The Voyant and the Mark of Malice

The Aeglecian Seas, Book 2

By: Sadie Hewitt

Narrated by: Broghanne Jessamine

He may be clever, but she's already a step ahead...

Kalia Salam is a Voyant, or a person with the ability to create mind-altering visions and project them into others. But when the punishment for having that ability is death, every decision becomes a strategic calculation to avoid execution. Unfortunately, that includes tethering herself to the continent's most wealthy brothel owner and only using her magic to pad the madam's pockets. That is, at least, until she needs it to protect those around her. But when Kalia uses her magic on the wrong client and is mistaken for a powerful djinn, one that the pirates have been meticulously hunting, she becomes ensnared in her most complex game of deception yet. Because, one way or another, she refuses to fall to the hands of a cursed captain.

Captain Rahmi Abada revels in collecting dying souls from the sea, particularly those burdened by guilt. But whispers of a tale have begun to swirl...a tale about a mysterious gemstone with innumerable abilities, including the power to shatter any magical bond. Consumed with the idea of sailing for eternity without his binding curse to Liddros, God of Sea, Rahmi enlists the help of the fiery djinn he forced aboard his ship. The only problem? The djinn harbors her own secrets, ones that threaten to unravel Rahmi's carefully laid plans.

Drawing inspiration from The Legend of the Flying Dutchman and the enchanting world of Aladdin, The Voyant and the Mark of Malice weaves a captivating story of hidden dangers, action-packed adventures, and the unexpected, yet sizzling romance of two sworn enemies who are determined to outwit one another.

©2024 Sadie Hewitt (P)2024 Sadie Hewitt

entertaining

A unique storyline with enough borrowed elements that you understand the references, but those elements are taken in a wildly different direction from their inspiration.
There were enough typos & mis-speaks throughout the audio and ebook versions that I'm glad I had both to reference in several places.

A True Enemies to Lovers Adventure

Rahmi and Kalia were TRUE enemies to lovers. I lost track of the amount of times that Kalia tried to kill him, and I loved her fiery spitball personality. She took absolutely zero crap from anyone and was completely unapologetic about it. The banter was top notch. I loved it. I was literally laughing out loud while listening to the book.

The narrator, Broghanne Jessamine does a fantastic job pulling you into the story and getting you to love the characters. I fully enjoyed listening to the book even as a a second read for me. It's a brilliant mix of pirates and magic and gives you all the Disney vibes with a much more adult storyline.

Ok

It was ok up until that very eye rolling end. It was a bit cringy. Like the author grew up on too many Disney movies with the whole “with our power of love and friendship we can defeat anything!”.

Adventure, romance, and fantastic banter

A far sweeping pirate adventure full of smoldering tension. The narrator did an incredible job brining the characters to life. I story made me gasp at moments and laugh at others. You can tell the narrator has as much fun reading the story as the author did writing it!

A stabby, spicy good time!

Is it really enemies-to-lovers if they don't try to kill each other at least once? Another knock-out addition to the Aeglecian Seas series! I instantly fell in love with Kalia's fierce, stabby, protective nature (and hidden big heart underneath) and enjoyed watching her challenge Rahmi at every turn. The push-and-pull tension between them was so seductive and kept me giggling at each new confrontation. The side characters were spectacularly done and left me rooting for them too. While the story took a couple chapters to hook me, once it did, I found myself completely lost to it. If Aladdin meets steamy Pirates of the Carribean sounds intriguing, this is for you!

The narrators did a fantastic job! I loved their accents and felt they really nailed the characters' emotional expressions very well. Highly recommend this series and audiobook.