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  • By: TJ Klune
  • Narrated by: Michael Lesley
  • Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (166 ratings)

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The Lightning-Struck Heart

By: TJ Klune
Narrated by: Michael Lesley
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Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident.

Of course, this catches the attention of a higher power, and Sam's pulled from the only world he knows to become an apprentice to the king's wizard, Morgan of Shadows.

When Sam's 14, he enters the Dark Woods and returns with Gary, the hornless gay unicorn, and a half-giant named Tiggy, earning the moniker Sam of Wilds.

At 15, Sam learns what love truly is when a new knight arrives at the castle - Knight Ryan Foxheart, the dreamiest dream to have ever been dreamed.

Naturally, it all goes to hell when Ryan dates the reprehensible Prince Justin, Sam can't control his magic, a sexually aggressive dragon kidnaps the prince, and the king sends them on an epic quest to save Ryan's boyfriend, all while Sam falls more in love with someone he can never have.

Or, so he thinks.

©2015 TJ Klune (P)2015 Dreamspinner Press

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Love love love

Everything about this book gave me a heart boner. The narrator was amazing!! My only complaint is that it had to end <\3 I tell e v e r y o n e about this book and force them to listen to parts of it. I strongly recommend listening to the audio X

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best narration

the narrator was amazing, the story was fantastic, laugh in public funny, and sweet. Fantastic!

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couldn't finish

very little depth or sophistication. a bit like gratuitous young adult fanfiction. couldn't finish it.

the voice narration is great but it couldn't save the vacuous storyline and characters.

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I’ve never laughed so hard in my life.

I loved every minute of this book. I have not laughed so hard in a book in my life. The narrator is fantastic. I’m writing this having not even finished the book and have already purchased the second.

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Tiresome

I’m sure that there are some who will enjoy this but I found it unbelievably tiresome. I only got through it so that I could leave a review and warn others.

It is clearly supposed to be a sassy romp, but it’s so over done it’s just not believable.

The performance is equally over done.

By the end of the book, I would have quite happily queued up with the darks to kill the highly self opinionated Sam of Wilds and free the world of him once and for all.

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Most gorgeous story I've read in years!

I simply don't have the strength of words to describe how perfect this was! 👌

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Fabulously funny and so well narrated.

Another great book by this talented author. Cannot wait to read the next book. Love this narrator he is definitely my favourite. Thank you.

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Very good.

While I can't honestly say I enjoyed the narration, I can say at it was amazingly well done. I am keen to try reading this without the narration to see if my mind comes up with anything different because I can't think of any other way you could have done a narration for this.
The story was difficult to get into at first and the word 'said' was way over used, but after about chapter 8 I couldn't put it down.
Keen to read the next book (but definitely need a break first).

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Suprisingly good!

The narration, at first, I won’t lie, ANNOYED ME. I thought I was gonna drop it pretty quickly, but after maybe a chapter or two, I started to enjoy the narration. I think it actually helps the book be good once you learn the characters. I liked the characters and there isn’t much of a plot, but I liked this book anyway. It’s really different than anything I’ve heard, and I loved the relationship between Gary and Sam. :)

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Well. Mothercracker.

I laughed, I cringed, I cried, I literally peed myself giggling.

Writing = *chef's kiss*
Narration = Perfection

Its cheesy, its punny. It's A-MAZ-ZING!

It's my first TJ Klune book ... and the reviews I've read said I'd probably hate it if I weren't already a fan of his other work.
Nope. Loved it. LOVED IT.
I'm off to magpie the rest of the series and all other works now. BYeEeeeEeeeeE!

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