-
The Bone Orchard
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Buy for $26.47
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
The Hidden
- By: Melanie Golding
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Gregor, a seemingly single man, is found bludgeoned and left for dead in his apartment, but the discovery of children's toys raises more questions than answers. Every night, Ruby gazes into Gregor’s apartment, leading to the discovery of his secret family: his unusually silent daughter and his mentally unstable wife, Constance, who insists that she is descended from the mythological selkies. She begs Ruby to aid in finding the sealskin that Gregor has hidden from her, making it impossible to return to her people.
-
-
Love Melanie Golding!
- By J-Jilla on 12-01-21
By: Melanie Golding
-
Juniper & Thorn
- A Novel
- By: Ava Reid
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world.
-
-
Revenge Fantasy for Abuse Victims
- By BadKarmaCupcake on 11-02-22
By: Ava Reid
-
The Path of Thorns
- By: A.G. Slatter
- Narrated by: Louise Williams
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible—and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. With a monstrous revenge in mind, Asher plans to make it choke. However, she becomes fond of her charges, of the people of the Tarn, and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan—and who will suffer most if she does.
-
-
Disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 04-01-23
By: A.G. Slatter
-
The Spear Cuts Through Water
- A Novel
- By: Simon Jimenez
- Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.
-
-
This is why I read
- By Chris on 11-26-22
By: Simon Jimenez
-
House of Hunger
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery.
-
-
Yes!
- By Vanessa Phipps on 10-15-22
By: Alexis Henderson
-
Nettle & Bone
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Amara Jasper
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn’t so fortunate—and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful and abusive prince. Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:
-
-
If Only I Could Cut Out Half the Story
- By Ree on 04-28-22
By: T. Kingfisher
-
The Hidden
- By: Melanie Golding
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Gregor, a seemingly single man, is found bludgeoned and left for dead in his apartment, but the discovery of children's toys raises more questions than answers. Every night, Ruby gazes into Gregor’s apartment, leading to the discovery of his secret family: his unusually silent daughter and his mentally unstable wife, Constance, who insists that she is descended from the mythological selkies. She begs Ruby to aid in finding the sealskin that Gregor has hidden from her, making it impossible to return to her people.
-
-
Love Melanie Golding!
- By J-Jilla on 12-01-21
By: Melanie Golding
-
Juniper & Thorn
- A Novel
- By: Ava Reid
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world.
-
-
Revenge Fantasy for Abuse Victims
- By BadKarmaCupcake on 11-02-22
By: Ava Reid
-
The Path of Thorns
- By: A.G. Slatter
- Narrated by: Louise Williams
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible—and Morwood is a house that eats secrets. With a monstrous revenge in mind, Asher plans to make it choke. However, she becomes fond of her charges, of the people of the Tarn, and she begins to wonder if she will be able to execute her plan—and who will suffer most if she does.
-
-
Disappointed
- By Anonymous User on 04-01-23
By: A.G. Slatter
-
The Spear Cuts Through Water
- A Novel
- By: Simon Jimenez
- Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.
-
-
This is why I read
- By Chris on 11-26-22
By: Simon Jimenez
-
House of Hunger
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper seeking a bloodmaid. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery.
-
-
Yes!
- By Vanessa Phipps on 10-15-22
By: Alexis Henderson
-
Nettle & Bone
- By: T. Kingfisher
- Narrated by: Amara Jasper
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn’t so fortunate—and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a powerful and abusive prince. Seeking help for her rescue mission, Marra is offered the tools she needs, but only if she can complete three seemingly impossible tasks:
-
-
If Only I Could Cut Out Half the Story
- By Ree on 04-28-22
By: T. Kingfisher
-
The Keeper of Night
- The Keeper of Night, Book 1
- By: Kylie Baker
- Narrated by: Rebecca Yeo
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. Expected to obey the harsh hierarchy of the Reapers who despise her, Ren conceals her emotions and avoids her tormentors as best she can. When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance she’s never gotten from her fellow Reapers.
-
-
Amazing!
- By AshleyC on 04-27-22
By: Kylie Baker
-
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
- A Novel
- By: Shannon Chakraborty
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq, Amin El Gamal
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
-
-
Not City of Brass, A Fun Swashbuckling Adventure
- By Pele on 03-23-23
-
The Book Eaters
- By: Sunyi Dean
- Narrated by: Katie Erich
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.
-
-
Book worth a college course on it's own.
- By SW;MDA on 10-08-22
By: Sunyi Dean
-
Cackle
- By: Rachel Harrison
- Narrated by: Dylan Moore
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend.
-
-
Enjoyed it so much, I bought it twice.
- By Shayla Williams on 10-08-21
By: Rachel Harrison
-
Spells for Forgetting
- A Novel
- By: Adrienne Young
- Narrated by: Emily Rankin, Dan Bittner, Mark Deakins, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Emery Blackwood’s life changed forever the night her best friend was found dead and the love of her life, August Salt, was accused of murdering her. Years later, she is doing what her teenage self swore she never would: living a quiet existence on the misty, remote shores of Saoirse Island and running the family’s business, Blackwood’s Tea Shoppe Herbal Tonics & Tea Leaf Readings. But when the island, rooted in folklore and magic, begins to show signs of strange happenings, Emery knows that something is coming.
-
-
A love story
- By Anonymous User on 01-07-23
By: Adrienne Young
-
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
- A Novel
- By: Roshani Chokshi
- Narrated by: Steve West, Sura Siu
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like Starling House and The Bloody Chamber comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets—the breathtaking adult debut from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.
-
-
Disappointing
- By A. S. on 03-02-23
By: Roshani Chokshi
-
Warbreaker
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 24 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Warbreaker is the story of two sisters who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago. Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can be collected only one unit at a time.
-
-
My Favorite Sanderson Yet
- By Carol on 09-10-17
-
House of Hollow
- By: Krystal Sutherland
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bennett
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Iris Hollow and her two older sisters are unquestionably strange. Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a month a later with no memory of what happened to them, odd, eerie occurrences seem to follow in their wake. And they're changing. First, their dark hair turned white. Then, their blue eyes slowly turned black. They have insatiable appetites yet never gain weight. People find them disturbingly intoxicating, unbearably beautiful, and inexplicably dangerous.
-
-
Pay no attention to the cover art
- By Kimberly D. Bouchu on 05-19-22
-
The City of Dusk
- By: Tara Sim
- Narrated by: Nikki Patel
- Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Four Realms—Life, Death, Light, and Darkness—all converge on the city of dusk. But the gods have withdrawn their favor from the once thriving and vibrant metropolis. And without it, all the realms are dying. Unwilling to stand by and watch the destruction, the four heirs to divine power—Angelica, an elementalist with her eyes set on the throne; Risha, a necromancer fighting to keep the peace; Nikolas, a soldier who struggles to see the light; and Taesia, a shadow-wielding rogue with a reckless heart—will become reluctant allies in the quest to save their city.
-
-
Phenomenal fantasy
- By Landice (Manic Femme) on 06-05-22
By: Tara Sim
-
The Lost Apothecary
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Penner
- Narrated by: Lorna Bennett, Lauren Anthony, Lauren Irwin
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious 12-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries.
-
-
Fell short
- By Heather on 03-06-21
By: Sarah Penner
-
Dark Water Daughter
- Winter Sea, Book 1
- By: H.M. Long
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk, Samuel Roukin
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Mary Firth is a Stormsinger: a woman whose voice can still hurricanes and shatter armadas. Faced with servitude to a deathless pirate lord, Mary offers her skills to his arch-rival in exchange for protection—and, more importantly, his help in sending the pirate to a watery grave. But Mary's dreams are dark and full of ghistings, spectral creatures who inhabit the ancient forests of her homeland and the figureheads of ships.
-
-
Fantastic Narrators and Entertaining Storyline
- By Squire of Song on 08-07-23
By: H.M. Long
-
Shadow of the Conqueror
- Chronicles of Everfall, Book 1
- By: Shad Brooks
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer, Kate Reading
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Who better to fight back the darkness of the world than the one responsible for most of it? Daylen, once known as the Great Bastard, the Scourge of Nations, Dayless the Conqueror, has lived in hiding since his presumed death. Burdened by age and tremendous guilt, he thinks his life is coming to an end. Unbeknownst to him he’s about to embark on a journey towards redemption where his ruthless abilities might save the world. Many battles await with friends to be made and a past filled with countless crimes to confront, all the while trying to keep his true identity a secret.
-
-
Shad get a better Editor
- By Amazon Customer on 07-18-19
By: Shad Brooks
Publisher's summary
Sara A. Mueller's Bone Orchard is a fascinating whodunit set in a lush gothic world of secrets and magic - where a dying emperor charges his favorite concubine with solving his own murder, and preventing the culprit, which undoubtedly is one of his three terrible sons, from taking control of an empire.
Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown bone trees at Orchard House, and the secrets of their marrow.
Charm is a prisoner, and a survivor. Charm tends the trees and their clattering fruit for the sake of her children, painstakingly grown and regrown with its fruit: Shame, Justice, Desire, Pride, and Pain.
Charm is a whore, and a madam. The wealthy and powerful of Borenguard come to her house to buy time with the girls who aren't real.
Except on Tuesdays, which is when the Emperor himself lays claim to his mistress, Charm herself.
But now - Charm is also the only person who can keep an empire together, as the Emperor summons her to his deathbed, and charges her with choosing which of his awful, faithless sons will carry on the empire - by discovering which one is responsible for his own murder.
If she does this last thing, she will finally have what has been denied her since the fall of Inshil - her freedom. But if she does, she will also be betraying the ghosts past and present that live on within her heart.
Charm must choose. Her dead Emperor’s will or the whispers of her own ghosts. Justice for the empire or her own revenge.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books
More from the same
Related to this topic
-
The Highwayman
- To Tempt a Highlander Series # 1
- By: Kerrigan Byrne
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Audie Award, Romance, 2016. Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him... and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands....
-
-
My Favourite yet
- By Morticia on 09-08-15
By: Kerrigan Byrne
-
Midnight Angel
- Stokehursts, Book 1
- By: Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A noblewoman of frail beauty and exotic mystery fakes her own death to escape the gallows. And now she must flee. In disguise and under a false identity, she finds unexpected sanctuary in the arms of a handsome and arrogant yet gallant British lord—who must defy society to keep her safe . . . and overcome a tragic past to claim her as his own.
-
-
Can't finish. Made me cringe.
- By Lillian on 02-23-22
By: Lisa Kleypas
-
To Taste Temptation
- Legend of the Four Soldiers, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Hoyt
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Britain’s high society—le bon ton—loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they’re giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. Lady Emeline Gordon is captivated by Samuel. Not only does he defy convention with his unusual dress, his sensual smile, and his forthright manner, but he survived the battle that killed her beloved brother.
-
-
Loved It
- By Cathie on 10-26-10
By: Elizabeth Hoyt
-
One Touch of Scandal
- By: Liz Carlyle
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
All Grace Gauthier ever wanted was the security of a good marriage, family, and home. Instead, despised by her aristocratic father's family because of her mother's foreign birth, she's taken a safe position as a governess. Now, unprotected and alone in London, accused of the shocking murder of her employer, she has no one to turn to except the mysterious - and possibly dangerous - Lord Ruthveyn.
-
-
Boring What Happened
- By Cindy Johnston on 10-13-10
By: Liz Carlyle
-
One for All
- By: Lillie Lainoff
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl”. But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father - a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for new Musketeers.
-
-
Good story, marred by fractured French
- By Elaine Bennett on 07-26-22
By: Lillie Lainoff
-
The Innocent Mage
- By: Karen Miller
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 20 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"The Innocent Mage is come, and we stand at the beginning of the end of everything." Being a fisherman like his father isn't a bad life, but it's not the one that Asher wants. Despite his humble roots, Asher has grand dreams. And they call him to Dorana, home of princes, beggars, and the warrior mages who have protected the kingdom for generations. Little does Asher know, however, that his arrival in the city is being closely watched by members of the Circle, people dedicated to preserving an ancient magic.
-
-
Heroic Fantasy well written
- By Bruce on 03-29-12
By: Karen Miller
-
The Highwayman
- To Tempt a Highlander Series # 1
- By: Kerrigan Byrne
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Audie Award, Romance, 2016. Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him... and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands....
-
-
My Favourite yet
- By Morticia on 09-08-15
By: Kerrigan Byrne
-
Midnight Angel
- Stokehursts, Book 1
- By: Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A noblewoman of frail beauty and exotic mystery fakes her own death to escape the gallows. And now she must flee. In disguise and under a false identity, she finds unexpected sanctuary in the arms of a handsome and arrogant yet gallant British lord—who must defy society to keep her safe . . . and overcome a tragic past to claim her as his own.
-
-
Can't finish. Made me cringe.
- By Lillian on 02-23-22
By: Lisa Kleypas
-
To Taste Temptation
- Legend of the Four Soldiers, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Hoyt
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Britain’s high society—le bon ton—loves nothing more than a good scandal, and they’re giddy with the appearance of wealthy Samuel Hartley. Not only is he self-made, American, and in the habit of wearing moccasins, but he is also notorious for fleeing a battle in which several English gentlemen lost their lives. Lady Emeline Gordon is captivated by Samuel. Not only does he defy convention with his unusual dress, his sensual smile, and his forthright manner, but he survived the battle that killed her beloved brother.
-
-
Loved It
- By Cathie on 10-26-10
By: Elizabeth Hoyt
-
One Touch of Scandal
- By: Liz Carlyle
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
All Grace Gauthier ever wanted was the security of a good marriage, family, and home. Instead, despised by her aristocratic father's family because of her mother's foreign birth, she's taken a safe position as a governess. Now, unprotected and alone in London, accused of the shocking murder of her employer, she has no one to turn to except the mysterious - and possibly dangerous - Lord Ruthveyn.
-
-
Boring What Happened
- By Cindy Johnston on 10-13-10
By: Liz Carlyle
-
One for All
- By: Lillie Lainoff
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl”. But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father - a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for new Musketeers.
-
-
Good story, marred by fractured French
- By Elaine Bennett on 07-26-22
By: Lillie Lainoff
-
The Innocent Mage
- By: Karen Miller
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 20 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"The Innocent Mage is come, and we stand at the beginning of the end of everything." Being a fisherman like his father isn't a bad life, but it's not the one that Asher wants. Despite his humble roots, Asher has grand dreams. And they call him to Dorana, home of princes, beggars, and the warrior mages who have protected the kingdom for generations. Little does Asher know, however, that his arrival in the city is being closely watched by members of the Circle, people dedicated to preserving an ancient magic.
-
-
Heroic Fantasy well written
- By Bruce on 03-29-12
By: Karen Miller
-
The Pirate Prince
- Ascension Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Gaelen Foley
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The pirate prince Lazar di Fiori returns with lethal grace to avenge what was stolen from him: his kingdom, his birthright, and his soul. Allegra Monteverdi, the daughter of Lazar's sworn enemy, proves an uncommonly powerful adversary. She throws herself on his mercy, her courage and beauty touching his cold, unforgiving heart. He agrees to spare the lives of her family - but only if Allegra sails away with him as his captive.
-
-
Tortured Prince
- By 🌸DARA on 08-11-14
By: Gaelen Foley
-
Duke of My Heart
- By: Kelly Bowen
- Narrated by: Ashford McNab
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Captain Maximus Harcourt, the unconventional tenth Duke of Alderidge, can deal with tropical storms, raging seas, and the fiercest of pirates. But he's returned home from his latest voyage to find a naked earl - quite inconveniently deceased - tied to his missing sister's bed. And he has only one place to turn. Now he's at the mercy of the captivating Miss Ivory Moore of Chegarre & Associates, known throughout London for smoothing over the most dire of scandals.
-
-
Awesome read..
- By Trish R. on 01-28-16
By: Kelly Bowen
-
That Scandalous Summer
- Rules for the Reckless, Book 1
- By: Meredith Duran
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Raised in scandal, Lord Michael de Grey is convinced that love is a losing gamble - and seduction the only game worth playing. But when duty threatens to trump everything he desires, the only way out is marriage to a woman of his brother’s choosing. Elizabeth Chudderley is delightful, delicious - and distressingly attractive. With such a captivating opponent, Michael isn’t quite sure who is winning the game. How can such passionate players negotiate a marriage of necessity - when their hearts have needs of their own?
-
-
I hated for it to end!
- By Libby on 08-05-15
By: Meredith Duran
-
My Lady Notorious
- Malloren Series, Book 1
- By: Jo Beverley
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Desperate to help her widowed sister and baby escape a deadly pursuer, Lady Chastity Ware dresses as a highwayman and captures the first coach to travel down the road. Coming face-to-face with its occupant, the arrogant aristocrat Cyn Malloren, she orders him to drive her to a remote cottage. Little does Chastity realize that after long months of recovering from his war wounds, the handsome Cyn is looking for adventure, and being abducted by a cocky highwayman - obviously a lovely woman in disguise - is even more than he had hoped for.
-
-
At Last!
- By Bee on 03-23-14
By: Jo Beverley
-
The Dark Days Club
- The Lady Helen Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Alison Goodman
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
London, April 1812. Eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall is on the eve of her debut presentation to the Queen. Her life should be about gowns and dancing, and securing a suitable marriage. Instead, when one of her family's housemaids goes missing, Lady Helen is drawn to the shadows of Regency London. There, she finds William, the Earl of Carlston. He has noticed the disappearance, too, and is one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of powerful demons that has infiltrated every level of society.
-
-
Well done regency paranormal mystery/romance
- By Sheryl on 02-26-16
By: Alison Goodman
-
Daughter of the Blood
- Black Jewels, Book 1
- By: Anne Bishop
- Narrated by: John Sharian
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Seven hundred years ago, a Black Widow witch saw an ancient prophecy come to life in her web of dreams and visions. Now, the Dark Kingdom readies itself for the arrival of its queen, a witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But she is still young, still open to influence - and corruption.
-
-
A Walk on the Dark Side of Fantasy
- By Wrightaway on 06-07-10
By: Anne Bishop
-
One Dance with a Duke
- Stud Club Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Tessa Dare
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A handsome and reclusive horse breeder, Spencer Dumarque, the fourth Duke of Morland, is a member of the exclusive Stud Club, an organization so select it has only 10 members - yet membership is attainable to anyone with luck. And Spencer has plenty of it, along with an obsession with a prize horse, a dark secret, and, now, a reputation as the dashing "Duke of Midnight." Each evening he selects one lady for a breathtaking midnight waltz. But none of the women catch his interest, and nobody ever bests the duke - until Lady Amelia d'Orsay tries her luck.
-
-
My favorite Tessa Dare book.
- By PTL on 08-22-20
By: Tessa Dare
-
Loving a Lost Lord
- By: Mary Jo Putney
- Narrated by: Kate Rawson
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Battered by the sea, Adam remembers nothing of his past, his ducal rank, nor of the shipwreck that almost claimed his life. However, he's delighted to hear that the golden-haired vision tending his wounds is his wife. Mariah's name and face may not be familiar, but her touch, her warmth, feel deliciously right....
-
-
Good summer read
- By Melelina on 07-13-09
By: Mary Jo Putney
-
Ironskin
- By: Tina Connolly
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It's the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin. When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a “delicate situation”—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help.
-
-
Light Fantasy With A Compelling Story
- By Jeff Jackson on 11-14-12
By: Tina Connolly
-
Dangerous
- Outcasts Series, Book 1
- By: Minerva Spencer
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Lady Euphemia Marlington hasn't been free in 17 years - since she was captured by Corsairs and sold into a harem. Now the sultan is dead and Mia is back in London facing relentless newspapermen, an insatiably curious public, and her first Season. Worst of all is her ashamed father's ultimatum: marry a man of his choosing or live out her life in seclusion. No doubt her potential groom is a demented octogenarian. Fortunately, Mia is no longer a girl, but a clever woman with a secret - and a plan of her own....
-
-
Monotonous repetitive
- By eward on 04-23-23
By: Minerva Spencer
-
Instruments of Darkness
- A Novel
- By: Imogen Robertson
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In the year 1780, Harriet Westerman, the willful mistress of a country manor in Sussex, finds a dead man on her grounds with a ring bearing the crest of Thornleigh Hall in his pocket. Not one to be bound by convention or to shy away from adventure, she recruits a reclusive local anatomist named Gabriel Crowther to help her find the murderer, and historical suspense's newest investigative duo is born.
-
-
Not The Best, But Not Too Bad...
- By MJ on 01-13-13
By: Imogen Robertson
-
Confessions of an Improper Bride
- Donovan Series, Book 1
- By: Jennifer Haymore
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this romantic tale of hidden identity and second chances, Serena Donovan must choose between risking the future of all the Donovans and a chance at true love.
-
-
Way too long....
- By Valerie on 05-13-13
By: Jennifer Haymore
People who viewed this also viewed...
-
Strike the Zither
- Kingdom of Three, Book 1
- By: Joan He
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves. But Zephyr knows it's no contest. Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren's honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed.
-
-
rushed
- By Robin on 10-07-23
By: Joan He
-
The Spear Cuts Through Water
- A Novel
- By: Simon Jimenez
- Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.
-
-
This is why I read
- By Chris on 11-26-22
By: Simon Jimenez
-
The Bone Maker
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Beth Durst
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a stand-alone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss.
-
-
Bad
- By austin wright on 05-02-21
By: Sarah Beth Durst
-
Dragonfall
- The Dragon Scales Trilogy, Book 1
- By: L. R. Lam
- Narrated by: Philip Ishak Arditti, Rebecca Hayes
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods—but the gods remember, and they do not forgive. Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperate, Arcady steals a powerful artifact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history. Only Arcady knows that the artifact's magic holds the key to a new life among the nobles at court and a chance for revenge.
-
-
Absolutely Fantastic
- By Emily on 12-23-23
By: L. R. Lam
-
The First Bright Thing
- By: J.R. Dawson
- Narrated by: Petrea Burchard, Tim Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ringmaster—Rin, to those who know her best—can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe—the Circus of the Fantasticals—travel the midwest, offering a single night of enchantment and respite to all who step into their Big Top. But threats come at Rin from all sides.
-
-
Like a balm to your soul
- By Josh Curfman on 07-22-23
By: J.R. Dawson
-
Year of the Reaper
- By: Makiia Lucier
- Narrated by: Jonathan Myles
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Three years ago, young Lord Cassia disappeared in the midst of war. Since then, a devastating illness has swept the land, leaving countless dead and a kingdom forever altered. Having survived war and plague, Cas, now 18, wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But home is not what he remembers.
-
-
Narrator Really Isn't My Cup of Tea...
- By Kallie on 12-03-21
By: Makiia Lucier
-
Strike the Zither
- Kingdom of Three, Book 1
- By: Joan He
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves. But Zephyr knows it's no contest. Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren's honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed.
-
-
rushed
- By Robin on 10-07-23
By: Joan He
-
The Spear Cuts Through Water
- A Novel
- By: Simon Jimenez
- Narrated by: Joel de la Fuente
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.
-
-
This is why I read
- By Chris on 11-26-22
By: Simon Jimenez
-
The Bone Maker
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Beth Durst
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 16 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
From award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst, a stand-alone epic fantasy set in a brand-new world of towering mountains and sparkling cities, in which a band of aging warriors have a second chance to defeat dark magic and avenge a haunting loss.
-
-
Bad
- By austin wright on 05-02-21
By: Sarah Beth Durst
-
Dragonfall
- The Dragon Scales Trilogy, Book 1
- By: L. R. Lam
- Narrated by: Philip Ishak Arditti, Rebecca Hayes
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods—but the gods remember, and they do not forgive. Thief Arcady scrapes a living on the streets of Vatra. Desperate, Arcady steals a powerful artifact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history. Only Arcady knows that the artifact's magic holds the key to a new life among the nobles at court and a chance for revenge.
-
-
Absolutely Fantastic
- By Emily on 12-23-23
By: L. R. Lam
-
The First Bright Thing
- By: J.R. Dawson
- Narrated by: Petrea Burchard, Tim Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Ringmaster—Rin, to those who know her best—can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe—the Circus of the Fantasticals—travel the midwest, offering a single night of enchantment and respite to all who step into their Big Top. But threats come at Rin from all sides.
-
-
Like a balm to your soul
- By Josh Curfman on 07-22-23
By: J.R. Dawson
-
Year of the Reaper
- By: Makiia Lucier
- Narrated by: Jonathan Myles
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Three years ago, young Lord Cassia disappeared in the midst of war. Since then, a devastating illness has swept the land, leaving countless dead and a kingdom forever altered. Having survived war and plague, Cas, now 18, wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But home is not what he remembers.
-
-
Narrator Really Isn't My Cup of Tea...
- By Kallie on 12-03-21
By: Makiia Lucier
-
Strange the Dreamer
- By: Laini Taylor
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around - and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old, he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
-
-
Great until the ending
- By Shane A. McGarry on 10-23-17
By: Laini Taylor
-
Poacher's Son
- By: Paul Doiron
- Narrated by: Henry Leyva
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Set in the wilds of Maine, this is an explosive tale of an estranged son thrust into the hunt for a murderous fugitive - his own father. Game warden Mike Bowditch returns home one evening to find an alarming voice from the past on his answering machine: his father, Jack, a hard-drinking womanizer who makes his living poaching illegal game. An even more frightening call comes the next morning from the police: They are searching for the man who killed a beloved local cop the night before - and his father is their prime suspect.
-
-
Very good writer -
- By S. on 10-02-15
By: Paul Doiron
-
Evocation
- Summoner's Circle, Book 1
- By: S.T. Gibson
- Narrated by: Oscar Reyes
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With power comes a price, and the Devil has come to collect on an ancestral deal. David's days are numbered, and death looms at his door. Reluctantly, he reaches out to the only person he's ever trusted, his ex-boyfriend and secret society rival Rhys, for help. However, the only way to get to Rhys is through his wife, Moira. Thrust into each other's care, emotions once buried deep resurface, and the trio race to figure out their feelings for one another before the Devil steals David away for good . . .
By: S.T. Gibson
-
The Bone Shard Daughter
- By: Andrea Stewart
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus, Feodor Chin, Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.
-
-
I didn't like it
- By indexOutOfBounds on 01-25-21
By: Andrea Stewart
-
Godkiller
- By: Hannah Kaner
- Narrated by: Kit Griffiths
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Gods are forbidden in the kingdom of Middren. Formed by human desires and fed by their worship, there are countless gods in the world—but after a great war, the new king outlawed them and now pays “godkillers” to destroy any who try to rise from the shadows. As a child, Kissen saw her family murdered by a fire god. Now, she makes a living killing them and enjoys it. But all this changes when Kissen is tasked with helping a young noble girl with a god problem. The child’s soul is bonded to a tiny god of white lies, and Kissen can’t kill it without ending the girl’s life too.
-
-
Good story but the Narration is so bad
- By Nino Svanidze on 10-31-23
By: Hannah Kaner
-
Finnikin of the Rock
- The Lumatere Chronicles, Book 1
- By: Melina Marchetta
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Cummings
- Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At the age of nine, Finnikin is warned by the gods that he must sacrifice a pound of flesh to save his kingdom. He stands on the rock of the three wonders with his friend Prince Balthazar and Balthazar’s cousin, Lucian, and together they mix their blood to safeguard Lumatere. But all safety is shattered during the five days of the unspeakable, when the king and queen and their children are brutally murdered in the palace.
-
-
Finnikin of the Rocks in the Head
- By Skipper on 09-11-15
By: Melina Marchetta
-
The Death I Gave Him
- By: Em X. Liu
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself. Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his death, and a dying wish: Avenge me.
-
-
Blah characters, predictable plot, flat narration
- By Julie W. Capell on 04-28-24
By: Em X. Liu
-
The Darkening
- By: Sunya Mara
- Narrated by: Rachel Petladwala
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen’s soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman’s axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen’s soldiers—led by a paranoid prince—catch up to Vesper’s father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that fate.
-
-
Gripping
- By Samantha H. on 06-26-23
By: Sunya Mara
-
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
- By: Megan Bannen
- Narrated by: Michael Gallagher, Rachanee Lumayno
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. It’s an unforgiving job, and Hart’s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy never has a moment to herself. She’s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest. After yet another exasperating run-in with Mercy, Hart finds himself penning a letter addressed simply to “A Friend”.
-
-
Great cozy romantic fantasy!
- By Kel on 08-25-22
By: Megan Bannen
-
Under the Harrow
- A Novel
- By: Flynn Berry
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
When Nora takes the train from London to visit her sister in the countryside, she expects to find her waiting at the station, or at home cooking dinner. But when she walks into Rachel’s familiar house, what she finds is entirely different: her sister has been the victim of a brutal murder. Stunned and adrift, Nora finds she can’t return to her former life. An unsolved assault in the past has shaken her faith in the police, and she can’t trust them to find her sister’s killer.
By: Flynn Berry
-
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library
- By: Hester Fox
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With the stroke of a pen, twenty-three-year-old Ivy Radcliffe becomes Lady Hayworth, owner of a sprawling estate on the Yorkshire moors. Ivy has never heard of Blackwood Abbey, or of the ancient bloodline from which she’s descended. With nothing to keep her in London since losing her brother in the Great War, she warily makes her way to her new home. The abbey is foreboding, the servants reserved and suspicious. But there is a treasure waiting behind locked doors—a magnificent library.
-
-
Wartime Gothic / Medieval Musings
- By AJD on 09-30-23
By: Hester Fox
-
The Ninth Rain
- The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Jen Williams
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jen Williams, acclaimed author of The Copper Cat trilogy, featuring The Copper Promise, The Iron Ghost and The Silver Tide, returns with the first in a blistering new trilogy. The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold. Now its streets are stalked by wolves. Tormalin the Oathless has no taste for sitting around waiting to die while the realm of his storied ancestors falls to pieces - talk about a guilt trip. Better to be amongst the living, where there are taverns full of women and wine.
-
-
Couldn’t put it down!
- By Renae on 09-09-22
By: Jen Williams
What listeners say about The Bone Orchard
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Alexandra
- 03-02-24
I want another book!
This was just so fantastic I wish there was more. It would make an excellent short series
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Melissa S.
- 04-08-22
I want more
This oddly organic masterpiece lends to a realm I wouldn’t be sad to spend more time in.
Captivatingly drawn in the world of The Bone Orchard and the entangled compartmentalism, you almost forget there’s a mystery afoot.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Sarita
- 01-16-23
So complex, but so good!
It is very complex in the beginning. They throw you into the story/world. A forward would or prologue would have been nice to set the stage of what to expect before chapter 1. I found that slowing the reading to .9 speed helps a lot with understanding and following along up the story.
I loved the character development and symbolism through our the story. The description of multiple personalities was wonderful.
It was hard for me to imagine the world but that didn’t bother me as much as it normally would because the concept is so enticing.
I really recommend slowing the reading to .9 as soon as the book starts to give yourself a chance.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Rhiannon
- 04-07-22
A Fantastic, UNIQUE Take on Gothic Fantasy
This novel ticked all the right boxes for me in a SSF story. Firstly, it is UNIQUE. The worldbuilding is really something to behold. From the story’s onset the reader is introduced to a fascinating world containing boneghosts – aspects of Madame Charm herself, for whom she grows bodies made from bones grown in her bone orchard combined with “empathy fluid” in coffin-like vats. These boneghosts, Pain, Justice, Pride, Shame, and Desire, serve as Orchard House’s sex workers, each with basically Madame Charm’s face but with various differences (e.g., skin tone, deformities, apparent ages). Firedrinkers, psychically-gifted constables, hide behind mirrored helmets and body armor such that one cannot distinguish whether they are males or females – the lack of differentiation enhanced by their helm’s ability to render the wearer’s voice androgynous. Crystal-encased mindlocks – stolen technology from a conquered land – are set in the temples of Firedrinkers (and Charm herself) protect psychics from going mad, but at a cost – they force the individual to comply with their orders of suffer intense pain. And then there’s the anti-aging drug Rejuv.
If the worldbuilding wasn’t enough to make me fall in love with The Bone Orchard, the characters really push my fondness for this novel over the top. Madame Charm is not only the epitome of the strong female character surviving in the strictly patriarchal society of a Victorian era-like world, smart, clever, and resolute, sure, but also compelling. Her boneghosts take on lives of their own, some I’ve become angry at by their actions, some have deeply saddened me to the point where I had to pause and regroup before continuing on, and on several occasions I’ve found myself vocally cheering for them. And though these women are really the highlight of the tale, there’s one mysterious character who I found to be the most intriguing of all, and of this I shall say no more!
All of this along with clever writing (the sort that makes one stop and shout “YEAH!” when encountering particularly brilliantly-written passages), meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to make one actually care about the highlighted characters makes it utterly surprising that this is the author’s debut novel.
Highly recommended and a refreshing departure from the norm in gothic fantasy. Five stars for both the author and the narrator.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 05-14-22
Beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful story! Unique, well written and submersive. I felt like I was IN the story, not just reading about it. Wonderful world building; I could close my eyes and visualize everything. Fantastic narration as well!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Bryan Lucas
- 07-12-22
such a contemporary way to build character
the characters in this book have a unique relationship as individuals and as a whole. this book is a compassionate and on point description of the multiple and changing selves that each person is. so refreshing!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jessie
- 05-21-22
Meaningful twists and a unique premise
I loved this book. It had action, drama and intensity all from the perspective of the fragments of one person’s experience. I’ve never read anything like it, and all the threads wove together for an engaging and satisfying ending.
I highly recommend it to anyone that is ready for a strong and not masculinized female lead that is wonderfully complex in a new view of a courtly fantasy mystery.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Jesi
- 06-13-23
Interesting
Very creative and captivating. I couldn’t put it down. The twists and turns are lots of fun. The author wove a good plot web.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Julie VonBehren
- 05-24-22
Caught my attention and wouldn't let go
A little difficult to keep track of who is who but other than that I surprisingly loved it. It is not the type I normally would read but I'm glad I gave it a chance on my commute to and from work. Would love to read more
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 02-14-23
Brilliant
A clever indictment of the usual fantasy tropes wrapped in a satisfying story with compelling characters, tight writing, and fine narration.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!