A Fate of Wrath and Flame

Fate of Wrath and Flame, Book 1

By: K. A. Tucker

Narrated by: Elizabeth Klett

Gifted thief Romeria has flourished from her days as a street kid pilfering wallets to survive. Now she thrives, stealing jewels from the rich under the involuntary employ of New York City's most notorious crime boss. But when an enigmatic woman secures her services at swordpoint, Romeria is plunged into a startling realm of opposing thrones, warring elven, and elemental magic she cannot begin to fathom.

Her quest is straightforward: Steal a stone from Islor's sacred garden without anyone discovering her true identity, which would earn her certain death. But the identity she has inexplicably assumed is that of the captured Ybarisan princess - an enemy to Islor after she poisoned their beloved king and queen on the day she was to marry the prince.

Her betrothed, the newly crowned King Zander, detests her with every grain of his handsome being. Zander gives her a choice: life in a cell or an acquittal of all charges in exchange for her help in exposing the growing plot against him.

Romeria sees no other option and embraces the tricky role of smitten queen-to-be until she can escape. As she digs deeper, she discovers monstrous truths that could spell ruin for all.

©2021 Kathleen Tucker (P)2021 Tantor

Speed up the Narrator

I very much enjoyed the story. I think the combination of characters are greatly varied and I love the differences. There were a few characters I think deserved a little more to their story. The ending is a little cliche.

Now my issue, the narrator. I was bored at the first sentence. It took far to long to get those words out, I sped it up to 1.2 and it made all the difference to include making it sound like she had inflection in her voice. I feel that this book could benefit from a more creative narration.

Listen at 1.2 speed

Great story! The characters, world building and magic are unique. If you love fae/elven/vampire romantasy, this will not disappoint. As usual with these books, it doesn’t really get juicy until the cliffhanger - so now I’m off to the next installment.

The narrator reads way too slow. Almost robotic. Once I sped it up to 1.2 and at times 1.5 I finally got into the story and characters. She actually does nice accent changes. It’s just the drill of the main character that’s slow cadence. Someone in the comments suggested the same regarding speed so I thought I would share for the next person.

horrid narrator but good story

I liked the book but will definitely be reading the rest on kindle rather than listening to any more audiobooks with this narrator.

Very engaging can’t leave the book alone until finished

It was amazing world building is very intricate and detailed, and I could follow with ease must-read not a lot of spicy scenes, though sure Aley/M will buy it

loved it

awesome!!! excited for book 2! I was unsure at first but once we left NY...oh yes!