Shield of Sparrows

De: Devney Perry

Narrado por: Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke

Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script!

Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros—where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.

The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.

I've spent my life kneeling—to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.

I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.

But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father's throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.

Now I'm crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him—bound to a future I didn't choose and a husband I barely know.

Everyone wants me to be something I'm not—a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.

But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there's power in being underestimated?

And what if—for the first time—I reached for it?

Contains mature themes.

©2025 Devney Perry (P)2025 Tantor Media

Horrible male voices were so distracting it took away from the story

What the heck even was that? Was it the female narrator trying to drop her voice to perform the male parts? They were so forced, quiet, like the person was trying to speak without moving their mouth. I really struggled to follow the story anytime there was male dialogue.

What was that male voice??

Whoever was doing the male voice up until the last chapter was awful! I could hardly understand them. They were speaking so low, like they had marbles in their mouth. Please change this for book 2. Female was great!

Narration Was Lacking

I loved the story, it was captivating. But the narration bothered me so much that I had to shut it off and finish the book physically reading. The constant over enunciation made my skin crawl. It almost sounded like the mic was IN her mouth. First time I’ve ever had that problem with Samantha Brentmoor. But while the story was excellent the narration was not it for me this time. And the ONE chapter we got of Jason Clarke was great! Duet narration would be better for the next book.

Great story

Loved the female characters. Had a hard time hearing the male characters, no matter which device I listened on.

Distracting accent when sped up

I listen to audiobooks on 1.7x speed and the narrator had an accent for the main character that was a mix of jojo siwa and Boston. It was distracting. But the story was 10/10.