The Broken Crown

Sun Sword Series, Book 1

By: Michelle West

Narrated by: Eva Wilhelm

Length: 31 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

Tor Leonne - the heart of the Dominion of Annagar, where the games of state are about to become a matter of life and death - and where those who seek to seize the crown will be forced to league with a treacherously cunning ally....

Tor Leonne, ancestral seat of power, where Serra Diora Maria di'Marano - the most sought-after beauty in the land, a woman betrayed by all she holds dear - may strike the first blow to change the future of the Dominion and Empire alike....

Averalaan Aramarelas - that most ancient of civilized cities, the home of the Essalieyan Imperial court - has long been a center of magics both dark and bright. And though the Empire won its last war with the Dominion, and survived a devastating, magic-fueled battle with a far deadlier foe, both those victories were not without their cost....

But now, the realm is on the brink of a far greater confrontation, faced with an unholy alliance that could spell the end of freedom for all mortal-kind.

©1997 Michelle Sagara (P)2019 Tantor

Slow to find meaning

the story stars out very dull and goes on for a LONG time before getting to allot that can be followed

too many complex names and titles hard to follow

I am 6 hours in and still dont know who the main characters are yet. every sentence if filled with complex names and titles makes it hard to follow along. nobody has actually done anything yet. it does have potential to be good though. well see...

Plodding, Tedious, and Female

This book should never be attempted for the first time via audio. The author introduces too many people and too much social complexity to make listening to the painfully incremental plot enjoyable. This is one of those talented Authors who needs an editor who understands the cost-benefit of a story.

At some juncture, only a woman can appreciate the endless navel gazing of female angst within an emotional, plodding fantasy. The exaggerated male and female Adonis attractions are unnecessary and irritating.

It is a shame to see this writer’s skill squandered on such superficial artifice. Occasionally, the narrators voice is incongruent with the proceeding atmospherics, such as, “he quietly murmured.”

I wanted to like it…

The writing style was enjoyable. The story was somewhat interesting. But I kept feeling like I had started a series in the middle. So many people (and lands) were introduced throughout the book that I kept searching the internet for a guide to keep them straight (with no luck). The book also ended in such a way that the sequels are necessary to satisfactorily finish the story, but I am not sure I am up for more of that.

Finally it’s on Audible Books

Waited for years for the Sun Sword Series to come to Audible can’t wait for book 2.Read it on kindle twice it’s a hard story to follow but now after hearing House War just could not put it down.Eva Wilhelm is wonderful makes the book ten times better and more enjoyable Waiting for Book 2

Amazing

Love this series. Michelle brings an amazing world to life with the characters and all the details.

Epic on a grand and emotional scale

Set in a well crafted world as imaginative as the song of ice and fire—if not more so. Some times the, good and horible ,actions of great people are driven by things unseen.

Loved

I pretty much binged the first three audiobooks and I cannot wait to hear the rest of this series!

I love the series

Start with The House War series to follow the story line. Suggest reading the first three books of that series then start this one so you can follow the story line and the events leading up to this book. I love the series

I remember reading this

I remember reading this books years ago when I was in college…it’s does have a slow start, but it’s is a good book. The docility of some of these women and the ways of the harem are kind of annoying as I remembered, but is a good read. But this narrator is awful. Wish they could have gotten a better one. But I am continuing to listen because I have read before and I KNOW the book is good. If I were someone who had never read the book I think I would have given up by now.