Tainted Waters: A Dark Paranormal Fantasy Novel

Paranormal Peacekeepers, Book 1

De: Lucretia Stanhope

Narrado por: Joan Dukore

Half witch. Half light elf. Welcome by neither.

Alice is alone and desperate to fit in at her aunt's coven when she embarks on a dubious quest for cave nettle.

Dark elf.

Decker is a leader running out of time. Isolated from the main cave system due to a hex making the water in his cave toxic, even the war his clan demands won't save them. The two must put aside centuries-old survival instincts and work together to save lives and preserve the fragile treaty between the coven and clan.

©2018 Lucretia Stanhope (P)2018 Lucretia Stanhope

Great story

I really enjoyed this story. It’s well written with twists and turns you won’t see coming. Alice is a young untrained witch that forms an unlikely alliance with Decker, a dark elf. Jasper is an Oracle who helps train Alice so she can fix the water her coven has tainted. Witches and elves, magic and spells make this a great story

Joan Dukore did a good job with the narration. She moved between characters easily bringing the story to life

Tainted Waters

This was a fantastical story of covens and elves.Alice is being 'hazed' and is sent to find nettle in a cave.What she finds is the unexpected.An Elf patrol.How the heck will she escape this mess?I enjoyed it. Joan Dukore was a very fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Tainted Waters

I was given this free review copy audiobook by the narrator, courtesy of Audiobook Boom, at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I really enjoyed this book! Alice was sent to gather nettle in a dark cave by someone from her aunt’s coven. Little did she know, she was sent to a very dangerous quest in the home of dark elves who would like to kill her. She is only spared because the Oracle, Jasper, sees her and the leader, Decker, healing the tainted waters of the cave. Of course it isn’t an easy task. Alice stays very busy trying to stay alive in this dark world.
Joan Dukore was a great narrator for this book. I enjoyed the ease she moved between characters, making each one unique.

A very original fantasy novel

I'm not sure what I expected with this novel, but it sure wasn't what I read. From page one it just felt different, one of a kind and unpredictable. It turned out to be just that.

The main character, Alice, a young witch, is sent on a simple errand by her coven to find a cave dwelling plant. Except this simple errand turns out to be a setup, a suicide mission as she finds herself surrounded by angry elves. Try as she might to explain away what happened, there is no way around it, this was no accident. Someone at the coven deliberately sent her to her death. However, things don't turn out quite that way. Alice convinces the elves that she can fix their water that was hexed. But since witches hexed it, they clearly feel they can't trust her. A truly character driven piece.

I won't give away any more of the story than that. I will say that the book has one surprising twist after another and many of the characters you spend most of the book trying to decide if they are good or bad. Most, you decide, are in fact gray, with many, many layers. The only one who is completely unquestionable is Alice who goes from a sweet, innocent trapped in a snare, to a brave hero, unafraid to face any challenge.

An excellent book, well written and well thought out. A thoroughly enjoyable read.

An added note narrator is spot on. She disappears into the background and lets all of the characters speak in their true voice. Very masterfully done.

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall