A Touch of Gold and Madness
Celestials of Arcadia, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Amanda Leigh Cobb
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Corvin King
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By:
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K.L. DeVore
About this listen
Fairytales are for the naive.
Princess assassin Gray Monroe is ordered by her father to kill the villainous prince responsible for throwing the modern world into a post-apocalyptic society. In a decrepit landscape where two magical species war with one another while a human militia hunts them all, Gray has only one thing on her mind: vengeance.
With a single focus on killing the man who murdered her first love, she believes nothing will stop her. That is until she hesitates when she comes face-to-face with her nemesis at long last.
Gray must return to the King's Palace empty-handed for her annual birthday celebration to a court of vipers who lie in wait for a slip in her icy façade. When a sinister plot is revealed to assassinate the princess, she must flee into a world where she's now hunted and must survive to get the revenge she's owed.
Prince Griffin Silas is on a mission of his own: to kill the King. The problem is he's suffering from an affliction that robs him of his sanity while making him crave violence and death. First, he needs the princess in his hands no matter the cost. In a race against his spiraling affliction, who will achieve their goal first?
The first installment in the Celestials of Arcadia, A Touch of Gold and Madness is a dark romantic fantasy about moving through a lifetime of trauma. It's packed with action, secrets, betrayal, tension, and slow-burning steam. Discover the long-buried truths concealed by those who seek ultimate power. For mature listeners.
©2023 K.L. DeVore (P)2024 Podium AudioWhat listeners say about A Touch of Gold and Madness
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- mikaela
- 23-08-2024
From start to finish pure perfection
I was hesitant to read this one but I’m glad I did the voices the story the ending wow! One of my fav reads of the year.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- EternallyPaperbound
- 22-10-2024
Why was this so difficult to rate
I must admit, I struggle to rate this book. It came highly recommended from a Booktoker I follow and so I guess my hopes were quite high. Judging by the amount of time it took me to read the book it should be quite low on the stars. But then I find myself trying to rationalise what it was I didn’t like about the story and I can’t pinpoint the cause. In fact, I find myself quite invested in the outcome of the two main characters, whether I was right about the betrayal. I also find myself replaying all the twists and turns. I am definitely going to read the next book... so maybe ... 4 stars?
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 28-12-2024
Why is this so popular?
Narrators did a good job, Corvin was fab as always, one of my faves.
Unfortunately the material did not do it for me at all.
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The writing was very immature, adults fighting a political war came across as teenagers warring with the high school cliques. The FMC was meant to be this bad arse assassin but couldn't do anything without needing to be saved. The enemies portion of the enemies to lovers plot lasted about 5 minutes max, the slow burn was just them getting interrupted every time they tried to get hot & heavy, no yearning or pining. "I've waited 16 years for you" but he didn't even remember her until a few days ago and the defining memory is one brief moment on the playground when they were 10.
The side characters are completely one dimensional & nearly all could be completely removed without having any impact on the story at all.
The villains are cartoonishly evil, zero nuance. What was with the 11th hour declaration of love by the mother who's been nothing but completely sadistic the rest of the book. The trauma for both FMC & MMC is gratuitous and full on in its nature but completely glossed over and despite talking it up the entire book there was no reckoning or gratification to be had when the victims finally confronted their tormentors.
Finally the writing was so bad I suspect the author or editor was either absent or Ai, words used completely incorrectly (condensation instead of Condescending), everyone's name was their hair colour, and you won't forget that because they tell you explicitly every five seconds.If I was a middle school teacher I would use this book as the "don't" example to teach the meaning of 'show don't tell' in writing.
The entire plot was <insert popular book trope here> then build a story around it. It reminded me of when I went to see Moonshadow, the Cat Stevens musical. It was completely obvious the plot of the musical had been written to fit the music they wanted to use. As a result the plot was random, didn't flow, made no sense , had no satisfying conclusions and kind of ruined cat Stevens music for me. Too harsh? maybe, but this book has so many people gushing over it I was really looking forward to it and was so bitterly disappointed I needed to rage post just a little to help me process my feelings about it.
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