The Fate of Stars

Sea and Stars, Book 1

By: S D Simper

Narrated by: Lois Ridge

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

"The Fate of Stars, the first book in the Sea and Stars trilogy, is delightfully dark and sexy, full of lush imagery, vibrant characterization, and enough adrenaline to keep me up way past my bedtime." (Anna Burke, award winning author of Thorn and Compass Rose)

A devout mermaid. A disgraced princess. A feud as ancient as the gods.

Worlds collide when Tallora is kidnapped from her ocean home and forced to be a pet to a tyrannical foreign empire. Her only hope for rescue lies with a sworn enemy - Princess Dauriel, infamous for her stone heart and conflicted past. But when Dauriel’s kingdom comes to the cusp of war, could their uneasy alliance be the key to defeating a common foe? Or will their growing feelings for each other lead them to ruin?

From the world of Fallen Gods comes a tale of ancient magic and cutthroat politics - and finding redemption through love.

"If you like your fantasy with an extra dark twist, exceptional world building and deeply complex characters then reel this book in fast. You’ll be hooked. Oh, and mermaids! Enough said." (The Lesbian Review)

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Great book

Not a tragic gay story! I was looking for a lesbian story with magic and fantasy, but it’s hard to not fall into tropes. This book doesn’t fall into any tropes. I listened to all three books in about a week.

Need more woman on woman romance novels

I very much enjoyed this book. I was looking for some lesbian/bi/woman on woman novels. It is astonishingly difficult to find decent ones.

While not the saucy, heavy heated novel I was hoping for, it quelled my thirst. Enough so that I felt I should leave a review encouraging others to give it a listen.

Gay Mermaids, nuff said

Definitely worth checking out if you like wlw romance, butch lesbians, and gay mermaids. I honestly never expected to love this series as much as I do

Tear jerker

I absolutely adored this book, but cried the entirety of last few chapters. Angst abundant.

Couldn't finish

The story is weird and disturbing, feels like someone's sexual fantasy. The narrators choice in voices for the characters is strange and makes listening hard. It disturbed me and I stopped a few chapters in. To be fair, maybe it gets better.

Loved this!!

This was such a beautiful love story. From beginning to end this story will rock your world! I would highly encourage listeners of all sci fantasy to give it a try!

What’s not to love? It’s got mermaids/lesbians

I never know what to write for book reviews but I hope you give this one a chance. It’s not like any other books that I read or listen to. I think it’s really unique and different and it takes some twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting. It has love anguish, romance, sexiness and action.

Sapphic fantasy with excellent world building

I've been reading mostly romcoms lately, but this book absolutely pulled me in from the get go. A mermaid seeking faith and purpose finds herself kidnapped to land by the princess of a nearby country. Far from home, she is furious and desperate to get home. Things go from bad to worse, then worse to truly terrible. Tallora finds herself trapped in a hostile country, being used and abused by her captors, with no one to turn to - until the gruff, cruel princess who got her into this mess rescues her from foreign ambassadors intent on taking advantage of her position.

Great story, lot’s of TWs necessary

Trigger warnings: although no rape occurs, sexual assault does and rape is discussed. Suicide, self harm, human trafficking, violence toward animals, a smidge of incest, a hint of intimate partner violence, and plenty of restraints.

That said, I enjoyed the story, characters, world building, and the writing (except for the obscene amount of times the word “stole” was used, like, dang, get a thesaurus). I’m thoroughly invested in the sequel and will be listening to it immediately.

Great story

Very unique story. Love the inclusion of two female lovers, however, I wish the performance wasn’t so “valley girl” for the main character. Everyone else’s voice was performed so well.