Gauntlet, Holly Jennings
Gauntlet, Holly Jennings
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Gauntlet

Author: Holly Jennings

Series: Arena #2

Narrator: Erin Spencer

Unabridged: 13 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/04/2017


Synopsis

Plug back into the dangerous world of virtual gaming, in the next thrilling novel from the author of Arena.

Kali Ling has faced down death hundreds of times for the entertainment of millions. She knows fear—and she knows what’s truly terrifying...

There’s a new game in town. A brutal, winner-takes-all, international video game tournament showcasing the world’s most elite players, promising fame, prestige, and unbelievable fortune. But there’s a catch. The game uses new VR pods guaranteed to push digital warriors to their physical and psychological brink—adapting every time a gamer makes a move.
 
As the first female captain and youngest team owner in VGL history, Kali is used to defying the odds. But as the all-star tournament heats up, her determination begins to waver and the pressures of media, sponsors, and the game itself begin to put cracks in her hard-set convictions—and strain on her relationship with the one person who matters most.
 
If Kali and her teammates are to survive, they’ll have to find a way to be stronger than ever before. But battling the system may prove too difficult for even the most hardened of fighters...

About The Author

Holly Jennings is a lifelong gamer who has spent innumerable hours playing World of Warcraft and Call of Duty. She is the author of the Arena novels, including Gauntlet and Arena.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carrie on April 01, 2017

Gauntlet is the second book of the Arena series by Holly Jennings. In the first book, Arena, we met Kali Ling who had achieved her lifelong dream of becoming a professional gamer in the Virtual Gaming League’s RAGE tournaments. The league has the best players in the world competing weekly in virtual......more

Goodreads review by Raevynn_ on March 22, 2017

Wow. WOOOOOOOOW. Get ready, for this spoiler (kinda?) free review. Press Start to Begin. . . HOLY FRIGGEN' FRIG! I read Holly Jennings first book Arena a while back since a friend had recommended it to me. I was looking for something similar to Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and I was pointed in......more

Goodreads review by All Things Urban Fantasy on April 06, 2017

Review courtesy of All Things Urban Fantasy. Sexual content: Non-explicit sex scene GAUNTLET is all about seeking a balance -- in life and in virtual reality. After exposing the corruption within the Virtual Gaming League, Kali Ling has a placed a target on her back. It turns out that owning a team is......more

Goodreads review by Erica on March 28, 2017

I received a copy of this title to read and review for Wicked Reads 5 I-couldn’t-put-the-book-down Stars Young Adult age-range: 12+, depending on the maturity of the reader. Virtual-reality game violence. Mild cussing. Kissing. Fade-to-black sexual situations. Addiction. After reading Arena about a y......more

Goodreads review by Jacque on March 28, 2017

I've never really been into gaming so what possessed me to want to read Gauntlet I have no clue. Okay, I do know - the blurb. Dangerous world. Winner-takes-all. Female captain and youngest team owner. Things much more terrifying than death… Yeah, that and lots more grabbed my attention. I needed a b......more


Quotes

Praise for Arena
 
“Subversive and tricky, just like the best games.”—SFcrowsnest
 
“Stunning...Fast-paced, action-packed, with an interesting romance and a compelling yet flawed heroine…Read this book. You haven’t read anything quite like it and you don’t want to miss it.”—Ilona Andrews, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kate Daniels series
 
“Blistering action right from the first page, but it’s Jennings’ brilliant characters that kept me logged in to Arena...Thrilling.”—Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of the Dire Earth Cycle
 
“Serious nerdcore entertainment. Gamers, get ready to plug in!”—Chloe Neill, New York Times bestselling author of the Chicagoland Vampires novels
 
“A nuanced and complex novel with a strong, imperfect heroine and a different approach to the ‘rebel in a dystopian society’ trope.”—RT Book Reviews