• Sterling

  • Mageri, Book 1
  • By: Dannika Dark
  • Narrated by: Nicole Poole
  • Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (5,264 ratings)

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Sterling

By: Dannika Dark
Narrated by: Nicole Poole
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Publisher's summary

Zoë Merrick lived an ordinary life until late one night, she was brutally attacked and left for dead. She survived, saved by a stranger who witnessed her undergo a physical transformation. That's not the only thing that's different. Zoë is unable to control an unexplainable energy coursing through her body.

Justus De Gradi is a man who can teach her that control. He's handsome, arrogant, and not entirely human. He reveals that she is a Mage - an immortal made of light, not magic. She must now make a choice: Rebuild her life in the human world with the man who saved her, or live with Justus and learn how to use her extraordinary gifts. Justus has sworn an oath to protect her life, but can he guard her from the one man who has a right to claim it?

©2012 Dannika Dark (P)2014 Tantor

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"One of the most balanced stories in terms of darkness, action, romance, and humor that I've read in a long time." (Grave Tells)

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Not as good as her other books in this world

Boo!!! Poor damsel in distress can’t take care of herself and spends the whole book depending on men to take care of her. Vomit. Literally at every turn that she has the opportunity to save herself, she fails and some “man” comes in to do the job properly. First she’s in an abusive relationship, then she gets tragically attacked and turned into a mage, then she goes to live with Adam and is a worthless burden who just hangs around his house at his mercy, then she goes to live with Justice as his subordinate and is completely under his power and made to know that she is less than him at every turn, then she goes to a council who doesn’t care that she was brutally attacked by her maker and gives her back to him, her maker abuses her and she just helplessly takes it, then in the 11th hour she has the opportunity to kill him and she hesitates and ends up being almost killed by him before, you guessed it, Justice comes to save her again. This book is nauseating and it’s going to be a real burden to finish it. COME ON DANNIKA! Give the people what they want - a strong female lead worth respecting!! Not some mewling pathetic weakling who just lets every man who comes along boss her around and treat her like a slave.

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Some men don't leave

I struggled to get past the first chapter or so. .. The voice of her best friend was terrible but it only lasts a chapter or so. The story was good, amazing men characters but a few open ended issues by the end. So many men, so much sexual tension but NO SEX...
I MEAN SHE NEVER seals THE DEAL! By the end I'm tense and feel unsatified for her... Maybe a PRN but not the steamy sexy times I love to listen to. Affordable book, passes the time but not a reread kind of book.

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Good story, I'll go on to book 2

The story here was good, the characters defined, if a bit predictable. Sterling wraps up the story and lets you know there's more to the overall saga. The narrator was a bit flat. Sometimes really good, other times, just meh. Not very good at strong emotions or "yelling". I found myself wishing for a strong narrator like Renee Raudman (Kate Daniels - best series ever!) or Tavia Gilbert (Night Huntress - 2nd fav series).. but she did ok, and didn't ruin the story, which, as I said, was good. I'll move on to the next book.

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No more whispering!

I wish audible read these or at least the producers.

We really need to STOP the whispering, because it can only be heard in ideal environments. If you absolutely must. Stage whisper! I don;t know if I should blame the performer or the producer for letting it happen.

The book itself is good though I did get frustrated some with the abuse.

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Not a big fan of the whisper squeaky screams.

It only happens a few times and isn't enough to detract from the story, but is quite annoying.

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5 Sterling Stars

I have never made it a secret that I love Dannika Darks writing. Her Seven Series is and probably will be one of my most favorite shifter books ever.

Now the Mageri Series is just as well written, she sucks you in and doesn’t let you go. You become invested in Zoe and everything she is put through. To become what she is. She has strength like no other character I have read. She only shows her hurt when she literally can’t hide it any longer and even then she is fighting to contain it.

Zoe need to rely on others to get her through and it’s not something she takes lightly, she isn’t used to it. But she really has no choice, enter Adam. Her friendship with him is different where he wants more but I think he is afraid to want more. Or at least that’s my thought.

Then we have Justus, I have a slight crush on his confidence. I am digging him, he has this aura about him where the ladies want him and its funny no effect on Zoe what so ever. We also meet Simon and he is probably a favorite of mine just because he is kind of wacky and zany.

But what I love best about all these men is that they would all die to protect Zoe and she doesn’t want them to. She wants to stand on her own. But they have a need to protect.

I don’t want to give too much away because it’s truly a book you need to read and experience for yourself. I got this baby in audio and it’s even better then when I read it with my “eyes”. The narrator is amazing I can’t even, she makes you feel like you’re part of the story and isn’t that what audiobooks are all about.

So I will leave my review with this. If you haven’t read a Dannika Dark book what are you waiting for!

*All my Reviews are 100% honest and my own.*

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Sparkling Paranormal!

I love the world the author has created in this series. Filled with shifters and mages and vampires, she nevertheless imbues them with a sense of purpose and reality. My favorite thing is that we follow the main character, Silver, and her cohorts through each book. I enjoy series of this kind, where the characters are allowed to grow and evolve over time -- and these are great characters!

A young woman is walking home alone across a field late at night, when she is viciously attacked and killed by a man with surprising strength, and strange glowing eyes. But that's only the beginning of her journey and she is reborn to a world she never knew existed.

Along the way, she figures out who and what she has become, even as she struggles to hang on to her humanity.

There is plenty of action, and a heroine who is headstrong and determined to get the bad guys -- even as she learns to trust and rely on those around her -- and they learn to trust her. There aren't a lot of TSTL moments, but there are a few as she negotiates her way, but they make sense in the context of the plot.

The love interest is original, sexy and mesmerizing.

I'm delighted to have found this series and love the trajectory it appears to be on.

The narration is top notch as well. Nichole Poole (AKA: Justine O'Keefe) can't pronounce words like valuable, but I find it charming and her performance here is even better than on the Sinners on Tour series!

Loved it!

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ONLY OK

Very disappointed that a good audiobook has such a bad narrator. Her voice is normal one minute then so soft a whisper that I am constantly having to adjust the sound level.

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Eh ok story

Just ok for the first book. A lot of fluff that wasn't needed and almost made me stop listening. I am unsure if I will continue to the next book.

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Super Exciting Listen

I had read it in ebook version and decided to buy the audio to experience the story in a new light. It. Was. Awesome! Nicole Poole did a marvelous job capturing the feel of the story and gave each character a voice that suited them perfectly. 5 stars all the way!

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