Forged of Fire

The Forged Series, Book 1

By: Stacy Von Haegert

Narrated by: Troy Duran

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

Legends are not born. They are forged of fire....

Long revered as one of the realm's most lethal warriors, Ashdon LaGoryen now prefers a solitary life. Far removed from his volatile past, he has no interest in returning to the station of his royal birth. But when an ancient prophecy comes to light at the onset of war, he finds himself reluctantly dragged back into the world of his ancestral bloodline: House of the Dragon.

Twenty-one-year-old Kielyn Allister just wants to finish art school, but when she is threatened on campus one night, all her plans go up in smoke. Literally. She wakes to find herself surrounded by creatures found only in storybooks. And the most dangerous of them all, an alluring vampire with the ability to control fire, is to be her new teacher. Her king.

And her mate....

As Kielyn and Ashdon adapt to their new roles, their feelings toward each other grow from begrudging obligation to scorching passion. But there are more sinister forces at play, and an ancient legend seeks to divide them. They must risk everything if their love and the realms, human and immortal alike, are to survive.

Fans of ACOTAR, From Blood and Ash, and Shadow and Bone will relish this fated mates fantasy with a morally grey hero, multiple realms, and vampires, dragons, fae, angels, and elementals by International best-selling author Stacy Von Haegert.

©2016, 2022 Stacy Rogers (P)2023 Stacy Rogers

Original story!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙🤎💜❤️
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌍🌏
Character development: 😠☺️😋🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The Hero: Ashdon - he is an immortal vampire from the house of Dragon and has lived more than 1200 years. He is a fire dancer, he possessed the ability to manipulate his bloodlines sacred element. He flew under the radar of those that would hunt him. His assistant and best friend, Marzala, is an air dancer whom Ash trained. He is a wealthy developer who needs someone to sell his operations to when his connections start to age and he does not. He creates new corporations, raises them up and then sells them before moving on.

The Story: A blood slave comes to see Ashdon to tell of the fact that Dante is raising an army to kill all elemental dancers that were turned because a chosen one has been born, an elemental dancer with the blood of both water and fire. The man says the chosen one has the name of Ashdon’s mother Kielyndrian. He says her hair is the color of flames and her eyes the color of amber, and she is protected by an angel and lives in New Orleans.

The heroine: Kielyn - she is unaware of her powers though the angel following her sees episodes where they have come to pass. He sees an immortal vampire following her as well. The angel doesn’t understand how she is still alive with her penchant for accidents and how she is often oblivious of everything going on around her. She got a full art scholarship to a prestigious university and her art means everything to her.

Ash remembers back when he was young and Dante (a.k.a. Lucifer) came and waged war. Ash was forced into Dante’s army, his father killed in battle and his mother was forced to marry Dante with who she had a daughter that Ash never met. He was made a vampire by Dante and most of his memories were removed as well. He now figures that he will be training the chosen one.

This book was told from multiple points of view and was narrated via solo narration by Troy Duran. He is one of my favorite narrators with a deep sexy voice and he shows a lot of emotion through his voice. I can listen to him all day and he does a great job on this book. There were parts of this book I didn’t like, especially Dante’s obsession with Ashdon, but the action is great and the story is a good one.

Love it! 💕❤️💕❤️

I really loved this Audio book. I love dragons and magical places. This audio book was brilliantly narrated by the Uber Talented Troy Duran! He voice is so low and sexy. He is one of my favorite male narrators on audible. I hope he narrates part 2.

Could Have Been So Much More

Look… I wanted to love this book. I really did. However, it felt like the author didn’t give the story time to breathe, and everything seemed to happen within days. Insta love is one of my least favorite tropes. Had the relationships between the characters in this book had the proper time to develop, I would’ve enjoyed it much more.

Despite what was lacking in the storyline, the narration was really good.

I encourage you to check the content warnings before reading this book

Loved the book even more

The narrator brings this book to life with each and every character. I read the book twice, but hearing it read brought more realism to the story. I felt more connected to the characters and to the story. I can't wait for the other books