Prodigies

Heaven's Laws, Book 1

De: Apollos Thorne

Narrado por: Cindy Kay, David Shih

The apex of the martial arts calls out. It challenges all to ascend.

Long Chao is the son of a hedge mage — a heretic cultivator. He doesn’t cultivate for power, but to satisfy his endless curiosity.

One fateful day, Xiao Huifen, a girl aiming to be the youngest Sky Realm cultivator in the Monolith continent’s history, crashes into his life. She’s from the world of top-ranked sects and strict cultivation methodologies. They share nothing in common except for the unquenchable desire to unlock heaven’s every mystery.

This is their journey.

However, the brightest glory casts the darkest shadow. Strength begets brutality. Long-life begets the foulest perversions. To those who dwell in the darkness, young cultivators such as them are nothing more than some of the finest resources. To use them as slaves. Refine them into pills.

When faced with such depravity, this unorthodox pair must do all they can to survive. Even if they do, how can they hope to remain unchanged?

This is a coming-of-age story that follows two paths to power. For one, it's long and arduous. Despite his unique insights, Long Chao must always strive to keep up with those around him. For the other, strength comes easy. Xiao Huifen isn't competing against her peers, but the vague legends of Divine cultivators.

©2021 Apollos Thorne (P)2021 Podium Audio

Character Development and Slow Fullfilling Romance

Feelings of love and intimacy are challenged between two characters told from two narrators, like a passion project. The side characters enjoyed their own slow growth, but both MCs were highlighted in the struggles of following in tradition of martial arts cultivation, over the desires of the flesh. The author takes you on an adventure about day2day life in a Martial Art Temple, with a reoccurring OP father figure is throws his son into the fire, forcing his son to temper his own steel. That struggle is palpable all the way to the end. The MC is not a Simp, and when love is practiced he becomes hard not to turn on and listen too more.
The only reason I didn’t mark performance with a 5, was to lure the reader into wondering why not a perfect score. Every audiobook has a narration flaw, every single one, and the narrators are often the editor of their own work. Hearing the gulp or taking a breath takes you out of the story like a 4th wall break, and sometimes they can be missed. In this book there were a few, and a period of long silence, making me think the book was paused, so it JUSTLY earns a 4 and not a 5.

I loved this book, and can’t wait to listen to it again in a year or so.

Amazing

This is definitely a book that is hard to put down I would find myself stopping other things just to go back to the book.

The comparison of natural talent, hard work, and blessed from birth.

The story kept me entertained from beginning to end. Was originally thrown off at first with multiple readers but got used to it at the end. Does a good job of actually explaining the process of cultivation and allowing the reader to paint themselves a picture.

A thoroughly enjoyable read

I thought it struck a good balance between action and character interactions. I highly recommend it to any fans of progression fantasy.

Amazing

Can’t wait to see what the next book brings.
This book contained great writing, amazing characters n awe inspiring world. Book has great potential.
Well done can’t wait to read what’s next.