One Dark Window
The Shepherd King, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Lisa Cordileone
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By:
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Rachel Gillig
About this listen
ELSPETH NEEDS A MONSTER. THE MONSTER MIGHT BE HER.
An ancient, mercurial spirit is trapped inside Elspeth Spindle's head - she calls him the Nightmare. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, she is thrust into a world of shadow and deception. Together, they embark on a dangerous quest to cure the town of Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. As the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly, darkly, taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
For fans of Uprooted and For the Wolf comes a gothic fantasy romance about a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom.
©2022 Rachel Gillig (P)2022 Hachette Audio UKCritic Reviews
'An enchanting tale with sharp claws and teeth - Gillig's prose will pull you in and won't let you sleep. Pulse-pounding, darkly whimsical and aglow with treacherous magic, One Dark Window is everything I love in fantasy and more' Allison Saft, author of A Far Wilder Magic
'An evocative tale of romance, mystery and alluring monsters, told in beautifully lush prose' Lyndall Clipstone, author of Lakesedge
'The steamy romance that emerges between Elspeth and Ravyn delights' Publishers Weekly
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- Library of Kate
- 22-08-2023
Review - new favourite book
This book was one of my 23 books for 2023, and I knew as soon as I started it from the second chapter that this was going to be amazing the characters in the story, the intrigue the romance, all of it together, make an epic romance fantasy I cannot wait for the second one.
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- Brianne
- 14-10-2023
Interesting
Enjoyed once I finally understood the unique magic system. I did have it overhyped for me unfortunately. I do look forward to listening to book 2 now that I have my head wrapped around the story.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-04-2024
Interesting read but didn’t like the narrator.
The narrator wasn’t great and took away from the character development. Enjoy the story though.
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- Kara
- 10-06-2024
love love love.. This should be a movie!
It's so different without being over the top. I wasn't ready for it to be over I wanted more!
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- Nikita
- 08-11-2024
Loved this!
Loved this book way more than I was expecting! Was super well written and the narrator was amazing, had me hooked from the very start and I couldn’t put it down 😍
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- Jess Clancy
- 05-06-2024
I don't get the hype
2nd read - ok i like it now but Performance rating is because plait is pronounced at PLATE throughout the book.
I don’t understand the hype. I was so excited about reading this but wasn't intersted at all. Considered DNF'ing multiple times but I wanted to love this so bad!!! I paid a stupid amount for the book AND audio. Neither could get me interested.
I might consider reading book 2 when it goes on sale.
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- Adele
- 12-05-2024
Underserved by the narration
Very compelling and unique story but difficult to get over the style and many mispronunciations of the narrator. Gave all the women whimpering or hysterical tones ever time there was a point of conflict, even though the text didnt necessarily suggest that characterisation to me. Some of the adult characters were voiced in a very childllike manner which was a bit confusing.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-06-2024
I’ll be reading the 2nd book rather than listening to it
I loved the story and the way it was written but I really couldn’t handle the narration of it. I’ll be reading a physical copy of the 2nd book rather than listening to it I think.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-07-2023
narrator just wrecked it :(
really good story but I have so many compliance about the narrator
i normally listen to books at 0,80 to 0,90 listening speed but I couldnt listen to it at my normal speed , it honestly sounded so sloooooow and a smokey robot voice within the second chapter I turned the listening speed up to 1,15 but that was Bearly tolerable I could just take in the information with out her speaking super fast. she also had random pieces where just out of random she would speak super fast or really slow when it wasnt unnecessary for her to spell tension and reduce tension just in a normal sentence
wold love to listen to it again but with a different narrator
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- Anonymous User
- 17-06-2024
um ok i guess
one dark windows by rachel gillig. for the first part I was bored. got more into it in part 2 and 3. I love the premise and the plot but it was a bit of a let down for me. I just don't think it was a good as what everyone goes on about
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