Guardians of the Phoenix Box Set: Books 1-5

Guardians of the Fae Realms

By: JL Madore

Narrated by: Lia Holland, Gabriel Thorne

Length: 33 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Guardians of the Phoenix includes audiobooks one through five of the best-selling Guardians of the Fae Realms fantasy romance series in one volume: Rise of the Phoenix, Wolf's Soul, Bear's Strength, Hawk's Heart, and Jaguar's Passion.

Monsters, magic, and mates I never knew existed.

My beater of a car versus a power pole isn't the end I expect—it's the beginning of... gawd, where do I begin?

Four wildly sexy males. Powers I don't understand. And the eyes of the fae world on me as the person to unite the severed realms.

No pressure.

Kotah, Brant, Jaxx, and Hawk grew up hearing the legends of how one day, the phoenix would rise and unite the realms. They never thought it would happen, and they certainly never thought the fae universe would choose each of them to be her fated mates.

But when Calli wakes from a fatal car crash, reborn into an enchanted world she neither understands, nor is prepared for, those four wildling shifters are her only chance at survival. As evil forces close in and situations become heated, Calli finds she needs her Guardians almost as much as they need her.

*The Guardians of the Phoenix is a complete five audiobook steamy paranormal romance series where the heroine doesn't have to choose. Expect intense situations, rollicking action, ongoing storylines, and shifter lovers who find what they need from not only their queen, but each other as well.*

©2022 JL Madore (P)2023 JL Madore

great plot overrun by sex

in the first few books, the plot was primary and was creative, with enough action and romance throughout to keep me interested. I liked the character development and how the mates worked through to eventually be true mates to each other. There's a lot of male-male sex and intimacy here which I really enjoyed as it is so rare.
however, the last 2-3 books are sex every other scene, fights where a mate nearly dies in every 5th scene, and the plot is saved for the bits between those and the ends. I'm so tired of hearing how hot everyone's backside is! and the story could have been completed by now.

Great relationships & an interesting journey

This box set was really interesting. I love that each of the characters get their own story focus, but it doesn't slow down the overall journey and the goal for the quint. They all have different strengths and that it's not muted by the relationship, but actually encouraged and highlighted. Something else I really enjoyed was that there was a good balance between the steam and slow burn. Not everyone fell for each other all at once. Yes there were some insta-love groupings for sure, but others took much longer to connect and form a bond which stretched the story out a bit letting us have more build up to go along with the suspense/mystery/action story line. The love and respect for each other that develops over this series is fab!

The narration in these books is wonderful! Lia and Gabriel do a fabulous job, Gabriel was great at making each of the male leads so distinct. I did have some confusion in the first bit of book 1 with differentiating Kota and Hawk, but after a few chapters it was easy to hear their individual personalities in the series.

Hot and steamy and sexy and so much more

One Damn good series that is packed with everything that i was looking for. Can't wait to get started on the next installment of the series on my kindle! just wish it was on audible too but all's good

I loved this boxset.

Great box set. Each story has it's own theme as well a being nicely integrated into the story over all. The characters are all unique in an endearing way. I thought the narrators did a great job telling the story. It was easy for me to tell them apart because they each have different accents. I would recommend this boxset.

Liked it!

I waited for the first series to completely come out before starting so I could binge the first 5 books! They did not disappoint! The narrators were great, story was fast paced with lots of action and a splash of mystery. Callie and her 4 guardians are faced with many situations to prove they care and love one another. It is a "mate at first sight" kind of thing but the relationships do have a slower more believable progression. The sex is Hot, Steamy, Smexy, Dirty, Heart Stopping, Fun... you get the idea! A lot of sex and I do mean lot of sex happens in this alpha male quint! Group scenes, one on one, lots of M/M and even some kink or BDSM play is introduced in this reverse harem! My only hesitation in the sexy department is that in the 3rd book the men seem to like having sex with the other men more than the FMC. I prefer they all play together or have her as the focus. Other than that this book is a solid reverse harem that any fellow romance/sexy smut lover can enjoy!

Really enjoyed this boxed set!

What an interesting new world. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each of the characters and how their personalities were influenced by the new bond. Each of the books flowed seamlessly throughout their adventures, with the five main characters evolving along the way!

Please, make the rest of the story into audiobooks. What I loved most was that each and everyone had their own voice. Nicely crafted and beautifully rendered.

mostly smut

the story glosses over or completely skips important parts, but every chapter seems to have a very developed sex scene.

Good

Holy cow this box set was in fire! This was my first book by JL Madore and I loved every minute of it. Amazing characters and storytelling with adventure, drama, steam and all around awesome.#The FlockonTour

On the fence

Ok so, it’s an overall good story, BUT… I hated the way it ended, I feel like we had no closure at the end of the series. I feel so bad for Doc, like seriously, that Kayla stuff pissed me off! I feel like it was left on a cliffhanger, because they got the door opened & now what? That’s it? Infuriating!

Steeeeaaamy!!!

I loved this book. It promised to be steamy but I think they undersold it. This book has been hard to ‘put down’ because I’m listening to it on my iPad and on “Alexa”. I felt that the characters were fully fleshed out (no pun intended). I learned their motivations along the way. Cari’s ‘mates’ had deep hurts that scarred them. But the ‘Phoenix’ is the answer to it all.