Ledge

The Glacian Trilogy, Book I

By: Stacey McEwan

Narrated by: Sarah Slimani

Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Ledge is the heart-stopping beginning to The Glacian Trilogy from TikTok sensation Stacey McEwan @staceboookspace

After being randomly selected as a human sacrifice, instead of death, Dawsyn finds herself on a quest to save her people from their icy prison...

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In a place known as the Ledge, a civilization is trapped by a vast chasm and sheer mountain face. There is no way for anyone to escape the frozen wasteland without befalling a deathly drop. They know nothing of the outside world except that it is where the Glacians reside—mystical and vicious winged creatures who bring meager rations in exchange for a periodic human sacrifice.

Dawsyn, ax wielder and only remaining member of her family, has so far avoided the annual culling, but her luck has run out. She is chosen and ripped from her icy home, the only world she knows. No one knows what will happen to her on the other side, least of all Dawsyn. Murdered? Enslaved? Worse?

Fortunately, a half-Glacian called Ryon offers to help them both escape, but how can she trust one of the very creatures that plagued her life? Dawsyn is a survivor, and she is not afraid to cut anyone down to live.

With a slow-burning romance, high stakes, and even higher rewards, this richly created new fantasy series by popular TikToker Stacey McEwan will keep you gripped to the very end.

Content warnings: gratuitous violence and death; death of a minor; suicide; attempted sexual assault

©2022 Stacey McEwan (P)2022 Angry Robot

5 star book, 4 star audio

Great book. Found author on TikTok. Liked her humor and thought her style would be the kind of main character I’d enjoy reading. Enjoyed every minute. Strong female man character. Diverse cast without being token representation. Epic trails fantasy with enemies to lovers storyline without being too long. It scoffs in the face of weak woman, and leans into violence and spicy scene heavily. Chapters are well split up to leave you wanting to read more. The only downside is the narration. I don’t mind the voice, rather the recording had obvious spots of re-recording done and a distinct change in volume can be heard. This takes the lister out of suspension and slams them back to reality. I also seem to recall some chapters were in the male character’s POV, and would have preferred a new male voice reader for those parts. Despite the audio recording failures, this book is 5 stars for me.

not a bad debut

Overall I did enjoy the story. I did find it absolutely annoying how inconsistent the volume was from the narrator. Imagine driving in your car, volume up because the narrator has gotten quieter and quieter. Then all of the sudden, it is extremely loud and you have to turn the volume down. You can very obviously tell when she took breaks.
Other than that, I enjoyed the book and will continue to listen to the rest. Spice level , 2 chili peppers but most of it is very close to the end.
The cliffhanger? Are you kidding me. I'm hooked.

100 Stars!

Okay. Let’s go! I’m ready for book 2. It’s May 2023 and I know it’s coming in September, but geez! I found Mrs McEwan on IG and truly relish her banter with her husband. One day I see she has this book. It seems that her true self is quite the voice of the protagonist, and I have zero qualms with that. The adventure, the idea of a people living in the depths of winter forever, the fights, the female power, the frigid winged beasts, the unquenchable romance. It’s all that and more. And the narrator is superbly chosen. I can’t imagine this won’t be a movie someday.

Excellent, now onto book 2

Excellent story line, world building, and narration! So glad book 2 is out. I listened to book 1 again just to be fresh. Such a great find!

Beautiful

Beautifully written and beautifully performed. I rarely hear audio books that narrators are so well suited to and that can perform voices of the opposite sex in such an non-obnoxious way! I can’t wait for the rest of the series!

FINALLY, someone gets a female main character almost perfect!

Absolutely loved that the author wrote a truly empowering female and male dynamic in which these two didn’t have a co dependency on each other and they we’re both strong on their own and respected each other as true equals, which was refreshing to read. Loved the whole book! The spice level was probably a 3🌶️ I’d say, which is pretty perfect.

found hilarious author on IG, had to read her book

The author popped up in my Instagram feed and I gave her a follow as all of her posts are hilarious. I wanted to check out her writing and was not disappointed. I feel like a lot of fantasy these days can have similar plots but this was unique and I appreciated the diversity within the main characters and their close friends.

Fun listen

Loved the narrator! Good story with a sweet love story too. The ending was great! Ready for the next book!

Ready for the next one!

Took a little while to figure out where it was going but once it did, I was hooked.
The story really got more interesting toward the end and I can't wait to see was the author comes up with for the next one!

The narrator was excellent IMO

This story was unique from other “romantasies” I’ve read. I enjoyed it from start to finish.