• Seducing the Sorcerer

  • By: Lee Welch
  • Narrated by: Joel Leslie
  • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (147 ratings)

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Seducing the Sorcerer

By: Lee Welch
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
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Homeless and jobless, Fenn Todd has nearly run out of hope. All he has left are his longing for horses and the strength of his own two hands. But when he's cheated into accepting a very ugly sackcloth horse, he's catapulted into a world of magic, politics, and desire.

Fenn's invited to stay at the black tower, home of the most terrifying man in the realm: Morgrim, the court sorcerer. Morgrim has a reputation as a scheming villain, but he seems surprisingly charming—and sexy—and Fenn falls hard for him.

However, nothing is as it seems, and everyone at the tower is lying about something. Beset by evil hexes, violent political intrigue, and a horse that eats eiderdowns, Fenn must make the hardest choices of his life.

Can a plain man like Fenn ever find true love with a scheming sorcerer?

©2021 Lee Welch (P)2022 Tantor
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  • MJ
  • 05-13-22

A knockout, both book and audio performance

Two world-weary men from worlds as unlike as possible, guarded and grumpy and distrustful, caught up in the most unlikely chain of events imaginable: it's unusual for a romance to focus on two men in their 40s and even less usual for fantasy, and it's both incredibly refreshing and deeply poignant. Inventive and interesting, heartfelt, and beautifully told in Fenn's wry, honest, countryman's voice, Seducing the Sorcerer is absolutely captivating.

And then Joel Leslie reads it, and it takes off and soars. He is note perfect: beautifully capturing the humor, suspense, drama, magic, romance, and pathos and giving them depth and life. This is a favorite book - head and shoulders above so much of what I read - and this audio performance takes it to an even higher level.

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struggle

For me it was a struggle to get through. I think the actual story was decent, however the voices of the two main characters and even some of the side characters were too similar. If it wasn't stated who was talking. I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I do like that for the most part the story had a moving plot with ups and downs and that it didn't go straight into sex within the first few chapters. it may just be Joel's voice that ruins the story for me.

Others seem to love it, but this isn't one I would listen/read again. But form your own opinion maybe you might like it.

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A Slow Start Worth Riding Out

To be quite honest, I was slightly concerned about dear Fenn when this book started. I grew up around horses since I was around 2 years old. I loved my pony, I did Pony Club, and D-Camp. I lived in the lower mainland of BC and dear lord is that horse-people country. I was a horse girl where that was the norm and not a quirky girl thing. And I was still bloody concerned at the way this man described horses. Thankfully, once you put a sexy man in front of him that seemed to mellow out a lot. Which I'm still not sure if that makes the first bit of the book more or less weird.

Overall, the slight concern over Fenn's horse obsession does fade away with the introduction of Morgrim. I really liked that both these men were mature adults, even older than myself, which feels exceedingly rare in this genre. They both knew a lot about themselves and their roles in life, and yet still learned a hell of a lot thanks to each other. I think that actually says a ton of really good things and it is so nice to see.

I liked the characters a lot, and the idea of perception and truth. I liked the private side of Morgrim and the public rumors and appearance. The Queen was also wonderful and highly amusing. There was only one sort of cliche "get mad and storm off for plot" bits and I did actually clock myself forgiving it for what needed to be set up. Which, probably still could have been done in a different way, but since I usually don't forgive those because they are usually awful and badly done, I'm considering this one to be forgivable.

I do hope that the book in the first in a series. There is definitely a lot of set up that can be expanded on. The initial problem is sort of dealt with, but most certainly not tied up in a nice little bow. And I'm exceedingly curious if there is more intention to delve into the magical side of the connection Fenn and Morgrim have. There are so many little off-handed comments that point to a complete reversal on the world's current thinking on magic.

The book is very good and leaves you with a sense of anticipation. There is a conclusion, a resolution to all the main issues that are presented. You could leave it as a stand alone and it would feel contained but still have enough in there to let you think about the work after you're done with it. However, there is still so much potential to explore and I dearly hope that Lee continues with the series. Heck, "Master of Horses" alone makes a good title for a second book in the series on multiple levels. "Mending the Magic" if we want to keep with the title theme also has potential.

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All The Feels

This was such a rich story and world. The characters were fleshed out and the romance was beautiful. The narration was fantastic, too.

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Another hit from Joel

Other than some missed edits near the beginning, this was another excellent delivery from Joel. And the story! This is a new to me author and it was riveting! Can’t wait to listen to more.

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Sexy adulting

I loved that the main characters were such lovely people. They were in difficult situations but none of the plot was driven by unnecessary secrets or big misunderstandings. The relationship grew in a very natural way. A lovely book start to finish.

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What a huge surprise!

Ok, so this story started off weird and slow, BUT after sticking with it after pausing for a while at chapter 5, I’m so glad I came back to give it a second go. It’s a bit of a slow burn romance with an excellent plot and lots of interesting twists and turns. I love that neither character is perfect, they are both perfectly imperfect. There is some light D/s in a few scenes which was for me a delightful surprise. If that isn’t your thing it’s subtle enough and not much of the actual story that you should still enjoy the book. Yes, horses are a big part of the book, but when you find out why your heart breaks for our hero, so it’s actually very understandable and sweet. Give it a go, just keep listening for a while to get to the good part the introduction is a needs to an end. Writing and of course narration by Joel is excellent!

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If you don't like horses, this book isn't for you.

I feel like the book title should have had something with the word "horse" in it considering just how much the book has to do with horses. I feel like this is the book you give to someone before you give them a book featuring horse play.

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Lovely

Wonderful story and characters. Magic a bit add. Joel Leslie is the bomb, as usual.

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Weird

Not bad, but I really didn't care much about the characters and their romance. I finished it for the sake of finishing it.

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