Kingdom of Blood and Salt

By: Alexis Calder

Narrated by: Amy Kennedy

An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout, Raven Kennedy, and Sarah J Maas.

After spending years training to defend my people from our enemies, I never expected that my enemy would be the one keeping me alive.

Athos is the last human city. A treaty with the Fae keeps the fae, the vampires, and the wolf shifters at bay, while we fight against the dragons at our border. Being a human in this world is dangerous, and we all make sacrifices to survive.

When the delegation sent by the Fae King arrives to claim the human tributes required by our treaty, I never expected to forge a connection with their leader.

Ryvin is as dangerous as he is handsome. I know he’s my enemy, and I know I’m supposed to hate him, but with each passing day, he’s more difficult to resist.

But things are changing in Athos. Humans no longer want to bend to the Fae King.

Alliances blur, and centuries of lies begin to unravel.

And I’m faced with a choice.

No matter how much I hate him, Ryvin might be the key to preventing war.

But it may mean sacrificing everything....

Kingdom of Blood and Salt is the first book in a fantasy romance trilogy with fae, vampires, and shifters. This enemies to lovers series contains violence, mature language, and spice. This is a NA/adult fantasy romance, and steam level will increase as the series progresses. Mind the cliff.

©2023 Alexis Calder (P)2023 Alexis Calder

Audiobook is terrible

The narration of this book is actually so terrible. Her cadence is horribly distracting and everything sounds like a question. You're better off saving your money and sticking to regular reading if you're interested in the story.

Narration is sub par

The narration is the story was brutal at times and made it extremely hard to continue in audio format. No pause during chapters and the way it jumped in see unorganized.

Needlessly drawn out

If you like books where the characters supposedly hate each other but continue to bang, then this book is for you. I won’t be continuing on with book 2 but I feel like this should not have been split into multiple books since so little actually happened in this book.

Why did they continue using this narrator??

It’s really hard to focus on what is actually being said. It’s a weird cadence and it’s almost like she doesn’t understand inflection or punctuation. I had to speed it up to not go crazy 🤷🏼‍♀️

The story line was good

Was this my favorite? No. Was the story enjoyable yes absolutely. But as others mentioned the narrator’s performance didn’t do the story justice. She didn’t do such a horrible job that it caused me to not want to continue. The biggest issues for me were the accent of Lagina and making Laera’s voice SUPER whiny. One other issue was the flow. There was often a pause after a quote that seemed to last a tad bit too long before stating he/she said.