The Audient and the Phantom Night

The Aeglecian Seas, Book 1

By: Sadie Hewitt

Narrated by: Broghanne Jessamine

Inspired by the worlds of The Legend of the Flying Dutchman and Beauty and the Beast, this action-packed fantasy filled with searing romance, outlawed magic, and seafaring danger.

Fenna Terrigan never expected to leave her seaside village. She was too quiet, too gentle, and far too kind to take on life outside of the bookshop she works at. But when her brother shows up on her doorstep begging for aid with a pirate captain hot on his tail, Fenna will do anything to protect him.

Devlin Cato is the captain of a cursed ship and can step foot on land for one day every seven years. Once again, he’s found himself using it to chase a deserter across the continent. His hunt is short-lived when Fenna agrees to take on her brother’s twenty-five-year debt in exchange for leaving her smoldering city to heal.

As Fenna spends more time aboard The Phantom Night with the ship’s mysterious and seductive captain, she soon finds herself caught between loyalty to her brother and her fiery passion for Devlin Cato. But the path to ending the curse isn’t as easy as it seems when Fenna’s dark secret is discovered, a secret that threatens the very foundation of the continent’s stability and one that anyone would be willing to kill for.

©2023 Sadie Hewitt (P)2024 Sadie Hewitt

SO much fun!!!

This is an amazing seafaring adventure filled with romance, pirates, and danger. This is a series of standalones, but they're interconnected. Not my FAVORITE type of stories, but these have all been amazing and I love a good pirate tale! I love how the overlying story carries through the series of interconnected standalones. I actually read the second in the series first, so this was extra fun because it explained a few little things.

I love, love, love pirates but I'm also obsessed with all of Sadie Hewitt's books, to be honest. Her writing shines - as always - in this action-packed story, with vivid settings and incredibly engaging main characters. The chemistry between Fenna and Devlin is the BEST - it crackles with tension and heat. The banter between the two is particularly delightful and the yearning is wonderful. The bath tub scene was AMAZING. If you know, you know. They're two characters who are easy to love.

Fenna is a quiet and kind-hearted bookshop worker that unexpectedly finds herself drawn into a world of piracy and curses when her brother seeks her help to evade a pursuing pirate captain. Enter Devlin - CAPTAIN Cato - the broody captain of a cursed ship, who strikes a deal with Fenna to settle her brother's debt if she agrees to take it on herself.

I listened to the audiobook and the narrator's accent really added an immersive layer to the experience.

However, despite how much I enjoyed this, I did yearn for a bit more world-building and more in depth secondary characters. Thank you to the author and R&R Booktours for the chance to listen and review. This review is honest and voluntary. This was fun and heck and I deeply enjoyed it! Delightful and very quick read. Plus - these COVERS are everything!!

Must read!

I have both physically read and now listened to this book! I must say each time I read/listened to it I picked up on new details that I had missed before. The story itself is exciting and captivating, and the narrating really brings to life the characters and adventures. I would think of something one way when I read the physical book but hearing it spoken out loud made me think another. Definitely a must read (or listen to)!

SUCH A UNIQUE STORY!

All I can say is WOW. This story was so unique and refreshing, I couldn't get enough of it. Give me a good pirate book and I am happy, but then the author added the magical elements and it was a knock out of the park. I really enjoyed the narration as well!

Buckle up for an adventure!!

I read an arc of The Audient and the Phantom Night but WOW listening to it adds these layers to the experience! I enjoy the narrators accent and the way she changes her voice for different characters!! It was brilliant!! The audiobook dropped last month so go check it out!!

Expect:
🌊 Grumpy/Sunshine
🏴‍☠️ Morally Gray
❤️ Cursed Captain
🌊 Outlawed Magic
🏴‍☠️ Touch Her and 💀
❤️ Forced Proximity

Fun pirate romantasy!

Narrator - Broghanne Jessamine- I could listen to this woman read ALL day- I was totally captivated 😍

This story is fantastic. I was hooked from the very beginning and actually postponed my reading of Onyx Storm *gasp* to finish it because I couldn't get enough! I must have been in the mood for pirates!

This pirate paranormal romantasy is a super fun story! You can expect around 75% character-driven and 25% plot.

The tension between the main characters is palpable- their relationship development was wonderful. There are plenty of side characters to fall in love with as well! I loved this spin on the Flying Dutchman! I'm excited to listen to the next in this standalone series!