Shield of Sparrows

De: Devney Perry

Narrado por: Jason Clarke, Samantha Brentmoor

Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script!

Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros—where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.

The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.

I’ve spent my life kneeling—to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.

I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.

But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.

Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him—bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know.

Everyone wants me to be something I’m not—a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.

But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated?

And what if—for the first time—I reached for it?

Contains mature themes.

©2025 Devney Perry (P)2025 Tantor Media

Spectacular story but horrendous male narrator

This is one of my favorite reads so far this year.. but the male narration for the audiobook was so so bad. Maybe worst voice I’ve ever had to listen to. The female narrator was wonderful but the man’s voice was so sniveling and quiet and whiny that I couldn’t even finish listening to it. Had to stick it out finding the time to reading on my kindle. Please please please hire a new male narrator for book two. Or better yet, re-do book one as well with someone new. Again loved the female narrator though.

On the edge of my seat, heart in my hands

Following this heroine, I do not feel swept into improbable tropes but rather plopped into the real life of an ordinary girl. As she is unwillingly thrown across the borders between people and lands, magic and mystery, stories and truths; I feel the anger bafflement, and yearning of a young woman aching to be seen and to be valued - truly chosen and beloved, for the first time. And I viscerally experience the pressure and angst of her own search for the answers that have been kept just outside her reach.
This is a story of becoming, within the rich, relational landscape of a people bound together in their fight to survive their unimaginably harsh world. As natural and unnatural dangers find them, pained histories play out, and underlying mysteries start to unfold, I am left on the edge of my seat, heart in my hands.

One of the best books I’ve read!

Im speechless! This book was so amazing! I went in blind and damn did it grab my attention from the start! The twists and turns, the mystery, the longing, the monsters, the ending, ugh I can’t believe I have to wait for the next book. I hope it comes fast-I need to find out what happens. And Samantha Brentmoor was phenomenal, amazing, spectacular as always. I can’t imagine anyone else narrating this book! Her male voice, and little kid voice are so spot on, I can’t write enough about how amazing she is at narrations, my absolute favorite! ❤️and Jason Clarke at the end was such a tease! CANNOT WAIT FOR BOOK 2!

Well. What the actual what was that ending?!

This book is insane. It’s so good!! On your toes the whole time and let me tell you. No. You have not figured it out. At not point while reading have you figured it out.

Great world building, monsters, and magic

I LOVED this book! I consumed the audiobook in a little over a day and couldn’t stop. I loved the world building, the characters and even the unbelievably slow burn. Samantha Brentmoor did an amazing job (as per usual ♥️) narrating this book, and Jason Clarke was great on his chapter as well. Im looking forward to hearing more from them both in the next book. I’m dying with anticipation to see what happens next!

Slow burn but the best slow burn

devneyperry please go ahead and take all my money!
Any book you write it is an auto buy for me!
Shield of Sparrows was no different and can you really blame me with how pretty it is?
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So here is what I thought… go into this know this is a slow burn but you need all the given information. Once you get that and the last like 40% of the book flys by.
The world building and character building are super necessary for this story. I felt like this is kinda a coming of age story for the FMC. She figures out her worth in the world and how strong she truly is through out the book and the MMC definitely has a hand in this. I listened to the audiobook and thought the narration was fantastic. ms_brentmoor did such an amazing job and jasonclarkereads can do no wrong in my eyes.
I not just want but now need the 2nd book in the series like I need water daily!
I truly enjoyed this book.

Soooo good

Nothing like I’ve ever read! It’s so good. The twists and turns are perfection. Warning it will leave you with a book hangover

This one just didn’t WoW me :/

I would not recommend this on audiobook. It wasn’t the best. The female voice just didn’t click with the main character for me and the male voices were all similar and so soft spoken I had a hard time understanding what he was saying.

The story was not completely unique. I guessed all the plot twists before they happened and was not impressed with the ending. The whole time I was reading this book I kept thinking I had read a similar story recently.

But! It’s a good story for those that want something similar to Captain America with The Witcher magic and brotherhood that hunt monsters.

However, if you want a better version of these tropes and similar story, look at the Broken Bones and Souls by LJ Andrews

Loved this book!

Shield of Sparrows was a wild ride that I did not want to get off. The world building starts off the first half of the book and has twist after twist that kept my attention throughout the story. I loved seeing Odessa take charge of her life and go on to discover what is happening on her own. The tension and banter between the main characters was one of my favorite parts of the story. The last third of the book I was holding my breath on the edge of my seat wondering what will happen next. I loved this book from start to finish and can’t wait for the next in the series.

Samantha Brentmoor narrates this book in dual narration with Jason Clarke narrating the last chapter. Samantha does amazing at giving each character their own voice. She portrays Odessa’s anger, strength, kindness and vulnerabilities throughout the story and makes you feel those emotions. Her performance brought this story to life and I loved it. Jason narrates the last chapter and does great at showing us the MMC point of view.

story was very good/the characters were the best

I wished it was longer. it had a very good story. can't wait for the next book to come out in the series