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Rain of Shadows and Endings

The Legacy Series, Book 1

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Rain of Shadows and Endings

By: Melissa Roehrich
Narrated by: Laura Horowitz, Christian Leatherman
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A world the gods forgot.

Of all the worlds and life they created, the gods favored their children the most. But with that favor came the fear that their Legacy would one day become too powerful and overthrow them. Devram was created. A realm hidden amongst the stars. The gods gave their Legacy the best of all the worlds, and then they left, a sworn agreement to never return and to never interfere.

A historical event.

Forced to a life of servitude, the Fae are required to provide for the Legacy in more ways than one. Every five years, the eligible Fae are gathered for the Selection and assigned to serve in one of the six Kingdoms. To be chosen as the personal Source for a Kingdom Heir is the greatest honor, and for the first time in a millennia, all six Kingdoms have heirs choosing a Source. But their selections could tip the power balance a little too far.

A chosen that was never meant to be.Tessalyn Asura was as forgotten as the realm. But when she finds herself the personal Source to the Heir of Endings, she winds up serving in the darkest Kingdom of them all. The secrets within the Arius Kingdom are meant to be learned and kept, but this was never the life she wanted. Fighting not only the fate thrust upon her, but the temptation to lose herself to desire, Tessa will do anything to escape her new destiny. Until she starts to realize maybe their world wasn’t as forgotten as they thought, and maybe she’s the reason why.

Rain of Shadows and Endings is book one in The Legacy Series and ends on a cliffhanger. This is new adult dark fantasy romance series and includes elements that may be triggering to some listeners.

©2023 Melissa K Roehrich (P)2023 Melissa K Roehrich
Fantasy Romance Fiction Destiny Royalty
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Lots of story building. I understand what kind of relationship the author was attempting to create between Tessa and Theon but it leans heavily towards slavery instead. Going to give book 2 a try as the end only just got to the point.

Lots of story building. Heavy on aspects of slavery. Only just got to the point

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Grabbed me for the start ! Could not turn it off , just got the second one can’t wait to start listening. Great characters and voice actors were fab

Storyline

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Tessa is the most painful character that I have read, she is childish, immature, stubborn and so bloody whiny. If I have to listen to her argue and put everyone at risk because of her childish, stubborn behaviour; I will DNF the second book.

Theon isn’t much better because their is no fucking communication between them, he will tell Tessa over and over “we need to talk” and all he does is talk down to her like she’s a child and tells her what to do rather than communicate.

I get there is a build up to the story and I appreciate that, however this book could have been half the size if there had been some character development and movement.

I really like the work that has been built and that is the only reason why I am listening to the next book.

I have my fingers crossed for less frustration in the next book.

I am conflicted with this story

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Don’t get my wrong I loved the story, i did feel like it was a lot of setup / building that a fantasy story must go though to be fantastic, but the VAs especially the female made this an amazing listen!

The voice actress really made this book AMAZING!

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Stockholm syndrome vibes. female voice actor was great, made me wish she did the whole book. male voice actor not so great, I speed up his chapters, he gets annoying at times too

good

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Omg this story is on my god tier list! I didn’t want it to end and am so happy to I get to continue with this series!
Laura Horowitz is the GOAT for female and male characters. First time hearing the male actors voice and was impressed.

GOD TIER

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Draws out too much. Main character is frustrating. Story is long and tedious too annoying

Too long for nothing

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It really pulls you into the world.

The only thing I didn't really like was that the couple fight way too much about nothing most of the time. Repeating themselves and I did get sick of Tessa a bit. Maybe that was the way she was voiced, always annoyed, pissed off or in a mood. Totally warranted given her situation but just a bit tedious.

Can't wait for the next one.

Great story telling

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This book had so much potential, but it never quite delivered. The two main characters spent most of the story circling the same issue without meaningful progress, and the lack of genuine communication made the plot feel flat. On the audio side, the female narrator gave a strong performance, but the male voice actor felt mismatched with the tone of the character, which made it a difficult listen overall.

Frustrating

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The narration and story were both excellent and I had trouble putting it down. Looking forward to continuing with the next book!

Exciting - kept me intrigued while way through

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