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Onyx & Ivory

By: Mindee Arnett
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
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Acclaimed author Mindee Arnett thrusts listeners into a beautiful, dangerous, and magical world in this stunningly epic and romantic fantasy for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah Raasch.

They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king of Rime.

Cast out of the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. Only the most skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls, the drakes - deadly flightless dragons - come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals.

And it’s this magic that leads her to a caravan massacred by drakes in broad daylight - the only survivor Corwin Tormaine, the son of the king. Her first love, the boy she swore to forget after he condemned her father to death.

With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin must put the past behind them to face this new threat and an even darker menace stirring in the kingdom.

©2018 Mindee Arnett (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Romance Royalty Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic Survival

Critic Reviews

"At once fresh, at once classic, Onyx and Ivory is a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance." (Susan Dennard, New York Times best-selling author of Truthwitch)
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Eagerly await book 2.
Mispronunciation always lets down an audio book and this is no exception, but thankfully it doesn’t happen often enough to irritate.
Accents and tonal changes between characters is fairly consistent.
Solid performance.

Great start to the series

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the story had a promising beginning, but as the it go on, the motives of the characters and 'the big reveal' for what kates father did what he did, it was a let down to say the least. and the final boss reveal? who the heck even is that?!

the voice actor did an excellent job non the less, the magic and world building too is great but its the back and forward relationship with the two protagonist that made me struggle to finish it. its somewhat irritating to be honest, I don't think I'd be purchasing the sequel

anticlimactic

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