Hallowed Games

De: C.N. Crawford

Narrado por: Caitlin Davies

If he’s death, I crave oblivion.

Elowen is cursed: she kills with a brush of her fingertips. Her worst fear is hurting the boy she cares for—and her second-worst is the attention of the Raven Lord. Maelor is the lethally beautiful leader of the witch-hunters. And now, he seems like he knows her secrets.

When he arrests her, her only hope is to survive a series of brutal trials. Ninety-nine out of a hundred will die, and magic is strictly forbidden. Strangely, Maelor is immune to Elowen’s touch. The Raven Lord claims to want to help her. But as she spends more time with him, she discovers he has a dark secret of his own. Is he the reason bodies have been showing up around the kingdom, drained of blood?

The more Maelor wants Elowen, the more dangerous he becomes. In a world where trusting someone can get you killed, will this beautiful monster help her survive?

Hallowed Games is the first book in a new series of fantasy romance, morally-grey characters, and deadly trials: perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Serpent and the Wings of Night.

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10 stars all the way!

Absolutely phenomenal story & with such captivating characters! I highly recommend listening to this!
I think CN Crawford is incapable of writing anything bad!

Wow a great adult paranormal romance

Hallowed Games is filled with witches, witch hunters and vampires. It is exciting, sexy and such an entertaining read! Our FMC, Elowen, is slightly older than many fantasy books out there, pushing into her 30s and as a mid 30 year old reader I was all there for it.

I loved that the connection really holding Elowen to her humanity is a little boy named Leo who she has taken in. There is a clear love interest that plays throughout the story but it’s Leo and his safety that helps Elowen really hold on and push through.

I loved the plot twist at the end and I love how it sets up the direction for the next book!

As always CN Crawford did an amazing job with this series opener. The story is well paced and the dialogue is perfectly placed and adds to the allure of the story.

The narration was done so well. They did a great job bringing these characters to life and adding to their personality.

If you love witch and vampire stories then give this a try!

LOVE

I love love love love loved this book!!! CN Crawford has never failed me, she gets it right every time.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“I’m cursed to kill with a brush of my fingertips. Everyone I touch dies—until I meet Maelor. He’s the mysterious, beautiful hunter of the cursed. And he’s immune to my touch.

The cursed like me are forced into deathly trials every year. Magic is forbidden, and our god chooses only one to grant mercy. The rest will die.

But it turns out, Maelor has a curse of his own. The reason I can’t kill him? He’s already dead. Turns out, he’s a vampire—lethally sexy, and dangerous as hell.

As the trials go on, I find that Maelor is as drawn to me as I am to him. Can this beautiful monster help me become the chosen one, or will our forbidden attraction lead me to ruin?”

HALLOWED GAMES is absolutely FANTASTIC 🤩

From the beginning, you’re thrown into a world where nothing is as it seems. With characters you can’t help but root for (or throat punch) and a plot that keeps you guessing until the very end.

VANQUISHED GODS can’t come soon enough!

Let the Games Begin

This is such a great story, I love the world and the magic system, the “holy” and “witches”.
The corrupt religious zealots, who wish to rid the world of the evil witches, and the games that they force the accused to participate in, in hopes of being “forgiven”
There are so many twists and turns, alliances, secrets, battles and The Resistance.
Will Elwen survive the Games?