The House of the Four Winds

One Dozen Daughters, Book 1

By: Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

From the New York Times bestselling coauthors, a charming romantic fantasy

Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Valdemar series and romantic fantasies like Beauty and the Werewolf and The Fairy Godmother. Now these New York Times and USA Today bestselling collaborators bring romance to the fore with The House of the Four Winds.

The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince’s future is assured, his twelve sisters must find their own fortunes.

Disguising herself as Clarence, Princess Clarice intends to sail to the New World. When the crew rebels, Clarice/Clarence, an expert with rapier and dagger, sides with the handsome navigator, Dominick, and kills the cruel captain.

Dominick leads the now - outlawed crew in search of treasure in the secret pirate haven known as The House of the Four Winds. They encounter the sorceress Shamal, who claims Dominick for her own - but Clarice has fallen hard for Dominick and won’t give him up without a fight.

Full of swashbuckling adventure, buoyant magic, and irrepressible charm, The House of the Four Winds is a lighthearted fantasy romp by a pair of bestselling writers.

©2014 Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved

Entertaining voyage

A woman dressed as a thrill seeking swordsman (woman). It's a story that's been done before and we all know the ending but the voyage sure is damn fun! The narrator does such a good job you forget about the reader and just get to enjoy the yarn. What a yarn it is sorcerers, ghost ships, treasure maps, sword fights, and secrets lots and lots of secrets.

Great fantasy, a bit predictable

Very good narration. Just felt the story was going to be longer, and found the ending incomplete. A bit predictable. Love the characters, names and magic of it.

a great pirate story without the gory details

A great read, and listen, Mercedes Lackey always write a great tale. Can't wait for the next book in this series to come out.

Adventure of the oldest sister

Would you listen to The House of the Four Winds again? Why?

yes, I enjoyed the plot and the different voices

What other book might you compare The House of the Four Winds to and why?

Any book by Mercedes Lackey. Her story characters show wit and stredngth.

What about Emily Sutton-Smith’s performance did you like?

Her different voices especially the villianess.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The final battle, it made me cheer.

Any additional comments?

no

Entertaining

Not a bad story- however I feel like parts of this story were cut short where there should have been more depth.