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Forgotten Empires, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Elizabeth Brook
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By:
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Jeffe Kennedy
About this listen
In the Forgotten Empires magic is forbidden, dreams are destiny, and love is the greatest power of all...
A PRISONER OF FATE
As Queen of the island kingdom of Calanthe, Lia will do anything to keep her people free - and her secrets safe - from the mad tyrant who rules the mainland. Guided by a magic ring of her father's, Lia plays the political game with the cronies the emperor sends to her island. In her heart, she knows that it's up to her to save herself from her fate as the emperor's bride. But in her dreams, she sees a man, one with the power to build a better world-a man whose spirit is as strong, and whose passion is as fierce as her own...
A PRINCE AMONG MEN
Conri, former Crown Prince of Oriel, has built an army to overthrow the emperor. But he needs the fabled Abiding Ring to succeed. The ring that Lia holds so dear to her heart. When the two banished rulers meet face to face, neither can deny the flames of rebellion that flicker in their eyes - nor the fires of desire that draw them together. But in this broken world of shattered kingdoms, can they ever really trust each other? Can their fiery alliance defeat the shadows of evil that threaten to engulf their hearts and souls?
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- The Four Kingdoms, Book 1
- By: Whitney Dean
- Narrated by: Kale Williams, Vanessa Moyen
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Orphaned as a baby, Raven has spent fifteen years ruling over a kingdom she believes she did not earn, all while hiding secrets—she possesses dark magic, and she thirsts for blood. Now, at almost twenty-five years old and with a sudden addiction to stealing life, Raven must fight through her newly procured darkness to save her soul. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in her kingdom, she starts experiencing vivid dreams that detail who she truly is.
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The most toxic book EVER
- By T Andrews on 08-15-24
By: Whitney Dean
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Angels' Flight
- By: Nalini Singh
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 12 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Warrior angels, vampire hunters, and angels gone bad heat up this altogether sizzling paranormal alternate universe. This anthology of novellas features Angels' Wolf, Angels' Judgment, Angels' Pawn, and the never-before-published Angels' Dance.
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Couldn't wait to get this, but wish I had !!
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 05-13-12
By: Nalini Singh
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Through the Veil
- Aisling Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Colleen Halverson
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Elizabeth Tanner is no Tinkerbell, and her life is no fairy tale. Broke and drowning in student loans, the one thing she wants more than anything is a scholarship from the Trinity Foundation. But after the ancient Irish text she's studying turns out to be more than just a book, she becomes their prisoner instead. And when Trinity reveals Elizabeth is half-Fae, she finds herself at the center of a plot to save the magical races of Ireland from a brutal civil war. At the mercy of Trinity and enslaved to the Dark Fae, Elizabeth finds herself alone on the wrong side of an Irish myth.
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Horrible male voice
- By Ka on 04-14-25
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Mother of Shadows
- The Chosen series, Book 1
- By: Meg Anne
- Narrated by: Noelle Bridges
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Helena's life had always been quiet. In fact, she liked it that way. When her childhood friend returns home and tells her that she is the prophesied ruler of the Chosen, those blessed with the gift of magic, her quiet life goes up in flames. Suddenly Helena finds herself surrounded by a circle of protectors, each having sworn their loyalty to her since her birth. All except for one: her Mate. It's not enough that she must learn how to use her magic and undergo a trial to prove her worthiness; in order to claim her title, Helena must find the man who carries the other half of her soul.
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Entertaining enough
- By talielovesbooks on 09-12-19
By: Meg Anne
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Guild of Secrets
- Obsidian Queen, Book 1
- By: Shari L. Tapscott
- Narrated by: Mare Trevathan
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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If twenty-two-year-old Madeline Bennet knows anything for certain, it’s that she’ll get her desired apprenticeship with the Royal Guild. After all, her family is well-connected, and she’s all but dating the grand duke’s nephew. But Madeline does not get her apprenticeship. Instead, she finds herself working with a trio of knight marshals, traipsing around the US, arresting all manner of magical miscreants. If tracking trolls, running from murderous pixies, and stumbling into a dangerous web of criminal activity isn’t enough to keep her occupied, there’s also Gray, Jonathan, and Eric.
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Stumbled and fell in love with this series
- By Tay A on 03-24-25
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Marked by the Moon
- Bound by the Veil, Book 1
- By: Helen Scott
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Evelyn Rose
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Magic has been outlawed for almost a century, and anyone caught wielding it or bearing its mark is executed. Which is why I know every day could be my last. I'm marked for death. My skin bears the branding of the moon. I just thank the stars that it's not somewhere visible. For one night, I willingly put myself in danger, picking a stranger to lose myself in before I begin my life of servitude to the crown as a member of the King's Guard. But the man I thought was a stranger turns out to be the Blade of the King, Thorn, my new boss.
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I love Helen but this one.. not too sure
- By M Myles on 12-17-23
By: Helen Scott
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A Wildflower in the Wind
- The Magic of the Wildflowers Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Megan Shade
- Narrated by: Samantha Cook
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since her mother fell victim to the Lonely Death, Azalea has tried to find a cure in the fabled petals of the moonflowers growing in her garden. Her attempts at conquering death are derailed when a secret is unearthed—one that forces her into captivity at the hands of the large, arrogant, and frustratingly handsome Fae Commander of the wicked Black King.
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LOVED
- By Kate MacIndoe on 12-20-23
By: Megan Shade
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Ruin
- Fire & Blood Series, Book 1
- By: Alexa B. James
- Narrated by: Chris Chambers, Elizabeth Hart
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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In a world of perpetual night, vampires rule and humans have no chance of escape. On the surface, my life must appear lavish as a courtesan for the vampire royals. What is the cost of all this splendor? My blood, my body...and my soul. After being arrested for war crimes, I volunteered to become a consort to the three kings to allow my family time to escape. But when the malicious leader of the human rebellion demands I betray my new lovers, even I'm surprised to discover my loyalties have shifted. My body now craves the touch of my vampiric kings....
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A great fast burn reverse harem!
- By Sarah on 11-25-19
By: Alexa B. James
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A Betrayal of Storms
- Realm of Fey, Book 1
- By: Ben Alderson
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Wychwood–the realm of the fey–prepares for war against the humans who hate, hunt and kill them for coin. Aided by the unclaimed, destructive power of the murdered and forgotten Winter Court, they ready their numbers for complete domination of the human realm. Until Robin Vale reveals himself to be the last Icethorn heir: a hope for the humans he has grown up amongst, but to the detriment of many who would see him dead before ruining their years of preparation.
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Ignore the negative review!!!
- By Mama Lewis on 01-29-23
By: Ben Alderson
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Huntress
- Gods of War Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Hartwell
- Narrated by: Heather Costa, Tor Thom
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Born of conflict, trained since childhood, she is the perfect warrior. Deadly as she is beautiful, her twin swords have carved justice and hope for humans in a world where the paranormal is now normal, and the creatures from our deepest nightmares now roam the daylight. But now, she's been handed a mission that she's not ready for. Because unbeknownst to her, the gods of myth are just as real as the creatures they've spawned. And she's being sent to the front lines. She doesn't know what she's walking into, all she knows is that her two new allies are the sexiest men she's ever met.
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Patience, it gets better.
- By Mizorei on 11-13-19
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Silver Tongue Devil
- Devil in the Deep Blue Sea, Book 1
- By: Stacey Marie Brown
- Narrated by: Zachary Johnson, Mare Trevathan
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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After the battle to save King Lars and Queen Kennedy’s throne against Stavros, a tragic loss shatters what was left of Croygen’s heart, and the Silver Tongue Devil returns to his first love—the sea. Trying to regain his title as the King of pirates, Croygen hears of another who is challenging his claim—the woman pirate known as Puss in Boots. Ruthless as she is beautiful, men desire and fear her.
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amazing!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-04-23
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Wings of Light
- Obsidian Order Series, Book 1
- By: Katerina Martinez
- Narrated by: Sarah Puckett
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
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As long as I can keep my supernatural origins hidden, my life is simple. It's just my best friend and me against the world, eating dried ramen and peas, watching reality TV, and laying low in the city that never sleeps. That is until Draven, a dangerously attractive hunter, tracks me down and kidnaps me. He's with the Obsidian Order, and he gives me a choice: join their ranks or die. All I have to do is pass a series of deadly trials at their Academy, competing against a bunch of supernaturals who want me dead. Sounds easy, right?
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Loved every second!
- By Annette on 07-14-23
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The Fae Queen's Warriors
- Dragon Defenders Series, Book 1
- By: Tara West
- Narrated by: Anais Inara Chase
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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I need your oaths, Dragon Defenders, to stand with me against the mad king. He wants me dead. How do I know? He told me when he wrapped his hands around my throat on our wedding night. But I survived, and we have a chance to take him down. Do you stand with me, great defenders of the nation? You who are ruled by no one and stand fearlessly sentinel for us, guarding our country against mighty leviathans? We are the world's only hope, and I need your help to defeat him.
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A different kind of reverse harem series
- By Sara on 11-07-22
By: Tara West
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-02-21
Great story
This was a wonderful story and really set-up for the war that I hope is coming in next books. I thought it started off a bit slow but it picked up toward the end. I'm excited to see where this story goes.
The voice actor didn't really distinguish different voices until the end. So it was a bit hard to follow since the perspective changes each chapter and without an announcement with who is speaking it did get a little confusing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-24-20
Refreshing
The character tropes feel familiar but reimagined, all at the same time. Lovely pacing and world building, interesting romantic dynamic. Was looking forward to the second book, though it somehow lost all that the first installment had achieved and established, unfortunately, so enjoy this one while it lasts.
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- AMP5
- 02-12-20
Fascinating - highly recommend
World building -Exciting variety to this world, many characteristics I’ve not imagined before or seen shades of in other books of this genre. Story: Straightforward yet so intriguing. Okay, one criticism is the opening chapter. I had no idea what was going on at first, I’ll admit. Once I “got my sea legs” as to what was going on in this World and how it worked, it all made sense from there on. Well crafted and interesting story: I really didn’t see a way out of a few spots, so that’s fun. I’m happy and also miffed at some particularly juicy and key revelations in last chapter...
The Series: Great beginning. This first book DID wrap up its own main story well, I now grudgingly admit... the surprising and so enticing tidbits of new revelations in the last chapter left me feeling cheated, though. I was sure there’d be another chapter or so. But I suppose it‘s smart of the author, but so frustrating to an avid reader. (I want to rant about the frustration of what has now become a standard of reading: the joys and sorrows of the Series. Aack. The cliffhangers at the end drive me nuts sometimes. Sigh. While I love that an awesome story I don’t want to end now can be extended through the format of series, it really is hard to wait months or a year for the next installment. It’s not like waiting a week as in tv. Sometimes I forget what happened, etc.
The Romance: I’m loving it so far. Enemies to allies basically. Two intriguing, deep characters. And best of all: some truly touching moments. All we romantic-hearted readers need are just a few authentically touching moments and we’re happy and hooked.
Warning: There is an explicit sex scene that to a mature person is well-done and honestly, surprisingly, wasn’t just about sex but actually a necessary piece for the developing relationship. Kudos to author for making it mean something important in the story! Honestly, I felt a little more shocked by the info that her handmaidens had been, ahem, servicing the Virgin Queen’s sexual needs so that she could maintain the very important protection of her virginity, a mandate of the evil bad overlord enemy dude, I think. But it sounded like it was no different a task than fixing her hair. Struck me so odd for some reason. But anyway, definitely not YA - not PG-13!
This is the first book I’ve read by Jeffe Kennedy, a fellow reader on Goodreads recommended her when I mentioned liking Grace Draven’s writing.
At first I couldn’t see similarities but now I can. Most similar are the strong characters: who somehow worm their way into your heart, each marked by an “unwavering faithfulness” to something: whether family, nation, code of honor, belief system, etc. Responsibility to one’s duty to others above all. Which I admire, perhaps because it’s a virtue not lauded in current culture. I don’t know.
Anyway, Kennedy’s characters and side characters are wonderful. There’s a bit more humor coloring them than Draven’s if I’m comparing which maybe isn’t fair, but it helps relieve the heaviness of whatever dire circumstances are going on.
Example: You simply must love the wizard Ambrose. He almost steals the show. We first meet him accompanying Conrí, once a prince in truth to a land now destroyed, but now the reluctant “King of Slaves” leading a Rebel army of escaped slaves from the horrifying and dangerous mines dragged to as prisoners of war. He seems to care for Conrí and Sonja, and the Euthalia, but who knows if he cares more about some mysterious prophesy he mentions once or twice. Who knows? That’s half the fun of him: mysterious, quirky, light-hearted as a child, whimsical, but then oddly really ancient sometimes too. He’s sure to be full of big surprises in the series.
All I know is I’m hooked.
Oh: forgot. Narration. Elizabeth Brook has a lovely voice, so easy on the ears and never once jolted me from the story with any errant pauses, etc. She deftly accentuated important moments as well. So she’s good.
HOWEVER, she doesn’t vary her voice much, either by tone or cadence or accent. So it’s hard to separate out the characters.
And since each chapter alternated between the personal “I” viewpoints of Conrí, the hero, and Euthalia, the heroine: it could get really confusing. I had to stop many and several times to remember whose head we were in when “I looked out at blah blah blah and sensed blah blah blah” could have been either of character.
One solution I recommend is adding a male narrator for Conrí, or more drastically the author could switch one character’s viewpoint to third person.
Two narrators can be bad though if you end up with two voices for a character. Like if female reads hero’s lines in her interpretation and then we hear male reader for same character. That’s very jolting. So only one voice per character please, and somehow make men and women sound different however you have to do it. This series might be hard as both characters truly are equally main characters. Usually one is more the real main character. And since it really is half Euthalia’s book and half Conrí’s, hmmm. Either switch narrator’s Ms. Brook needs to find some way to create variety, actually in all the characters, not just between male and female. Because everybody kinda sounded the same really. But she is an excellent reader, so I hate to criticize.
Few books perfectly align to great audiobooks: audio listeners need queues to a new speaker, easily done if narrator has distinct voice changes. But it’s also hard to know when characters are thinking to themselves, or speaking out loud. THAT can make a listener batty. This book was good about that, indicating good writing actually. All of which are obvious when physically reading a book.
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- Riel Edgecomb
- 12-02-22
Narration was the issue
I tried holding out because the story truly was interesting and I liked the world of the book. However the narration made listening impossible for me. The narrator did not change their voice when jumping between the two characters and as someone who often is driving or doing chores while listening I found myself constantly having to pause and go back to figure out who’s POV I was in. This just took me out of the east listening immersion that I enjoy. Perhaps this is a book I will try in physical or digital form, but the audio form is just a no go for me.
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