The Song of the Jade Lily: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Kirsty Manning

The Song of the Jade Lily has been called "a thoughtful, surprising, and original foray into ideas of time and identity." Set on a small island off the coast of China in the late 19th century, it tells the story of a young British opium-addicted doctor who arrives on a mission to save an entire village. But when she arrives, she discovers that there are no villagers to save: they've vanished without a trace--and then her memory begins to fail. An audioplay with an suspenseful story.

When a storm forces her to stay in an isolated cottage, Lillia never expected that it would lead her to one of England's most elusive and secretive societies. But when she encounters a man who is part fae, part vampire and fiercely loyal to the Jade Lily--a society whose members are engaged in an eternal struggle with the dark forces of the ancient world--Lillia realizes that she herself is caught in the middle of something far more dangerous than she could have ever imagined.

The Song of the Jade Lily is a novel about a woman in China trying to reconstruct her life after tragedy and the love she shares with two children who were born as twin boys. The narrator, 'Saskia Maarleveld,' does an excellent job of representing each character's voice. She also did an awesome job of narrating this audiobook.

This audiobook also comes with a reader's guide and author interview. The novel opens with the protagonist, Jade, looking for her father for the first time in years. However, after an altercation on one of the streets in their small town, she takes refuge from a foster home run by nuns. She finds a strange journal which is hard to read but offers her some hope that her father still exists somewhere in this world and she'll find him someday.

In The Song of the Jade Lily, a single mother in London is facing her own personal struggle with cancer and the impending loss of her daughter who has spent over two years being an au pair to China while she attempts to rebuild her life. With only weeks left to live, the character's journey through a mythic Chinese-inspired fantasy that comes to life through her music leads to different paths for each protagonist.

The Song of the Jade Lily is a great book. The author has been able to inspire a story that is filled with fantasy and adventure. Some of the scenes are dark, but they always seem to come around with a surprise. There's lots of tension throughout the novel it keeps you on your toes and will definitely keep you entertained.