Alchemised

De: SenLinYu

Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

“What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?

To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

©2025 SenLinYu (P)2025 Random House Audio

Epic story - modern classic

Breathtaking story, writing, and narration. Cannot recommend this highly enough to any fan of fantasy. Themes are dark and heartbreaking. Take a grain of salt with some of the depictions online - this is not a romantasy. It will leave you wrecked, in the best way.

Absolute Masterpiece!

This book is an absolute masterpiece and everyone should listen to this at least once in your life.

Manacled Adaptation

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot: 📖📖📖📖
Side Characters: 👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯
Pacing: 🏎️🏎️.5
Ending: 🎬🎬🎬
Romance: 🩷🩷🩷🩷
MC’s: 👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼👫👫👫
Helena Marino - Kaine Ferron
Tropes:
📚War
📚Trauma
📚Enemies to Lovers to Enemies to Lovers
📚Fanfiction Adaptation
I did read all of the HP books. More than once actually. I have also read a ton of Dramione fanfiction including the INCREDIBLE MANACLED. This story and plot are the same as Manacled. There are differences but they aren’t plot related. Most of this book is just hard to get through. It could’ve been better if one of two things had happened:
1. The book was just shorter
2. More entertaining during the early world building as it took up most of the book
The chapters are extremely long so keep that in mind when I say it got at least more interesting around chapter 10. Chapter 24 picks up and we have a few different things happening that make the book more engaging. In part 3, I was hooked. This is days of reading at this point. I’m glad I read it. It’s a very good book. Epic? No. It was entirely too slow and boring for way too long to be considered epic.

Definitely the second and third book was a huge mind-blowing.

First book I wasn't sure what was going on, I really was struggling to get the idea at the begging, I was even thinking to restart the audio book because I wasn't able to picture or concentrate. BUT THEN!! Second and third book really got me...(cries). I really like the closing of this book.

My heart 😭

This was beautifully tragic in the best and worst ways. The story was so well written and well done🖤

Excellent writing

Couldn’t put this book down. I really loved the story and the detail that went into the writing

No amount of Stars for this book would be enough

No review would ever suffice to explain how this book has altered not just my brain but my soul🥺

No Words Through The Sobs!

I have no words. Actually, I do. Don't like the size of Alchemised or the threat of emotional wreckage stop you from reading!

I did read Manacled in 2022, and I never forgot that book. That being said, I will never forget Alchemised. The author successfully removed all HP from the plot. All of the best parts - the emotions, the angst, the characters - they were still there. The story was told present, past, present as she did in Manacled. Helena is a healer. Kaine is the High Reeve, and Helena is his prisoner. She couldn't remember the past but Kaine knew, and he had to impregnate her. He was controlled to do evil things, but Kaine would not stop protecting her. There were some changes to events and plot points, but it added to Alchemised and helped it stand on its own. I loved how she wrote Kaine and Helena. There were parts that made me sob, especially that ending!

Now I'm going to eat some chocolate a cry some more.

My Rating: All of the Stars

The Audiobook = Chef’s Kiss 🤌

While I haven’t finished the book yet, I wanted to shout to the world that I’m so glad that the audiobook released at the same time as the physical copy! (And it’s amazing quality! 😭🙏) I sometimes struggle to sit down and read, but I’m able to take audiobooks with me around the house or on my long walks. Thank you for considering the accessibility of this book for people who can’t stay focused long enough to visually read the entire thing. Even though it didn’t come with the new book smell 🤣, this audiobook is tremendous and I’d recommend it to anyone who is okay with the dark content it contains.

No, you do NOT need to read the popular wizard series to understand this book. I promise. 😤

Wow what a story!

If you saw a single female narrator and became weary about a long listen this narrator will not disappoint you. She did an amazing job with a plethora of different characters. I listen to about 200 audiobooks a year and she is top tier.
Now for the story. The way the story was told in parts was the perfect way to tell the story. I was a bit confused in the beginning and honestly could have used a bit of a guide to reference for names and majors but even without that the writing pulls you in. I have never experienced a writing style with so much detail and things happening that aren’t so obvious. It was truly masterful. The book is dark but in a way that the world is dark.
Now if you’re looking for something spicy 🌶️ this isn’t the book. They’re are several scenes but they are not descriptive and short. The really are there for the story purpose only. This is a story of war, love, and the stories we tell.