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.

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.

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 :(

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.