The Roilden Stones of Elf Mountain

By: Anna del C. Dye

Narrated by: George Tintura

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Liberty...or monarchy?

Should the wisest of races choose such a path or return to the traditional council? Their queen has lost the Roilden Stones of Elf Mountain to a power-hungry wizard. After all, one can be deceived, but 20?

With the stones missing, a fatal drought grips Andoriah, the new elfin home. Death to all is imminent. Who will retrieve the stones when the Gold Elfs won’t act? Will heroes arise before Andoriah burns in eternal fire? Can the missing elf queen and her daughter be found?

The Roilden Stones of Elf Mountain is the long-awaited prequel and final installment in Anna del C.’s Elf series. Discover the Elfs, an eternal race who chose to live in a world of woes away from their motherland. Love them, feel their pain and their happiness in a land that will test the core of their beliefs and bravery.

Written in the genre of The Lord of the Rings and the Shannara series, The Roilden Stones of Elf Mountain comes alive with battles, heroism, action, and romance.

©2014 Anna del C. Dye (P)2020 Anna del C. Dye

REALLY GREAT STORY. VERY ENJOYABLE & I LOVED IT

REALLY GREAT STORYLINE BEING WELL WRITTEN AND EASY TO FOLLOW.
ACCEPTABLE FOR ALL AGES. CLEAN FANTASY ADVENTURE STORY.

NARRATOR IS GREAT AND EASY TO FOLLOW.

Liberty or a monarchy as a power-hunrgy wizard?

In Anna del C. Dye's "The Roilden Stones of Elf Mountain," expertly narrated by George Tintura, the elves of Andoriah face a critical choice between liberty and monarchy as a power-hungry wizard threatens their world. Dye's writing skillfully unfolds a tale of stolen Roilden Stones, a deadly drought, and the quest for heroes to save their realm. With a perfect balance of action, heroism, and romance, this fantasy audiobook is a compelling journey that will leave listeners enchanted and eager for more.

PREQUEL TALE

A GREAT STORY THAT GIVES YOU A LOOK INTO THE WORLD BEFORE THE ELF AND THE PRINCESS! NARRATOR WAS GOOD. LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE FROM BOTH!

An epic adventure

In order to save their lands, there is a epic quest to recover the lost Roilden Stones of Elf Mountain. There plenty of action, adventure, battles, mystery, and even a bit of romance.

Anna del C. Dye’s story is very reminiscent of Tolkien’s work. I enjoyed getting to know the characters and the adventure they embarked on.

I was entertained by George C. Tintura’s narration. I thought the accents/voices really fit the characters.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

An adventure for sure

This was an interesting story. What a great group of friends who took on the task of getting the stones back. They all wondered who the masked bandit was. A surprise for them when they found out who it was. A great read with interesting characters.

Eventful YA Fantasy

I enjoyed this fantasy a lot. Andoriah was suffering from a fatal drought, and unless something was done, everything and everyone would die. The characters were delightful. The plot was fast paced and action filled. There were varied fantastical races represented. George Tintura's narration was great, and his performance added to the story's entertainment. I was given a free copy of the audiobook, and I have voluntarily posted this review.

Baskerville Book Reviews

This is a book I’d say has some Lord of the Rings inspiration. The band of characters who go on an adventure together is referred to as “the fellowship”. Overall, the adventure is interesting, the characters are likable and their interactions are believable. My personal flavorite character is the mute warrior who is introduced at some point in the story. It captures what a pain in the ass it is being a mute and how difficult it is to communicate. Though the characters in this story (and any story I’ve ever seen with a fellow mute) are way more accommodating than people actually are.

The biggest failing of the books is the way the dialogue is written. There’s way too much “character name said” nonsense going on every time characters in a group are talking. When conversations consist entirely of “character 1 said.” xxxx “Character name 2 replied.” yyy “Character name 3 added.” zzzz “Character name 1 said.” it makes the dialogue utterly insufferable to listen to because (character name) said, exclaimed, added, etc. is used like punctuation.

The audio of the narration was just garbage. It sounded like the narrator was talking through a fish tank. I normally listen at 2.55x speed but I had to slow it down to 1.5 and managed to creep up to 2.05. Anything faster than that and I couldn’t understand a word he was saying. He did a great job with voices. It was always easy to tell who was taslking. The final annoyance with this audio I have is how he says the wh sound. He says hhhhwhite and hhhhwhen or whhhhen and it’s insufferable. There’s only 1 h in these words and he puts waaaaaay to much emphasis on it. It’s distracting.

I definitely recommend this book. But you’re probably off better with a physical or Kindle copy. The (character name) said stuff wouldn’t be as annoying because you wouldn’t have the benefit of a narrator’s voice to tell you who’s speaking. I get the impression books with that type of writing are made into audiobooks as an afterthought.

NOTE: This copy was provided to me free of charge as a digital review copy. The opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone, I was not paid or requested to give this book a certain rating, suggestion, or approval.

Awesome

Great book, kept my attention all the way to the end, amazing audio delivery, loved it. Will be reading again, every chapter was received amazingly do recommend you give it a read.

Terrific prequel to a fantastic fantasy series

If you enjoy stories about Elves this is a must read series. The author knows how to weave words that create the magic that is elven.

Elf Soap Opera

Parents- middle school and up should be fine
Language- None
Violence- PG- some blood but nothing graphic, lots of killing rock monsters that turn into poofs of dirt
Sexual Content- PG romance but kept clean

The storyline was pretty stereotypical of fantasy with quite a bit of political and romance drama. I do think that this book probably reads better than it listens - the dialog I think is the problem when listening all the "saids" and "replies" are a bit much in an audio form whereas in book form you can skim over them.

Narrator- Wasn't great, like a teacher reading to a class attempting voices. There was not a lot of differentiation between the characters and I felt the speed was a bit slow.

—I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.