Three Deadly Trials

Battle for the Dark King, Book 1

By: V. S. Winters

Narrated by: Hollie Whitmore, Robert Kelly

A dark fae king, three deadly trials and a forbidden passion that could destroy everything....

A sexy new series perfect for fans of: Half-Blood Academy, Bound to the Battle God and Stolen by the Fae King!

Fae exist only in children’s stories, or so I thought. That was before a nightmarish creature of the Fae Realm dropped into my life. He claimed a seven-pointed mark on my skin signified my magical lineage, the bit of DNA my mother passed down. Days after I arrive in the Fae Realm, I’m thrown into a series of trials titled ‘The Devotion’. I must compete with demons, vampires, elves and more who want to claim their place at the future King’s side. I have no interest in this guy, but it doesn’t help that the King-to-be is a gorgeous, brooding fae. He’s dominant, commanding and everything I shouldn’t want. But the longer I’m here, the more I’m questioning everything - including my own heart.

©2019 V. S. Winters (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd

Narration stinks sorry mediocre

The woman narrating the story weirdly pauses between each word unless she is speaking as the main character and weirdly mispronounces so many words. Listening at 1.5 makes it easier but not completely. The story is okay. Very shallow and everything happened exactly as it was expected.

The story.

Only things I didn’t like was the female narrator, she sounded way to young for the fmc. The male narrator was great!

it will suck you in

I absolutely love Fae stories and this one did not disappoint. there were no cliche "it's all my fault!" moments in this book. the characters don't whine and the sex is.....whew it's hawt in here!
if your not a fan of strong language and rip your clothes off - up against the wall sex then this book is not for you. if you are then grab some whine, a fan lol and snuggle in for a long night because you won't want to turn this off.

Hard to listen to

The story was intriguing and I typically don’t have an issue with narrators reading the opposite sex voices, but the female narrator was so bad at male voices it was extremely difficult to get through. Not only did they all sound the same, but they took you so far out of the story it was hard to make a connection to, let alone find the character even mildly attractive.

Great story, well developed characters- spoilers.

There are times where I was like why doesnt she say something!? Use words! The demon killed my friend! How is that allowed!? How is she not on trial for murder! She didnt say aNything!? She stands around with her mouth hanging open catching flies. Soo frustrating! She's very slow on the uptake and reactive not proactive when fighting. Also, took a long time getting used to this narrators male voices bc she makes them all sound like they are speech impaired simpletons. Overall i listened to the whole thing and was entertained but so many times I wanted to smack the main character for not speaking up for herself, in an intelligent manner.