• Darkness Dawns

  • Immortal Guardians Series #1
  • By: Dianne Duvall
  • Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
  • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,841 ratings)

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Darkness Dawns

By: Dianne Duvall
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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Publisher's summary

Once, Sarah Bingham's biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she's landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control...

In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible---when it means forfeiting the world she's always known, and the life he would do anything to protect.

©2011 Dianne Duvall (P)2011 Tantor

Critic reviews

"This is a strong start in what looks to be a thrilling and chilling new paranormal series. Fantastic!" ( Romantic Times)

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The two genres combined here—paranormal and romance—each have highly engaged, passionate fanbases who make finding quality recommendations easy. Listeners are enraptured by these stories. We too love the double escape provided by both fantastical and romantic elements, and for the countless ways authors continually play on listeners’ expectations to keep stories fresh. Whether you prefer werewolves, witches, or wyrs, there’s a listen for you.

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Loved,Loved, Loved it!

What made the experience of listening to Darkness Dawns the most enjoyable?

The whole storyline caught me when I read the book and couldn't wait to hear it in audio. It was narrated very well. Kirsten Potter's male voices did not take away from the story at all like some female narrators do.. I look forward to hearing the other books in the series if she continues to narrate.

What other book might you compare Darkness Dawns to and why?

Darkness Dawns is similar to the books written by Karen Marie Moning, Donna Grant and Jacquelyn Frank. Those are a few of my favorite authors whose work I read and listen to.

What about Kirsten Potter’s performance did you like?

She made the characters sound just as I thought they would.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I loved the storyline and I laughed and smiled throughout the book.

Any additional comments?

Can't wait to listen to the other books in the series when they become available.

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Surprisingly good.

The narrator was a bit over the top at times but overall, a decent listen.

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Narrator is awesome

She makes it easy to get wrapped up in the story and u literally know every character because they all have there own voice because of her!

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omg hot hot hot

this is such an amazing story and world the author has created I can't wait to read/listen to more!

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A Paranormal Treat

This was another good Paranormal romance, not my favorite but it's good. The discovery of Paranormal world seemed too easy for the heroine. Once the story began to move, it moved along quickly at a good pace. The narrator presented a treat to my ears.

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totally caught

totally caught up in the story! Fun, sexy and exciting. Can't wait to listen to the next one!

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Meh

Not bad, not great, principal couple just kinda...get together? The last chapter leaves some lines of dialogue that maybe, probably?, will come up in later books? I'll give the next book in the series a try, hopefully, like in the case of sorceress of his own and randevous with yesterday, there will be marked improvement in character development.

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very good, I'll listen again in the future,

the story was great just a little shorter than I'm used to, and Kristen Potter blew me away with her performance, it was like an action movie she had great accents, perfect!

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Liked it, but...

I don't like it when authors get preachy about their beliefs--even if they are beliefs I agree with. This is a good story, but it gets cringe-y and I am taken out of it a bit every time the characters go on their rants about the importance of eating organic food.

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Good book

I really enjoyed this story. It wasn’t your typical immortal story. There was love, sex, action, and superpowers. The narrator did an excellent job as well. Easy to listen to and I didn’t miss the duet/dual narration

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