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A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

Written by: Foz Meadows
Narrated by: James Fouhey, Vikas Adam
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“Many a reader longing for a sense of homecoming in the realm of romantic fantasy will find it in A Strange and Stubborn Endurance.”—Jacqueline Carey

"...the heart of the audiobook is Velasin's journey toward recovery and learning to trust his new husband."- AudioFile on A Strange and Stubborn Endurance

"Narrator Vikas Adam expressively reads Vel’s first-person narration, bringing out Vel’s sensitivity and portraying his growing strength and confidence. James Fouhey narrates the part of Cae with a maturity and stolidity that hints at his soldierly background."- Library Journal

“Stolen me? As soon to say a caged bird can be stolen by the sky.”


Velasin vin Aaro never planned to marry at all, let alone a girl from neighboring Tithena. When an ugly confrontation reveals his preference for men, Vel fears he’s ruined the diplomatic union before it can even begin. But while his family is ready to disown him, the Tithenai envoy has a different solution: for Vel to marry his former intended’s brother instead.

Caethari Aeduria always knew he might end up in a political marriage, but his sudden betrothal to a man from Ralia, where such relationships are forbidden, comes as a shock.

With an unknown faction willing to kill to end their new alliance, Vel and Cae have no choice but to trust each other. Survival is one thing, but love—as both will learn—is quite another.

Byzantine politics, lush sexual energy, and a queer love story that is by turns sweet and sultry. Foz Meadows's A Strange and Stubborn Endurance is an exploration of gender, identity, and self-worth. It is an audiobook that will live in your heart long after you finish listening.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

©2022 Foz Meadows (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
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Such an incredible book

I enjoyed this book so much, I really fell in love with its world and characters, and even though graphic art times, I always felt it served the story.

Also the narration is absolutely superb, and fits perfectly, really helped flesh out these two characters.

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So, THIS book. Just yes. Just get it.

I was trying to figure out why I loved this book SO much. TW this book has a scene of SA and references recovery from it throughout. This book felt healing and it took a long time to figure out why. The main character doesn’t make a full recovery from their SA in the span of the book, and it isn’t an expectation put on him. While that in itself is healing to read, I found the way people accepted and welcomed him more so. This book felt like the familial acceptance any queer might dream of having. The characters were kind and intentional as they tried to care for one another and their community as a whole (with exception of a few villains).

Usually I find books that delve into SA recovery pretty triggering. And to an extent it wasn’t easy to read, but the graphic/violent/traumatic part were never done it a way that made me feel unsafe as a reader. The author was really respectful in those scenes, I’m not sure how to describe it in any other way — the goal of the scene was NOT to traumatize the reader, but to create a grain of understanding.

I also loved that the story didn’t revolve around the SA, it felt all the more genuine for being something that just came up every now and then.

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