Never Keep

Sins of the Zodiac, Book 1

De: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Narrado por: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux

From the Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors of the Zodiac Academy series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti.

The dragons are lost.

The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional.

And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead.

I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month.

But I’m also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies we’ve swallowed for so long.

In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep – the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened.

But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, we’re left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.

The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, it’s the least of my worries.

I’m delving into secrets the stars don’t want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, I’m supposed to win a war.

I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction.

Turns out, fate doesn’t favour the wicked.

***This is an enemies-to-lovers romantasy series set in the same world as Zodiac Academy, but it's a dark and villainous tale of its own. You haven't met tainted souls like these before or enemies that hate each other as deeply as these characters do. Book 1 in the series will leave your heart raw and bloody. You'll be left gasping for breath and aching for more of the twisted Fae and they might just be irredeemable... ***

©2024 Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti (P)2025 Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Glad I saw it thru...

This romantasy took at least half the book to grab me. Not sure if it was the actual story or if it was the distractingly over dramatic narration of the female narrator. Almost dnf, but about halfway thru either the story improved or I became used to the annoying narration ... either way I am glad I finished.

I Loved This Book

Where is the second book?!?! I loved this book so much. The beginning went by so quickly, it slowed down, then it ramped up so quickly it gave me whiplash but it was such a good finale. This reminded me of a tv show with episodes that have individual plots feeding in to a bigger main plot.

Two more badasses!

It took me a little bit to get drawn in on this one but once I was snagged I couldn’t stop listening. Everest and Vesper are two badass girls and I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Great story after getting through a long build up

I’m excited to read the next books! This one took a while to get going but the last few chapters really pulled it all together

Long story but short on impact

Something about this felt formulaic. I kept wanting to know about this world and the politics that drive it but kept being fed tiny bits while the book went on and on about one mc bullying and subsequent anger issues and the other one’s supposed ruthelessness. Meanwhile neither are particularly likable. In the end the story relies on the death and sacrifice of women in the pursuit of a connection with these awful men I guess they’re suppose to end up with. The kind of book people who think politics should be left out of books would probably enjoy. Lacks substance. Oh And the voice for Vespers character is grating.

Poor narration

Concept of the story is interesting, but couldn’t get along with the narration, especially for the character of Vesper - trying to be seductive when not required made it very annoying to listen to.
I think the narration ruined the whole book for me :(

Painful Narrating

The Twisted Sisters never let me down. The story is fabulous. The two Female Leads are fierce. But leave this one for reading. The narrator sounds like she's mid O the entire book. I understand one of the females characters would be "sexual" but it's annoying. If you speed up your narration speed it does help. Hopefully book 2 has a different narrator.

Terrible Narrator

I’m am only to chapter six and the story is very good so far but so hard to listen to. I’ve had to re listen to chapters due to the female narrator. Her overdone, over acted, over breathy narration is so annoying. I’m a little upset that I used a credit for the book. I listen to books almost everyday, while I work, drive, clean etc. This is one of the hardest to listen to. This is the first time I’ve left a negative review but wanted to warn people. Listen to the sample first so you can make your own decision.

Awful narration

This was a hard read for me and I almost didn’t finish multiple times. The narration was brutal and I listened to all the ZA books so using the same narrator was difficult to differentiate but also just hated how they made Everest sound. I think things finally started to pick up once they joined together to figure out the reapers though and I’m glad I finished. Not sure yet if I’ll read Echo Fort yet.

Am i listening to Zodiac Academy?

Took me a bit to get past the narration. Which is amazing, i just kept feeling like i was listening to the characters in Zodiac academy. Plot was great, loved the twist at the end...The sisters know thier way around a plot twist.