A Touch of Poison

Shadows of the Tenebris Court, Book 2

By: Clare Sager

Narrated by: Sarah Sampino, Liam Price

Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins

Publisher's summary

In Elfhame, bargains are currency, lies are weapons, and your heart is your greatest weakness.

Reeling from Bastian's revelations, Kat wakes from her dire illness wanting nothing more than to sever all ties with the man who betrayed her. But fate has a different plan—she's trapped in Elfhame, the fae realm where nothing is as it seems. And worse, she's trapped with him, reliant on his touch to stave off a poison that threatens her very life.

Thrust into the center of Dusk and Dawn Courts, they must balance the two in order to maintain a delicate peace. But in a world where alliances are forged and shattered in a heartbeat, danger looms. A mysterious group infiltrates the city, and spies whisper of an ancient artifact powerful enough to destroy an entire court.

As enemies close in from all sides and attacks on the city escalate, Kat and Bastian must unearth deadly secrets and their own complicated feelings to survive—or risk a war to destroy faekind itself.

Full of betrayal, bargains, and broken hearts, A Touch of Poison is the spellbinding second book in Shadows of the Tenebris Court, a searing romantic fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Intended for mature listeners.

©2023 Clare Sager (P)2024 Podium Audio

Love Fae Romance

Such a great story. I just wish they kept to 1 narrator. The female narrator is amazing the male not so much. He takes this weird inhale at the end of every sentence and very monotonous way of speaking. Plus when he reads the writing sounds very amateurish and the male lead sound week. But when the female narrator is reading the story is captivating and the male lead is very appealing!

Loved the ups and downs…

This is definitely a unique story and slow burn, but once the match strikes - it burns! Loved the cliffhanger as well, but I couldn’t stop hearing the breath that Liam would take after every line. Pretty soon it was all I could hear. He has such a lovely voice, I wish I didn’t hyper focus like I did. Either way, excited for the next installment.

Great 2nd in the series

I love the dynamic between the two main characters and feel the relationship grew immensely in the second book. I also enjoy the friendships Kat has made! I do wish there was more development on the male lead!

Really like this series

The story is compelling and super fun. She does tension well. So worth the credit. Great series.

HOWEVER, I agree with all the other reviews. The male performance should have been produced better. Unfortunately, he is not a very good voice actor. I think he has nice bass to his voice, but he ends every sentence like it’s a question. He could have used some feedback and direction before this went to final. It would really help to have this redone with a producer involved to help his performance. It hurts the male chapters. Though, I will not be returning the books because of it and will listen to it again.

Male Narrator or News anchor?

Great story and overall enjoyable listen with the slight exception of the male narrator. His intonation felt really off and just very news anchor like, don’t was hard to connect with those parts of the story. Otherwise a great series so far!

Not the best

While I really like the story the female lead sounds like she's holding candy or something in here mouth. At least for me it's a distraction.

Enjoyable

The story was great but the male narrator made this audible difficult to get through.

I’m need more

I’m mildly obsessed with this book! Sexy, witty, and intense this book has it all. Book two has a bit more world and character building as events unfurl. I can’t tell you how much I wish I didn’t have to wait for book 3.

I also absolutely love the voice of Kat but not Bastien as much. He seemed…whinier and breathier that I’d have preferred. It wasn’t that he was a ooor narrator necessarily and he did grow on me but it was close to DNF at the beginning (I almost bought the book) but I stuck with it and he really grew into the part - though still not my B.

Ruined with the male narrator

I couldn’t even follow the book when it came to the male narrator chapter because he doesn’t follow punctuation and feels like he is saying the entire thing as one sentence. Not to mention his terrible inflection. He absolutely ruined this series

Male narrator why

This story is good, and the female narrator was great. But good gracious the male narrator! His voice itself is nice, but the cadence/inflection is terrible. I couldn’t get past it, the female narrator was great I wish she did both perspectives. It’s like every sentence he’s asking a question or something. The way it lifts up at the end of almost every sentence is really difficult to get past, and seems like it would be such an easy thing to fix. How any editor could get through that without commenting is beyond me. Just couldn’t get over it.