House of Ash and Shadow

Gilded City, Book 1

De: Leia Stone

Narrado por: Vanessa Moyen

Duración: 8 h y 20 m

Resumen del Editor

“And what if I go dark?” I whimpered.

His face sobered. “Then I will jump into the shadows and pull you back to the Light.”

Seventeen-year-old Fallon Bane was born with a curse: A single touch from another person will always cause her excruciating pain. Thus, she has accepted that she will die without ever being kissed, without even hugging her own father.

But when her beloved father falls ill, she breaks into the magical Gilded City to find a healer fae who can save him. When handsome healer Ariyon Madden agrees to help, everything she knows about herself and her curse changes. Because during her father’s healing, Ariyon reaches out and touches her bare skin. She waits for the agony...but it never comes.

For the first time in her life, she imagines a new future for herself. However, that fantasy is short-lived, because not only does Ariyon flee from her in disgust when he learns of her curse, he also reveals her existence to powerful fae who want to hurt her.

Fallon is then swept away to a magical academy, where she learns the terrifying truth about her family history and her dark magic. Her life and the future of fae everywhere hang in the balance, and all the while Fallon is dreaming of being touched by Ariyon Madden one more time before she dies....

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original

Unique plot. there were a couple small plot holes, but as a whole the story was very enjoyable. The narrator was adept at conveying emotion and tone, but occasionally was difficult to determine which character she spoke as. I enjoyed the humor and that there was not the unnecessary dramatics of situations that have audiences screaming "that could have been resolved with one mature conversation."
As a whole, this is a very good "read" and I look forward to book two.

Great start to a new series!

I can't wait for the next 2 audiobooks! Her latest series keeps getting better and better!

Interesting storyline ❤️

I really enjoyed this new world and the wonderful new characters! I can’t imagine the struggles Fallon has faced her whole life or Ariyon knowing his future! I can’t wait to find out more. Book 2 can’t come soon enough!

Amazing!

I absolutely loved this book. It had everything I was looking for. I cannot wait for the second installment.

Another great read

Love this book, can’t wait for more. The narrator did an excellent job at narrating

OMG!

Oh I was so worried I wouldn’t like this book of it would be boring, but oh how I love to be wrong! It was so good! Fallon is the type of character who you just want to grab her in a hug and tell her all be ok, as long as it doesn’t cause her extreme pain. She is just so good, despite coming from evil. I can’t wait to see what happens next and hope she can fix things in the next book. I love this narrator and think she did a great job!

Just Wow

I wish I’d started this book sooner. What a great storyline, wonderful characters, and great narration.

Amazing story

I loved it all. There is nothing I disliked of the book. I love the characters and story. I can’t wait to read book 2.

Great characters and story

Loved the story and narration! Can’t wait to listen to the next story in the series!

Setting up the story nicely for the rest of the books

A lot happening into to a lot of characters can’t wait to read the rest of the books very soon!