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A Word So Fitly Spoken

The Severed Realms, Book 1

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A Word So Fitly Spoken

By: T.A. Lawrence
Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi, Nikki Massoud
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One stunning bride. One wedding. One night with the king. One execution come morning. Rinse and repeat.

When the fae king of Naenden returns home to his palace only to find that his human queen has committed treason by conspiring to assassinate him, he has the queen executed and decrees that once every mooncycle, he’ll marry a human woman from the kingdom, only to execute her the following morning.

Unless one woman offers herself as a sacrificial bride for the rest.

Asha isn’t worried about being chosen, of course. The decree was quite clear about beauty being among the top criteria for being selected as one of the king’s unfortunate brides. Asha is no beauty thanks to the illegal magic that inhabits her body, leaving her scarred and missing an eye. The same magic that occasionally possesses her voice so it can amuse itself by telling a never-ending story with a string of horrible cliffhangers.

The problem is Asha might not be a beauty, but her sister Dinah is. When Asha realizes Dinah is in danger of being selected as the king’s sacrificial bride, Asha decides she can’t live with that risk. So she offers herself instead.

Except on the night of their wedding the king grants Asha a final request. Naturally, she asks to tell her sister one last bedtime story. Naturally, the king eavesdrops.

The question is, will the story save her life or ruin it?

A tale of love and betrayal, vengeance and sacrifice, magic and romance, this imaginative retelling of 1,001 Nights will keep you guessing with each word.

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This was amazing! Would definitely recommend! Absolutely gripping for the entire book and amazing narration!

Amazing!

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Extremely slow start, almost DNF. But was worth it in the end. Have I gotten the other books tho? No, found more interesting books

Good but not great

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I loved the story within the story, it all come together nicely in the end.

kept changing and keeping me on the toes.

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really enjoyed this book the author is such a wordsmith, I love listen to the descriptions

great story

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Loved every single minute, what an amazing story. Look forward to the next story in this series.

Loved every single minute

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Pretty typical enemies/force marriage to lover trope. Unwanted damsel sacrifices herself for her sister, marries the beast.

Some interesting additions to the story by the side characters which had more substance than the mains. Some interesting concepts but fall a little short in depth and follow through. Creative world, that could be a little more cohesive. Some bits could also be repetitive and sometimes made difficult with narration slip ups.

It could be a little hard to understand the link between the story and then the story told by the ‘old magic’. Not sure that worked very well, or maybe I fell asleep and missed something. It sort of wrapped up a bit too quickly and neatly? I honestly thought the story was continuing throughout the series. I am glad the second book has different mains as I thought they were well and truely covered in this one. Will get the second book as the world promises potential.

Different take, same story

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I was gripped by the stories pages within the first chapter of this novel. The story is so well crafted that it will stick with you long after you stop listening. I saw a quote on booktok that prompted me to read this and it did not disappoint me. There is a slow satisfying burn between the protagonist and the Fae King that will make you yearn to trade places with Asha no matter the cost.

My bottom line for this novel. It's a different telling of Aladdin more adult. Both narrators do a fantastic job embodying the characters and it's worth a listen. In fact worth a listen and a preorder annnnd to purchase the books in hard back to hold onto forever ❤️

Anything less than 5 stars would be a disservice

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If you like a well written story with twists and turns and characters that you grow to appreciate, then this is for you.

Story

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Great fast paced plot with interesting characters. stories within stories. Kept me interested in the redemption of the situation. Worth the time.

Twists in the plot

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