Better than I could have hoped!

Excellently written, Masterfully narrated. This was a story that drew me in and I couldn't get enough. I got less sleep because of this audio title! The characters were rich and multidimensional, the story was fluid and beautifully constructed. I can't wait to move on to the next one!

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A warriors tale of brotherhood and the blood song

A husky narration of a boy entering a brotherhood of warriors who protect the realm. With his hidden dark gift of blood song, he is swept along in life, hunted by others. Becoming the Warrior of the realm and order he weaves a life story of murder.killing.and assassination and hidden faiths that unravel to show the dark gifts within others as his blood song evolves.
very intriguing and a great story told.
will get the next book .
A must read .would make a great movie.

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Gripping Character. Listened while I read!

The previous review said it is better than GoT but this isn’t about threading many story lines together to a climatic end but rather a symphony of character and beliefs developed with a story unfolding.
Narrator is Scottish to which I love all English, Scottish, Welsh & Irish narrators so I am bias to that thus the 5/5 for narration. Story is a 4.5 but the iphone struggles to allow this this the 4/5 noted above.
I also tried something new here by reading along whilst listening to the narrator - made it truly absorbing!

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Better than GoT

This story has a similar kind of feel to Game of Thrones, but isn't like it, and to be honest, I actually like it better. It's so creative and complicated and the characters are fantastic. Looking forward to getting into the next one!

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Wow

Just awesome story telling. Well written and a story to just live and get lost in.

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Excellent - difficult to understand which character was speaking at times.

Excellent story. Will definitely move onto the next book.
However, the narrator didn’t really strongly characterize the voices making it hard to understand which character was speaking at times.
I know many don’t like voices being theatrical. But, it’s a auditory medium - and I like that!
That being said, it was still beautiful read (pacing, timing, tone, etc.).

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Had potential but basic narration let’s it down

Ok, I’ll admit it, I have been spoilt listening to epic tales like the Lightbringer series and Kingkiller chronicles first but they’ve set the narration bar very high. With the many timeline changes in this book, it was often difficult to stay connected to the story when the character narration remained unchanged. I wish the producers had asked for more and developed character voices. That’s said, it’s not the worst I’ve heard and beats an American actor trying to imitate a highborn noble anyday!

Overall the story was engaging and moved along at a good pace. Would I continue the series? Possibly, but only if the narration improves.

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one of my fav series

absolutely loved this book as well as the entire series have listened a few times definitely worth theblisten

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Solid military fantasy

Pretty good overall, had some dialogue issues with the narrator not giving enough differentiation between characters at times.

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A pretty engaging tale, well told!

while it borrows a little from the tropes of fantasy, this is an engaging novel of a grim world. I didn't know whether to cheer for the characters or not, but wanted to hear their tale anyway. I can't wait for the next one. The voice actor is excellent, particularly for the masculine storyline presented.

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