Bound to Fall

Villains and Virtues

De: A. K. Caggiano

Narrado por: Ellen Quay, Seth Podowitz

Celeste Delacroix’s sister is dead. This is unfortunate… sort of. But it’s also an opportunity to return to the realm of Eiren and begin anew—if noxscura will allow her.

Cursed with dark magic, living virtuously has always eluded Celeste, but she’s determined to right the wrongs she wrought in the sleepy village of Briarwyke and maybe even find her ever after, happiness unrequired and, as she sees it, undeserved. But darkness accompanies Celeste as keenly as clumsiness and shame, and when she accidentally releases a new evil on Briarwyke, she must find a divine source of magic to destroy it.

Sir Reeve, Holy Knight of Valcord, is one such divine source—not to mention incredibly handsome—and as luck would have it, already intent on vanquishing the evil that plagues Briarwyke. Unfortunately, he believes that evil to be a noxscura-wielding witch who has desecrated his faith’s temple: Celeste herself. Abyss-bent on fulfilling his destiny, Reeve’s virtue and beliefs have never wavered because the world is simple, after all—there are those who are good, and those who are evil, and evil must be destroyed.

But what happens when a perceived evil requests assistance in defeating an even greater threat? Can Celeste and Reeve band together to save Briarwyke, or will their contempt for one another be their downfall?

Bound to Fall is a standalone spinoff of Villains & Virtues, a completed trilogy that follows the exploits of Damien and Amma. This book takes place in the spring, after the events of Villains & Virtues, and does contain spoilers for the series, including character death. However, Bound to Fall focuses on a new couple, Celeste and Reeve, who we did not meet in the original trilogy, and can be listened to as a standalone story.

©2024 A. K. Caggiano (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

Witty and sweet.

Love the world and these two characters. Great plot, banter, and just enough spice 🌶️ narrators amazing as always!

Loved it

Ok I laughed soo much. I loved this book, and the narrators?!? Perfect. Definitely keep it coming A.K

These books are everything

I literally can’t get enough of these books. So wholesome and sweet with a bit of spice. Absolutely perfect!

Super cute.

This should be the last book in the Villains and Virtues series. It’s a standalone but the FMC is introduced (off page) in the first three, and the MMC in Bound and Tide. It’s cute, I enjoyed staying in the world a little longer.

Stellar As Always!

Another amazing read! Funny, little sexy, little dangerous, little sad and a lot to love about it!!

Cute Fantasy Romance

I finished reading the first series right before this release was announced and was so excited because I was itching for more from this author/narrator combo. You can definitely read this as a standalone, but I recommend reading the other books to get more context to the world-building!

I'm very picky about narrators, and I think Seth & Ellen are my favorite, especially out of all the fantasy/romance I've listened to. I love the character voice Seth does for Damien in the first books and hoped this book would use the same voice for Reeve, but even though it didn't, it was still a good performance.

At first I was a little annoyed with Reeve's character for being so stubborn. But he grew on me and is super adorable after a bit. A lot of his character made more sense and was more relatable when I read him as sort of autistic-coded. Him & Celeste are a very cute pairing and tons of it had me giggling. I wish there was even more of them over the actual main plot quest lol.

Even though heavy topics are discussed, it's never in a way that feels uncomfortable or triggering (in my opinion) so overall it still works as a pleasant, casual listen.

I'm no literary expert, so I only have one real gripe, which is the pacing. When I saw I only had 1-2 hours of the book left, I was not sure how the story was going to wrap up with so little time. It had a satisfying ending, but it all happened so fast, especially in regards to some side character stories. Parts in the middle didn't necessarily drag on, but felt imbalanced.

Overall though, this was really cute and a good follow-up to the main series, and I definitely recommend reading all of it.

Loved this couple!

Such a sweet duo. Loved the parallels of their pasts and journeys of healing. I was worried about enjoying another couple as much as Damien and Amma, but Celeste and Reeve are just wonderful!

Sweet story, easy listen

Loved the story, a feel good tale. Excellent narration. A short, complete story. Been missing this world and author.

Love this world

This author does adult romcom better than most feeds her audience with humor, romance, drama and a HEA ending.

Don't change your narrators

I love the narrators so much, so not trade these narrators for NOTHING.

Story was fine.