The Lion and the Crow

By: Eli Easton

Narrated by: Scott Richard Ehredt

Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

In medieval England, duty is everything, personal honor is more valued than life itself, and homosexuality is not tolerated by the church or society.

Sir Christian Brandon was raised in a household where he was hated for his unusual beauty and for his parentage. Being smaller than his six brutish half-brothers, he learned to survive by using his wits and his gift for strategy, earning him the nickname the Crow.

Sir William Corbett, a large and fierce warrior known as the Lion, has pushed his unnatural desires down all his life. He's determined to live up to his own ideal of a gallant knight. When he takes up a quest to rescue his sister from her abusive lord of a husband, he's forced to enlist the help of Sir Christian. It's a partnership that will test every strand of his moral fiber, and, eventually, his understanding of the meaning of duty, honor, and love.

©2015 Eli Easton (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press

WOW! Unpredictably delightful!

First off the reader gives this story and it's character brilliant life. The resonance and authority of his tone and diction gives this tale depth and settles the listener into it's rich historical context. The writer reveals the story and desire slowly and with great precision, that you feel the characters emotional life. The entire story is honest and true from the first chapter to the end. The sexual encounter of the characters is some of the most erotic I have ever read or heard. Beautiful, foreboding, hesitant, and lustfully sensual; the reader delivers with great deliberation and defiance painting it with vivid nuance, that I was filled with such delight and had to go back and listen to it that chapter again, to be sure I had grasped the poetic beauty of what I had just heard.

Scott Richard Ehredt is PERFECT

Any additional comments?

I will admit I was hesitant for this audio book - not only because it's a historical romance, which can be an iffy thing when dealing with M/M unless it's AU, but because when I listened to the sample the narrator, Scott Richard Ehredt, sounded like a stuffy old British guy who would bore me to death. God, was I wrong!

Scott Richard Ehredt is PERFECT. He blew me away. Seriously...Blew. Me. Away.

The characters and time (late 1200's to early 1300's) are beautifully, and even lovingly, portrayed. The only thing I didn't love about this was the ending (even though it totally fits). The ending killed me. I hated the ending. I wish someone had warned me.

RECOMMENDED!

I really liked this one...

Any additional comments?

I have not found many gay love stories is written in this era and I found the author did a grand job of making a story that was like walking into the past. It'll catch you...I had to wade thru some boggy beginnings, but as this author unfolds the lives of these characters, it got better and I'm glad I heard it...I didn't return it.

Didn't Disappoint

If you could sum up The Lion and the Crow in three words, what would they be?

Intelligent, Sexy, Engaging

What other book might you compare The Lion and the Crow to and why?

I haven't read anything like this in the romance genre before!

Which character – as performed by Scott Richard Ehredt – was your favorite?

I liked William the best. I thought Christian acted a little foolish at times.

Any additional comments?

I've been a fan of the author for 20 years but haven't read any of her romance books. This didn't disappoint. She brings intelligence and good writing to the m/m romance genre. The historical setting feels authentic. It was hard to 'put down', I almost read it in one setting but had to sleep! It'll take me a while to get the scene at the river out of my head ;) Looking forward to reading some of her other titles. My only criticism is that I think it should have ended when they go to the castle in Scotland, but mostly because I like happy endings and would like to picture them living 'happily ever after'.

Knights in love!

This was a sweet story that satisfied both the romantic and the medieval times lover in me. Well written and with well developed characterization. The narration was superb!

wonderful

i cant begin to tell you what a great love story ....i was pulled into their lives right away and cried when it was over!!! great book!!

AN HISTORICAL GEM!

I love stories that take me to other times, other places; and the narrator was perfect for this tale.

Wonderful

I loved this book when it came out as a free read and loved the audio even better. I wasn't sure of the narrator choice at first as he sounds much older than the characters. But given the setting of the medieval tale, he really grew on me. His performance was top notch, very Shakespeare Actor-like. This is the story of two knights who meet and while on a quest to save one of the knight's sister from an evil man, fall in love. Given the times, one of them fights it, but after some struggle comes around.

What is really surprising is the author changed the ending from the ebook. The story spans their lifetime together and I thought the ending in the audio version was more realistic. The epilogue was longer and more detail, but the ultimate end was the same as the ebook, just in a different way. Be warned, It is a tear jerker, but a smiling tear jerker.

Unexpected.

Who was your favorite character and why?

It would have to be Christian The Crow...so witty.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, the ending was a shock. It brought to light the feeling of true love and finding your soul mate; that life is not worth living without ones better half.

Any additional comments?

I've read this book at least 4 times since I've purchased it (Sept 2015) ...and every single time I cry.

Creative in the old way

It was tough for me to get into Scott Richard Ehredt's narration. This was my first time hearing him, but I'm glad I did. It's like lemon and honey put into together as this beautiful work of Eli Easton and Scott Richard Ehredt's fitting narration are quality ingredients that blends well.

Something of the early 1300s intrigued me well how this story find its place. It does. It did. Christian reminds me so much of this almost forgotten book I read since I was in high school. The beauty of his wits just personify well his entire being. You think he can't stand against maelstroms of threat; physical and mental, and some tirade of inner political struggles, nope your wrong. Here goes William, whose roots you can't begin to fathom but as soon as that spark between him and Christian ignited you know where it is going but to how much extent you'd be surprised. The ending was just my taste. It's pretty disheartening for some but I was glad I had to witness it written that way. The plot was not too thick but just write to drive the story and there are some surprises I almost yelped from knowing. The scenes between Christian and William is intense at the least and the way Eli Easton wrote it is just creative in the old way. I love that. This is a must try for anyone.

My only qualm is that I hoped it was longer. The premise has just so much potential and the author nailed it. I'm only saying this for reasons I'm actually craving for more, but this complaint is almost negligible as the story and performance were overall compressed in this beautifully that I didn't regret buying this, let alone exchange it for something else.