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The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil Audiobook Summary

In the third book of Ted Sanders’ Keepers series, Horace and his friends discover their talismans of power may be dying out. Now the race is on to save their way of life–and the world as we know it.

Horace F. Andrews and his friends are fighting the battle of their lives, a battle that will decide the fate of everyone and everything they love. As Wardens and Keepers of Tan’ji, the fabled talismans of power, it is their duty to keep the world safe from those who would destroy it. But all is not as it seems. Sometimes there are too many secrets, and too many places to stumble in the dark. When one powerful Keeper and his Tan’ji are kidnapped, the Wardens have to ask who could have betrayed them. Who could have let the enemy into their stronghold?

This third book in Ted Sanders’ gripping series leads the listener onto new paths, new revelations, and new mysteries in the Keepers saga, where answers only bring more questions and the secrets behind the true nature of good and evil are revealed.

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The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil Audiobook Narrator

Andrew Eiden is the narrator of The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil audiobook that was written by Ted Sanders

Ted Sanders is the author of the short-story collection No Animals We Could Name, winner of the 2011 Bakeless Prize for fiction. His stories and essays have appeared in publications such as the Georgia Review, the Gettysburg Review, and The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories anthology. A recipient of a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, he lives with his family in Urbana, Illinois, and teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Keepers is his first series for younger readers. You can visit him online at www.tedsanders.net.

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The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil Full Details

Narrator Andrew Eiden
Length 15 hours 27 minutes
Author Ted Sanders
Category
Publisher HarperCollins
Release date September 26, 2017
ISBN 9780062688088

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The publisher of the The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil is HarperCollins. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Action & Adventure, General, Juvenile Fiction

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The publisher of the The Keepers #3: The Portal and the Veil is HarperCollins. The imprint is HarperCollins. It is supplied by HarperCollins. The ISBN-13 is 9780062688088.

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Goodreads Reviews

Michael

October 01, 2017

I've talked to many of my book friends about this series. One question comes up over and over again. “What do you mean by Middle-Grade fantasy? Is it like Young Adult?” I just tell people that MG is the first Harry Potter and YA is the last Harry Potter. Some people say, “Oh, I get it.” Others just stare at me like I’m the idiot. Because of how often this question has come up when I'm talking about the Keepers series, I thought I'd give a more thoughtful answer to that question before starting this review. So, what is Middle-Grade fiction? Think of MG as Young-Young Adult, stories featuring or written for pre-teens and young teenagers. Some good examples are The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Beyonders, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians, Percy Jackson, and The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching is my hero). There are a lot of differences between YA and MG. For me the big ones are: In middle-grade, there is typically a good side and a bad side. The good guys might do some unpleasant things, but there is a clear distinction with little to no grey areas. Romance is typically a big part of YA. There’s a lot of first love/first sexual experience stories. In middle-grade, there isn’t always a love story, and when there is, it tends to be a crush that might grow as far as a kiss. In YA there is a strong focus on what is going on inside the characters heads. What are they thinking, feeling, fearing, loving, hating. There is some of this in MG but not to the same degree. MG is more about the adventure. We need enough of the inner life of the character to make us care about them, but the adventure is the main thing. Foreshadowing. There are a few MG books with a huge gut punch surprise, but in general, the heavy foreshadowing makes it either easy to predict or, at least, makes the plot twists unsurprising. My favorite MG books make one twist easy to spot and then surprise the reader with a second twist.Now, onto the Keepers! Short ReviewRead this. It's really, really good. You won't regret it. Overly long reviewI didn’t post a review for the first two books in the Keepers series, so I want to start by looking at the series. The Keepers mainly takes place in Chicago. The main characters are young kids who find magical objects called Tanu, see below for more on the jargon unique to The Keepers. Each object has its own abilities. Some can be used by anyone, but the super cool ones required a bond. Only the person who bonds the object can use it. Mr. Meister and Mrs. Hapsteade hoard and protect Tanu. They try to make sure the right people find them and give occasional cryptic advice on how to bond the Tanu. They also fight the Riven, an intelligent race that lives alongside humans and believes only Riven have the right to use Tanu. The series is the story of the kids who bond magical instruments and the struggle against the Riven.Important JargonThe Medium - The medium is the magical force. All magical instruments are powered by the medium. Tanu - Tanu is a catchall phrase for magical instruments. There are several different categories of magical instruments, but all can be called Tanu.Tan’kindi - Tan’kindi are magical instruments that do not require a bond. A raven’s eye is a good example. It’s a marble with a black cloud inside. It absorbs unwanted attention and helps our heroes hide from the Riven. It works for anyone, whether they have magical abilities or not.Tan’ji - Tan’ji are instruments that require a bond. Once the bond is made, both the instrument and the person who bonded it are called Tan’ji. These are the really cool magical devices that allow a person to see through time, walk through walls, travel through portals, or dozens of other cool options. See the character list for a rundown on their Tan’ji.Tan’layn - Tan’layn are Tan’ji that don’t have an owner. The Find - The find is the process of bonding and instrument and discovering what it can do. It is important that a keeper learn for themselves and not be taught. Looms - Looms are bonded to one person like normal Tan’ji, but they are special. Their power is to make new Tan’ji by manipulating the medium. There is one loom and nine loomdaughters, though some have been destroyed. The loomdaughters also make new Tan’ji, but those are less powerful. The strongest Tan’ji are made by the loom. Harps - Harps are somewhere between Tan’ji and Tan’kindi. They only work for people who could be Tan’ji, but harps are not bonded to anyone. A harp is used to manipulate the medium. It cannot create new Tan’ji, but it can be used to cut off the flow of medium, rendering someone's Tan’ji useless. This is called severing and is dangerous. If someone is dispossessed from their Tan’ji for too long, it can be fatal. A good tuner, harp user, can also cleave someone from the medium, leaving them instantly dispossessed. Harps are also used to tune Tan’layn, to clean up any magical residue left over from the last Keeper. Riven - The Riven appear human to those who don’t have a magical affinity. But they aren’t human. They taller, have more knuckles, and are better attuned to the Medium. They believe that all tanu are rightfully theirs and do not want humans to use them. Over the centuries, the Riven have become more and more monstrous as they do everything they can to achieve their goal. Auditors - The auditors are a special group of Riven who can use anyone’s Tan’ji. They are hard to fight because they have accesses to everyone’s powers. Their only weaknesses are tuners cutting them off from the medium or a lack of familiarity with a Tan’ji. Just because an Auditor can share Chloe's power and walk through walls, that doesn’t mean she is as good at it as Chloe.Altari - The Altari are the makers of the Tanu. The Riven and the Altari used to be the same people but split off centuries ago over their differences. Altari have no issues with humans being Tanu, but they also aren’t out in the field, fighting against the Riven.Wardens - The wardens are an organized resistance to the Riven. Not all Tan’ji are wardens. Some join the dark side and fight for the Riven. Others go their own way and try to avoid the conflict. If their Tan’ji isn’t very strong then the Riven might leave them alone, but a strong Tan’ji doesn’t have much choice. If they go their own way, the Riven will hunt them down and try to convert them or steal their Tan’ji. The wardens try to protect each other and all the Tanu they can gather. Important CharactersHorace: Tan’ji - The Fel’Deara A.K.A The Box of Promises Horace is a thoughtful young man with an overly sensitive sense of time. He doesn’t need a watch to know what time it is, down to the second. This makes him the perfect owner of the box of promises. It is a small box with a glass bottom. Anything he puts in the box travels to the future, and when he looks through the glass bottom, he can see up to a day into the future. It’s one of the most dangerous Tan’ji. Knowing the future can be helpful, but it can also be misleading. It can make someone overconfident or convince them to act differently, which might be what causes the future they saw in the first place. It takes a very logical person to figure out how to make the Fel’Deara useful. It takes Horace.Chloe: Tan’ji - The Alvalaithen A.K.A. The Dragonfly A.K.A. The Earth-WingChloe is the superhero. The dragonfly lets her go thin. She can walk through walls, swim through the ground, make other things go thin, and meld two things together. In the Portal and the Veil, she reaches into her chest and moves a broken rib, melding it back together. How badass is that? Chloe is my favorite. She comes from a messed up family and has spent her whole life taking care of herself and running from the Riven. She is strong, daring and almost indestructible, but she’s not an emotionless warrior. Chloe has fears, big ones. She has feelings that make her stronger and some that make her weaker. She is also a snarky, sarcastic girl who can cut through all the bull and get straight to the point. April: Tan’ji - The Ravenvine April joins the group in book two. She is an empath. Her Tan’ji, the Ravenvine, lets her experience the world through the senses of nearby animals. She can use a dog's nose to smell or a bird’s eyes to see. It comes in pretty handy, especially when she teams up with Gabriel. April is followed around by a raven named Arthur. He is clever, hates the Riven and very attached to April. April is kind, determined and selfless. She knows the right thing to say and the right time to say it. She is very likable, but I kinda want to see her get mad and punch someone. I think she has it in her. It's just not her style. Still, I can hope.Brian: Tan’ji - Tunraden a loomdaughter Brian is a secret. The Riven are unaware that the Keepers have someone who can make new Tan’ji, and Brian wants it to stay that way. He has been a self-imposed prisoner in the Warden’s stronghold for over three years. He is scrawny, very pale, and suffering a severe vitamin D deficiency. He also has a habit of wearing t-shirts with poor attempts at jokes written on them. Neptune: Tan’ji - Devlin TourmindaNeptune’s Tan’ji lets her control gravity. She can’t fly, but she can float. She can make herself and a few other things go weightless. She can also locate sources of gravity without seeing them, which means she can sense someone moving in the dark. Her powers make her an excellent scout. She isn’t the best character. Her power is awesome, and she is likable. She has potential but is underdeveloped. I hope she gets a larger role in a future book.Gabriel: Tan’ji - Staff of ObroThe Staff of Obro looks like a cane for a blind man, but Gabriel uses it to create “the humor.” It’s a dark cloud that blocks out the senses of anyone inside it while allowing Gabriel to sense every detail of what’s happening in the humor. It is useful for confusing the Riven and escaping when cornered. It is especially useful when he teams up with April. She can use the Ravenvine to see what is happening outside of the humor, something Gabriel can’t do. Gabriel is older than Horace, April, and Chloe. He knows more of the wardens’ secrets and is more dedicated to their cause. His loyalty to the wardens and his hatred of the Riven may stem, in part, from his ex-girlfriend's betrayal. She abandoned the wardens and joined the Riven.Mrs. Hapsteade: Tan’ji - The VoraMrs. Hapsteade is a stern woman. The kids think of her as old, but I get the impression she is in her forties. I don’t recall if this is mentioned or just something I inferred. She is a no-nonsense woman who tells it like it is and has a healthy fear of the box of promises. Her Tan’ji is a quill that writes in a different color depending on who is writing. The color tells her something about the writer. It is used to help determine what kind of Tan’layn a person could bond. Mr. Meister: Tan’ji - Mai’tan OraculumMr. Meister is the Chief Taxonomer. He collects Tanu and is the unofficial leader of the wardens is Chicago. He is also very cryptic and secretive. His Tan’ji lets him see the medium and understand things about Tanu that most others can’t, but he is a cheat. A keeper can only have one Tan’ji, but Mr. Meister has figured out a way around that. He has a second Tan’ji, a vest made by Brian that has pockets that work like portals to his office, letting him grab things from his desk or shelves no matter where he is. How he has more than one Tan’ji and if he only has the two is still a mystery.Joshua: Tan’ji - The Laithe of Teneves Joshua is the youngest in these books. He is eight or nine years old and has a remarkable ability to read maps. He can glance at a map and remember every detail. His sense of direction is impeccable. He always knows where he is, even in the humor. The Laithe lets him open portals to anywhere in the world. He is a new keeper in The Portal and the Veil and still needs to learn more about his Tan’ji. He is a good kid, a by the books kind of guy. Once he’s made a promise he wants to keep it and isn’t sure how to handle things if keeping the promise, something he views as the right thing to do, might result in something bad happening. He wants to be a Warden but he is very insecure about his claim to his Tan’ji. He tries to be selfless and do the right thing, but he is young and insecure, his decisions aren’t always in his or his friends best interest. Dr. Jericho: Tan’ji - ??? I don’t think we’ve seen the name, but maybe I missed it.Dr. Jericho is the big baddy, a monstrous Riven who hunts Horace, Chloe, April, and Joshua. He has some connection to Tan’ji related to time and space. He can sense Horace using the box in ways that don’t make sense to the wardens. He has a Tan’ji embedded in his back, but I’m unclear on what it does. He has superhuman speed and strength and is very scary. It takes all the powers, wit, and teamwork our heroes can muster to fight him off.What I like about the series:You probably figured it out already, but this series has some incredible world building. The magic system is complex without being complicated. A lot is going on, but it isn’t hard to follow. The Tanu are imaginative and fun. I especially like how well they work together. One Tan’ji is pretty cool and powerful, but when the right two Tan’ji partner up, they can do amazing things. The characters are great. The interaction between them is fun and believable. They are brave and loyal and all the things you need in heroes, but they are also kids. They do things like sending a firefly into the future and naming it rip van twinkle. It’s exactly the kind of thing I’d have done with a time machine when I was twelve. The stories are good. The series isn’t just about fighting the Riven and finding Tanu. People have things going on in their lives. The first book is the story of Horace and Chloe becoming friends, finding the wardens, and teaming up to save Chloe’s father. The second tells the story of April and Joshua coming to Chicago. April found a Tan’ji on her own, but her Tan’ji is broken, bleeding. It attracts the Riven. She has to leave her family and seek the help of the wardens. The third book is the fallout from Chloe’s mother breaking into the wardens’ stronghold and convincing Brian to try to make her Tan’ji. Chloe’s mom is a whole big ball of trouble. She has reason to be angry, but she lets it ruin her life, choosing her desires over Chloe and putting all the wardens in danger. Time to talk about The Portal and the VeilElevator PitchIsabelle, Chloe’s mother, is still desperate to become Tan’ji. She manages to sneak into the wardens' stronghold and convinces Brian and Joshua to help her. They travel to somewhere they hope is safe and begin the attempt to turn Isabelle’s harp into a Tan’ji. Their safe place isn’t very safe, and the Riven attack. The wardens mount a rescue attempt, but there are too many enemies and too few wardens. The CastThe Portal and the Veil has a large cast of characters. It’s the same cast from The Harp and the Ravenvine, but Horace’s awesome mother has a more significant role. For a lot of the book, all the characters are in one place. Having everyone together and flipping back and forth between the main characters’ perspectives, makes it seem like a bigger cast than in the previous. The large cast is a strength. Each person has a good backstory, which adds depth and allows the story to grow in more directions. The interactions between characters are one of my favorite aspects in this series, so more characters are a plus. The only downside to large cast is it can be a bit tedious reading the same action scene from four or more perspectives. At first, I found it very immersive. In a fight scene with over a dozen people, it is hard to keep track of everyone. Switching back and forth between the perspectives of the main characters is a good way to cover a lot of ground and get details from across the entire fight scene. On the flip side, having four people describe the same moment can make the book lag, and skipping back a few minutes in time during an exciting scene is a bit frustrating. The writing technique here really brought the scenes to life but would have been better if it took up less space and felt snappier. The MagicI enjoyed watching this magical world grow. It can be tricky to expand a magic system in a way that feels consistent. Sanders world of magical instruments makes it easy. A new Tanu can change everything. In The Portal and the Veil, there's a new Tan'kindi that works like a flying carpet, a Tan’ji that can open portals to anywhere in the world, a sword that creates a curtain of ice at absolute zero, a bow with self-loading arrows, and a bowl of water that can tell when someone is lying. Think of all the new possibilities. Pretty cool, right? Now think of all the trouble they could cause if miss used or if controlled by the Riven. Tha magical world is growing in a way that feels very natural. It promises to deliver some epic new magic items and change the way the wardens fight the Riven. It also will create brand new problems, and make their lives more difficult. All the Tanu seem to be a double edge sword of awesomeness and danger.IsabelleI feel like I have to talk about Isabelle. What happened to her as a kid was awful, painful, and completely without her consent. She has every right to be mad and feel cheated. Becoming a tuner was not her choice and kept her from becoming Tan’ji. That anger is one of the most relatable things in the whole series. If you could bond an instrument that let you do wondrous and magical things, but it never happened because the good guys ripped that power out of you to make you their tool, wouldn't you be mad? What she became as a tuner was remarkable. Isabella could have been the strongest fighter the Wardens had, but they couldn't see a tuner as a valued warden or a warrior. I wonder how things would have turned out if she was recognized as a paragon with a harp. Imagine her fight alongside Chloe, actually working together. I think the Wardens missed a real opportunity with her. I don't excuse her selfishness. She has reason to be mad, but she did nearly kill her daughter because she can't get over what might have been, and she decided to abandon her family instead of her harp. She consistently puts her needs and desires ahead of the needs and safety of others, even of her family. She is far from blameless, but how different would she be if the Wardens treated a talented harper like they treated a talented Tan’ji. Plot Twist / Cliffhanger What good is an adventure without a few surprises and a tense ending? Yes, The Portal and the Veil ends with a big reveal and a cliffhanger. As I mentioned earlier, MG is typically heavy on the foreshadowing. I’d describe the twist in The Portal and the Veil as intriguing. I wasn't stunned, but that’s a big ask for a MG book. The reveal didn't stun me but does make me wonder where things are headed and how Chloe and Horace will react. I’ve enjoyed this series enough that I don’t need an incentive to pick up the next book, but the twist at the end raises enough questions to make me all the more eager for book four. Just Read It!There is a lot more I'd like to say about this book, this series, and these characters, but I've gone on too long already. Let's face it, if you're still interested, if you're still reading this you should just pick up the book and read it instead. Don't let the page length or jargon put you off. Long doesn't mean hard or boring, and the jargon is easy to pick up. The Keepers series is fun, imaginative, and exciting. It is everything I look

Amita

August 07, 2020

4 star book, but 5 star ending scenes.Overall not as great as the first two but close to the end it got wild again: Fusion, the Ro'ha, Paragons, meeting Falo, ISABEL!!, the Mothergates, the final scene in the Warren??!!, Joshua :(, the freaking Altari, honestly just everything was incredible.

Ellie

December 13, 2017

These characters are so much fun! I'm enjoying the journey Sanders is taking us on and the way the magical world seems to get larger and larger with each book. Looking forward to #4.

Melinda

September 14, 2021

** spoiler alert ** This book series is just getting BETTER AND BETTER AND MORE INTENSE the more I read but I am literally CRAVING the books when I don't read them and I think about them all the time when I am not reading them it's amazing and insane. This book series is one of the best I have ever read and I love it so much I am not ready for it to end. This book itself is FRICKING CRAZY. First off we have so much family drama and long held secrets that I just can't even begin to explain how amazing they are like Isabel being Chloe's mom, all of the drama of her coming back and leading the Riven to them MORE than once. I loved April and her new found powers and how well she uses them in the fight scenes and how attuned she has become. I love that we get more glimpses of the other characters, their powers, and how well attuned they are as well. It's awesome we get to see Gabriel practicing in the Warren before they eventually have to go fight the Riven. I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE that Joshua was forced into picking his instrument and his instrument forced into picking him and the "lostling" drama that ensues. I think it was an amazing plot twist I didn't expect but should have with Isabel's character. However, I loved the growth she was showing before we saw her last in this book. I enjoy the more we learn about the Riven as well as Dr. Jericho it was shocking and amazing and I love the introduction of the Ravid. I think they are incredibly creepy but also really cool to add to the universe. I AM BEYOND IN LOVE with the Altari and Dailen and his introduction I think it was perfect. I also am absolutely DUMBFOUNDED that Horace was never supposed to connect with his instrument as it was supposed to have been destroyed. I think that really was amazing and I loved that the Altari came for Joshua because of his forced entering into The Find and found Horace and Chloe fighting the riven and the golem. It was amazing and I LOVED when they got to Ka'hoka and the Council wanted to witness their powers and how well they can use them etc. it was amazing and I loved the scene with Chloe in particular wowing everyone and shutting Brula up lol. I also was in love with Horace for getting the hold of grounding himself so well and being able to use his powers with the box so effectively to see Brula drinking the water and writing the sarcastic note in the dirt that was amazing!!!! I also fricking LOVED Jessica (Horace's mom) being introduced and brought back to the Warren and the Warden and going along with the rest of them to Ka'hoka and seeing Si'falo Teneves again it was so wholesome and lovely and I love Brian escaping the Warren to try to fix Isabel and make her Tanji with her Harp it was so wholesome and sweet and when he finally stepped back outside his reaction was heartwarming. I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE this book so much they keep getting better and better each one I read and I am beyond sad I am starting the last one :( But eternally grateful I found the books after they all came out so I can binge read them lmfao.

I

January 09, 2021

Guys, if ur reading this review to see if the book is good, then, don't read this book...1st read 'The box and the Dragonfly' then 'The Harp and the Ravenvine', and THEN read this book, or else you won't get the book's storyline.I absolutely LOVE how the author weaves the story from book 1 to book 2 to book 3 and book 4, but since I have just started reading book 4 (-The Starlit Loom-), so I'm writing the review on the 3rd book, so...I read all books all in order because, well...I wanna understand the books.I got book 1 at a bookstore but when I started reading the book I couldn't stop and when it ended in a cliff-hanger I always wondered what she meant, I looked up on amazon and the sequel was the and the next AND THE NEXT!!🤯🤯So after months of begging my parents to get book 2, I finally got it from amazon, but I realized I was about to finish the book in 2 days so I REALLY controlled myself and finished it in 4 days🤣After that was done, for Christmas I asked for book 3&4, which came a week or 2 ago and I'm already starting to book 4 and I'll write a review on that too.Onto the actual review:The thing I like most about the book is the friendship between Horace & Chloe and it's just beautiful how Sanders shows it throughout the book or actually throughout all the books.Another thing I am really surprised about is how he comes up with terms and the terms are mysteriously hidden with other terms but when they are revealed to the story the terms are looped, interconnected with each other terms.And back to Horace and Chloe, in the book1 I wondered if they both are such good friends why don't they have a secret greeting or something like that?well, book 2 solved that question, they do have a secret greeting.book 3&4 show how they both trusted each other and what they would do to help each other.Even in the 1st chapter of the book4 in Chloe's thoughts, she said she trusted Horace with all her life, (which can be seen on multiple occasions in the series) and trusted Horace more than herself.I could tell the same for Horace but for that, I have to read till the conclusion of book 4 which unfortunately is the last book :(I think more people should read this series and comment on it:1: Because it's a Great Fantastic ABSOLUTELY Fantastic series.2: Because I like to read what other people think about the series.And also partly because all my family members just stare at me confused, because I am so so so so so so so so hyped about the series and blabber about it almost all the time.Overall ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTICALLY FANTASTIC SUPERB series.Deserves a 5 star rating.

Fiona

November 12, 2017

I won this book through a Goodreads giveaway......and I'm so glad I did. Since I only won the third book in this series, I decided I would have to read the first two as well. I put off reading the series for a few days, since middle-grade fiction doesn't appeal to me as much anymore, but I would highly recommend this series and wish this had been around when I was younger.The pacing, plot, and structure of this and the previous two books are amazing. I'm honestly impressed. Everything flowed together without feeling too cut short or overly drawn out. There is a unique cast of (many) characters that are all memorable and there's no way to mix them up (which gets harder with a larger cast).One of the problems I had with this series is that sometimes it feels like some moments are especially infuriating (because character development or whatever), but others may like that sort of thing, because how else would a book move along?I like how the magic (?) in this book is based in science, which encourages curiosity. I like how there are illustrated pages at every major section of the book-- just the right amount to form a starting point for what the characters/settings might look like, but not enough to force you to imagine it a specific way.I was hoping this would just be a trilogy since I hate waiting, but I'll definitely be reading the rest of this series.

Erik

November 19, 2018

Wow. This book was absolutely riveting – so much happens within its covers. Between the nonstop action and the characters discovering answers to their questions about themselves, this book is an absolute powerhouse. It hits you like a steamroller going well over its normal speed capacity. Everything just fits together so cleanly, the plot never feeling forced a bit as everything goes incredibly wrong for the characters at frightening speeds. An interesting factor was that we are following several groups of characters at different locations at the same time. This can be tricky sometimes. It can be hard to follow if done inadequately- but Sanders is everything but inadequate.The book is one of the best ones I’ve read in a while. Sanders is a master of his craft, able to keep readers hanging onto his every word while he is in the midst of continuously dashing their hope against dangerously large pillars hanging over a cliff with rapidly moving water and sharp rocks waiting below it. He’s that good – trust me. Sanders has a clear writing style that I wish to be able to emulate some day. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series! Please note I received a free review copy of this book.

Marlana

October 01, 2017

I couldn't wait to get my hands on the third book in The Keepers series and The Portal and the Veil doesn't disappoint.Sanders continues to masterfully weave a story so realistic that you feel like you know Horace and Chloe and you're a keeper yourself.Book three picks up right where book two left off. Sometimes when a book picks up exactly where the last book left off it never gains traction and feels like a continuation more than its own book, but The Portal and the Veil doesn't feel merely like a continuation of events. It feels like its own tale and Sanders does a great job of reminding readers of what happened previously without doing info dumps.All in all The Portal and the Veil was everything I didn't realize I wanted a third book to be. And the ending. . .you'll never see it coming.

Auryn Maxwell

February 13, 2021

This book was the easiest to get into in the beginning out of all the other books in this series I've read so far. It was also probably the most exciting. I found the middle part of the book to be more interesting than the climax, but that's just because I really liked seeing everything happen all at once in all the different perspectives. A lot of new things were introduced, just like in the other books. I am super excited to read book 4, especially after that ending.

Scott

April 12, 2020

This series keeps getting better. The characters continue to grow as multi-faceted people that I connect with more with each book. The secret history of the world gets more surprising and logically thought out (and little hints in the first book are being revealed). I'm excited for the last book in the series.

Darling

October 18, 2018

** spoiler alert ** Falo, making yet another dramatic entrance: Fuck you, Brula.Everyone else: not this shit again.

Val

August 13, 2018

Much better than both books that preceded it! Sanders is really growing as an author. love it!

Samuel

November 21, 2017

Can't wait for next book!!!!

Ceilidh

April 29, 2020

4.5/5 stars!!!

Raven

November 02, 2022

A great, book but for me it's purpose is passage for the final series of the story

christine ✩

January 17, 2020

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Listening to audiobooks not only easy, it is also very convenient. You can listen to audiobooks on almost every device. From your laptop to your smart phone or even a smart speaker like Apple HomePod or even Alexa. Here’s how you can get started listening to audiobooks.

  • 1. Download your favorite audiobook app such as Speechify.
  • 2. Sign up for an account.
  • 3. Browse the library for the best audiobooks and select the first one for free
  • 4. Download the audiobook file to your device
  • 5. Open the Speechify audiobook app and select the audiobook you want to listen to.
  • 6. Adjust the playback speed and other settings to your preference.
  • 7. Press play and enjoy!

While you can listen to the bestsellers on almost any device, and preferences may vary, generally smart phones are offer the most convenience factor. You could be working out, grocery shopping, or even watching your dog in the dog park on a Saturday morning.
However, most audiobook apps work across multiple devices so you can pick up that riveting new Stephen King book you started at the dog park, back on your laptop when you get back home.

Speechify is one of the best apps for audiobooks. The pricing structure is the most competitive in the market and the app is easy to use. It features the best sellers and award winning authors. Listen to your favorite books or discover new ones and listen to real voice actors read to you. Getting started is easy, the first book is free.

Research showcasing the brain health benefits of reading on a regular basis is wide-ranging and undeniable. However, research comparing the benefits of reading vs listening is much more sparse. According to professor of psychology and author Dr. Kristen Willeumier, though, there is good reason to believe that the reading experience provided by audiobooks offers many of the same brain benefits as reading a physical book.

Audiobooks are recordings of books that are read aloud by a professional voice actor. The recordings are typically available for purchase and download in digital formats such as MP3, WMA, or AAC. They can also be streamed from online services like Speechify, Audible, AppleBooks, or Spotify.
You simply download the app onto your smart phone, create your account, and in Speechify, you can choose your first book, from our vast library of best-sellers and classics, to read for free.

Audiobooks, like real books can add up over time. Here’s where you can listen to audiobooks for free. Speechify let’s you read your first best seller for free. Apart from that, we have a vast selection of free audiobooks that you can enjoy. Get the same rich experience no matter if the book was free or not.

It depends. Yes, there are free audiobooks and paid audiobooks. Speechify offers a blend of both!

It varies. The easiest way depends on a few things. The app and service you use, which device, and platform. Speechify is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks. Downloading the app is quick. It is not a large app and does not eat up space on your iPhone or Android device.
Listening to audiobooks on your smart phone, with Speechify, is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks.

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