Raven Thrall

Legends of the Ceo San Series, Book 1

By: J. Elizabeth Vincent

Narrated by: Lynn Norris

Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

After 26 years of hiding from the king's soldiers and enduring loss beyond measure, Mariah has finally unlocked her ability to shapeshift.

Before she can even figure out what that means, her mentor thrusts her into an impossible mission to rescue two young shifters from the life of subjugation she barely escaped.

Will returning to her homeland end up costing Mariah the freedom she gave up everything to gain?

An epic fantasy adventure about friendship and doing what's right, whatever the cost.

©2018 J. Elizabeth Vincent (P)2018 J. Elizabeth Vincent

What a Great Story, Can't Wait to start next book!

This Story was a Pagetuner!! Was so great a Story that I can hardly wait to get to the next book to see what happens next!
Narrator did a Excellent job and the Author wrote a Great story. I Highly Recommend this book and series.

A slow beginning evolves into a great story

it has a beautifully creative theme, well developed protagonist and support characters, the adventure is marvelous and the narrator Bri g the story alive. Great listen, even if fantasy is not your thing you will enjoy this book.

Outstanding story

Original characters, riveting story. Great performance by Lynn Norris. Looking forward to more from this author!

A story about humanity

I really enjoyed listening to this story. I loved the different groups of people, including the the Ceo San, and the evil King's army. I thought that the relationships and friendships among people in this book was really lovely, and I especially loved a certain mentor. I thought the story moved at a good speed and I was never bored. I would recommend to people who enjoy epic adventures with risk and stories about finding yourself. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Great Book!

This is a great book! The narrator done a great job telling the story! Looking forward to listening to the next book in the series.

I NEED book 2!

I’ve always loved a good shifter novel, but have actually never read/listened to one where the shifters were anything but full human or full animal, so this had my interest right out of the gates. I really liked the idea of having a religion/gods backing the ability as well. It added a layer of mysticism we rarely get from shifter novels (though I’ll admit that I mostly stay in the romance genre). Mariah started out as a self-imposed loner with a bit of a woe-is-me complex when it came to family, but really came around as her relationships with new friends progressed.

There’s not much I can reference to without spoilers, but I will say that this book was almost like a backstory or prequel to a much longer tale. There were explanations, character building, and details abound, but not a whole lot of conflict until the final chapters. While it wasn’t quite a cliffhanger ending, it did leave me wanting to hear what comes next.

As for narration, Lyn has a special place in my heart as a narrator. She’s great with giving everyone their own unique voice, does accents well, and her pacing is perfect in my opinion.

REALLY GREAT STORY. LOVED IT

REALLY GOOD STORY BEING WELL WRITTEN AND EASY TO FOLLOW.
SUSPENSEFUL., INTRIGUING FANTASY DRAMA/ADVENTURE WITH LAGHS THROUGHOUT.

ACCEPTABLE FOR ALL AGES, TEENS AND UP PREFERABLY WILL ENJOY THEM MORE.

NARRATOR IS GREAT AND EASY TO FOLLOW.

Fun to listen to.

A good story with narration that brings the world to life. I received this audio book free and voluntarily reviewed

Great story for preteens to adults.

This is the first book I have read/listened to by this author and I look forward to listening to the next in this series.
I enjoyed the concept of the shifter people. Mariah grows into her abilities as the book progresses. She becomes involved with a plan to rescue a young shifters family who have been taken. Things are not easy for her and young boy They find help along the way, but it’s not enough. There is a degree of conclusion at the end, but it is also wide open to lead into the next book.

This is the first book I have listened to by this narrator ( Lynn Norris ) and I would definitely listen to another. She gives each character an individual voice and has a style that drew me into the story. It did not feel like I was being read to.

There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence or swearing. This book is appropriate for young teens to all adults.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
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Story 5/5
Narration 5/5

Excellent Shifter Fantasy Adventure!

The writer brought me right into the heroine’s character and I felt like I was part of the story. Great characters, new breed of shifters with plenty of suspense, action and intrigue. I look forward to the next book. The narration was excellent. I received an advance audio copy and am happy to leave my honest review. Enjoy!