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

Hard to get past narrator

The story was great. I had to keep pausing and replaying though because the narrator was WAY over doing it. Like listening to a book read by a Shakespearean actor.

Horrible narration

I don’t understand how people love this narrator. It’s so over-acted. The majority of her characters just sound stupid.

Interesting Story

I haven’t read any of the zodiac series. So this was an interesting start into the series. I’m probably going to wait till the next book comes out before venturing into the rest of the series. They did a good job but it does seem slow at certain points and skips around a lot.

MFC AND Mmc ARE A BIT ANNOYING

the storyhas a lot of potencial but the I didn' t connect with the main characters, the twisted sister have a special way of exuding the saying " it could get worse. It does!"

Fun story!

There’s a glitch or something and nothing I did let me listen to the last 4 seconds of Chapter 21 and it ended on an incomplete sentence that drove me insane for a couple of minutes.
That being said, it’s a fun story and I’m excited for book 2!