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  • Curse of Shadows and Thorns

  • The Broken Kingdoms, Book 1
  • By: LJ Andrews
  • Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
  • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (970 ratings)

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Curse of Shadows and Thorns

By: LJ Andrews
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A rebellious princess. A cursed rogue. A forbidden love that will bring a kingdom to its knees.

As niece of the king, Elise Lysander cares about two things: sneaking into gambling dens, and avoiding an advantageous marriage at all costs.

When her uncle holds the life of her deathly ill father over her head, reluctantly, Elise puts her fate into the hands of Legion Grey, the handsome and mysterious dowry negotiator. He may be arrogant and infuriating, but soon Legion incites a blistering, forbidden passion she can’t ignore.

As their attraction grows, so do the dangers: attacks from black-eyed people, a cursed enemy who is more beast than man, and rumors of fae returning for the crown they believe was stolen from them long ago.

After a bloody coup upends the kingdom, Elise flees with Legion, but nothing is as it seems. The man she allowed into her heart reveals his own secret plans with the return of magic—and he has every intention of using Elise to see them through.

With war between magic and mortal on the horizon, Elise must pick a side to protect her kingdom. Does she stand with her people who stole the throne? Or with a man who lied his way into her heart and whose secret past could bring her destruction?

Filled with luscious world building, banter-filled romance, and epic battles, Curse of Shadows and Thorns is the first book in The Broken Kingdoms series.

©2022 LJ Andrews (P)2022 Podium Audio

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PAINFULLY Dragged out

I LOVE Stina. She is hands down one of my favorite narrators. I did also like this book. BUT I found myself passing out because not until the last 3 chapters did things start to pick up get intriguing and the plot started coming together. This was a s**t ton of filler. I will get the next book and I PRAY 🙏 that it continues the momentum from the last few chapters and doesn't get stagnant

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Wonderful Book!!

Stina brings the characters alive and starts the series off well. Looking forward to the next book!!

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Loved this book

Definitely gave me all of the From Blood and Ash feels that I loved with twists. Characters were excellent. Narration was excellent. I devoured this book and will be on to the next. Highly recommend.

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It’s giving From blood and ash without the “eeeether”

I really enjoyed this story in the end, it hooked me enough to probably pick up the next book. It started off very slow, but the two main characters are what kept me going. It resembles From blood and ash by Jennifer L Armenstrout so if you enjoyed that series I think you’ll really enjoy this one. Legion has book boyfriend potential if he can pull his head out of is YOU KNOW WHAT!

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Interesting

I thought this story was interesting. It reminds me a lot of “From Blood and Ash” but I’m here for it. Our FMC is strong and kindhearted with a group of friends who stand with herd though they are considered lower than her. I am excited to see where this story goes, especially since there are 2 claiming to be the “rightful” heir and the rightful heir wants nothing to do with it.

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fantasy adventure with tension

I enjoyed the story with a few twists and lots of tension. the performance was okay with the MFC being a bit more breathy and whiny than I prefer. will still be reading the next one!

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Good story and character build up

Enjoyed the story, some of the plot was easily seen coming, but still enjoyable to read

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Addictive!

Cannot wait to read the next book! I read The Ever King duology first and highly enjoyed this book as well.

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enjoyed how it draws you in and holds your attention

love it was a romance but did not get raunchy in sex dept. made it better and I was able to listen with daughter in car.

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Very similar to the Blood and Ash series…

I love Stina Nielsen! She does such a great job! The book was good and was reminiscent of my favorite books Blood and Ash series. The one thing missing was the erotic scenes that to me brings the love alive between characters. I’ll definitely keep listening!

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