Knight Ascending

Black Veil University, Book 1

By: B. M. Clemton

Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux

My name is Danica Knight, and I have a secret…a life-changing, whisper-worthy secret that will more than likely get me killed.

"Trust no one" is the singular phrase my mother had whispered to me when she abandoned me in a small hospital at the young age of eight. It was the only memory I could remember before I came to live with my aunt and uncles here in the largest wolf pack in North America.

After graduating high school and having been accepted into one of the most prestigious paranormal universities in North America, Black Veil University, everything is finally going as planned. Or so I thought before four insanely hot men crashed their way into my life—each with a unique connection to me whether they want it or not. We are tied together. Lives are turned upside down, hearts are torn and shattered, and those deep, dark secrets that I have held hostage start to slip. But when the dark shadows of my past come knocking, I may need every little bit of help I can get.

Knight Ascending is book one of five in the Black Veil University series, which does end on a cliffhanger. This is a university-aged, slow-burn, slow-build paranormal RH romance, which means there will be no choosing between love interests at the end of the story.

This series has darker elements that listeners should be aware of such as strong language, PTSD from kidnapping, assault, and violence.

©2021 Brianna Clements (P)2022 Brianna Clements

Started off good

The FMC started off strong, but over time she became increasingly bratty. She rushes into battles she isn’t prepared for, putting both herself and others in danger. She repeatedly refuses to leave situations where she can’t protect herself, and her impulsive actions often expose her to even more risk. She also becomes overly dramatic and tends to overreact before fully understanding what’s happening.

This shift in her behavior dulled the overall storyline by book four. While the journey and plot had a lot of potential and were genuinely fun to unfold, her constant overreactions and poor decision-making took away from what could have been a great experience.

It was a great shifter, demons, angels, and many more mythical people. With a good storyline. One FMC and 5 MMC. Great spicy scenes. Just wish FMC would have developed with a bit more maturity and strength.

Amazing story

I absolutely love this series and was excited to see it in Audible. The narrators are a couple of my favorites and was excited to see them voicing this story.
In this first book we meet Danica an elemental witch which is considered lowly in this world of shifters and magic. She is off to the Black Veil university where she meets her new roommate Kayla as well as Daxton. Along the way we meet his roommates and best friends Gabriel, Zander, and Roaran.
We also get to meet Remington Dani’s childhood best friend who is coming to college with her. Without giving too much away we see Dani’s connections with the guys starting to grown and some of them are not ok with what is happening.

this is so cool

the narration and the story is awesome now I need to know what happened next

Duet Narration

I'm a sucker for duet narrations and reverse harems so I decided to get this book. The story is entertaining enough and worth a listen. My only problem is the narrators.
Bridget does an okay job but she seems to really struggle with onomatopoeia. Rather than make the sound "ugh," she pronounces the G, so it sounds like "ugg."
I genuinely don't get the hype around Jake Bordeux. Whenever he tries to do a sexy voice he reminds me of my autistic cousin who just shouts things with no tonal inflection. He also has no range. He does the same voice for every single male character.
All that being said, I still think it's worth a listen.

good character development entire series

great series overall. I couldn't help but really get sucked into the characters even though the plot had some holes. some of the books had a little too much spice which I think detracted from the characters a tad. but I do really love each and every character and their changes throughout the series. worth it.