next Avenleigh book.