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Beyond a Darkened Shore

By: Jessica Leake
Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
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Vikings meets Frostblood in this romantic historical fantasy stand-alone from author Jessica Leake.

The ancient land of Eirinn is mired in war. Ciara, princess of Mide, has never known a time when Eirinn's kingdoms were not battling for power or Northmen were not plundering their shores.

The people of Mide have always been safe because of Ciara's unearthly ability to control her enemies' minds and actions. But lately a mysterious crow has been appearing to Ciara, whispering warnings of an even darker threat. Although her clansmen dismiss her visions as pagan nonsense, Ciara fears this coming evil will destroy not just Eirinn but the entire world.

Then the crow leads Ciara to Leif, a young Northman leader. Leif should be Ciara's enemy, but when Ciara discovers that he too shares her prophetic visions, she knows he's something more. Leif is mounting an impressive army, and with Ciara's strength in battle, the two might have a chance to save their world.

With evil rising around them, they'll do what it takes to defend the land they love - even if it means making the greatest sacrifice of all.

©2018 Jessica Leake (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing Fantasy Magic Historical Fiction Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Royalty Action & Adventure Emotionally Gripping Literature & Fiction
Engaging Fantasy • Historical Authenticity • Pleasant Voice • Interesting Characters • Mythological Richness

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loved it. great fantasy book with norse and celtic mythology. great family or young adult reader.

loved it

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I really liked the story, although there were quite a few inconsistencies/plot holes. ie, Main character and another character exit the castle to both cool off and give time for another character to discuss diplomatic issues. Right after, During a conflict, the main character pushes another character away to go get help. The Main Character struggles to survive fight against impossible enemy for maybe a minute or so, nearly dying, but then is victorious. Main character turns around and the other character that was sent away for help is already back, claiming to have searched the entire castle and couldn't find a specific person to help them... after only a couple minutes. Then claims they didn't know where that person was, but had a suspicion on where they might be... even though that is where both characters were prior to this scene (ie, 10 minutes in the past) and was the reason they left the castle in the first place. It wasn't a major plot hole, just an annoying one. Several of these types of holes stood out to me.

Looking past those, I really enjoyed the story. I was skeptical at first over the way religion might have played into the story, but I thought it was a useful place setting rather than a preaching tool (big sigh of relief there). The full circle of revelations was really interesting as well.

Alana Kerr Collins did a great job (IMO). She narrated another, longer story I just finished in a similar setting. This felt almost like it could have been a short story in the same universe, but was unique enough to keep me intrigued.

On the negative side, I was listening to this through Audible Plus as an included book. Irritatingly, Audible removed it from the list with 1.5 hrs of story remaining. So now I either have to use a whole credit to finish 1.5 hrs of story, or just not finish it. Time will tell how that goes.

Good story

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I really liked this book. The story,. world, and people where soooo well written!. The narrator did such an amazing job bringing it all to life. I hope there is a second one.

Awesome BOOK!!!

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This one came as a total surprise and I really loved it! The performance was wonderful and the story was well written. As an Icelander with an Irish mother who grew up on both Norse and Celtic mythology I can say that I was very impressed by the authors knowledge. I’m also very grateful to the author for the care and respect she displayed for Norse and Celtic cultural history in her story.

Hidden gem!

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love the story but have to admit I did struggle to finish it. Although the narrative voice is Pleasant and her performance of the characters is good the actual narration had such a distinct sing song pattern and cadence that became so predictable it actually took away from the story by making the words kind of blend together that, in the end, made it difficult to listen to.

loved the story but struggled to finish.

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