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A Touch of Poison

Shadows of the Tenebris Court, Book 2

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A Touch of Poison

By: Clare Sager
Narrated by: Sarah Sampino, Liam Price
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In Elfhame, bargains are currency, lies are weapons, and your heart is your greatest weakness.

Reeling from Bastian's revelations, Kat wakes from her dire illness wanting nothing more than to sever all ties with the man who betrayed her. But fate has a different plan—she's trapped in Elfhame, the fae realm where nothing is as it seems. And worse, she's trapped with him, reliant on his touch to stave off a poison that threatens her very life.

Thrust into the center of Dusk and Dawn Courts, they must balance the two in order to maintain a delicate peace. But in a world where alliances are forged and shattered in a heartbeat, danger looms. A mysterious group infiltrates the city, and spies whisper of an ancient artifact powerful enough to destroy an entire court.

As enemies close in from all sides and attacks on the city escalate, Kat and Bastian must unearth deadly secrets and their own complicated feelings to survive—or risk a war to destroy faekind itself.

Full of betrayal, bargains, and broken hearts, A Touch of Poison is the spellbinding second book in Shadows of the Tenebris Court, a searing romantic fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Intended for mature listeners.

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unfortunately MMC audio is too automated. it missed inflection and character, little more than AI.
fortunately the storyline is interesting enough to keep me listening

good story, lacking audio

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Really liked the storyline but the male narrator made it very difficult to listen to, his breathy stunted reading spoiled the enjoyment. The female narrator was very good

Great storyline

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I love Kat's character and how she's grown. the narrater for her is perfect. Sebastian's narrator definitely sounded like AI. It was terrible.
Still worth the read though, it just takes some getting used to.

Good read

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Terrible male narration. I found it so hard to get into the book when he starts up. He puts pauses in the wrong spots, and doesn't get involved in his character. I couldn't listen to the book. I loved Book 1 with just a female narrator doing all the voices.

Bad Male Narrator

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Female narrator is excellent but the male narrator reads in monotone without any emotion at all.
Great story

Male narrator ruins it

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Loved the book. Can’t wait for 3rd book in the series but pleeeeease not using the same male narrator. Female voice was brilliant. Male voice is irritatingly unrealistic and seems to have a repetitive pattern of monotonous speech ending each phrase/sentence with a rising intonation …. Ugh!

Great book BUT male narrator was shockingly poor

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reads a little like fan fiction for some of the better fantasy series. Scratches the itch but won't come back.
Male narrator= painful. Female narrator=great.

Ok, but there's a reason ACOTAR etc are more well known

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Was a great story however I struggled to listen to the male narrator. He was so robotic, it was hard to be invested in the male POV. Female narrator was great!

Great Story

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The story is great, but I’ve just had to stop listening as the male parts are so emotionless, stilted and sound like they’re being read by a newsreader.

The constant up-tilted inflections at the end of each sentence are driving me mad. I want to hear the character’s feelings, not the local BBC2 news report.

The female reader is phenomenal and has me absolutely hooked until he comes in. These stories deserve quality voice actors and production.

So disappointed - Please get a new male reader.

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I’m really enjoying this series, the storyline is good, a bit of spice and some humor but the big downer for me is guy who narrates the character Bastian… he’s so monotone and robotic, it almost sounds like they’ve had it narrated with AI l, he does my head in and I find my mind wandering when he’s speaking. I’m sticking it out though and hoping he hasn’t narrated the next book in the series. The female narrator is good though.

Great story, narration is a bit wanting.

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