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Swordcrossed

Auteur(s): Freya Marske
Narrateur(s): Omari Douglas
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High heat. Low stakes. Sharp steel.

The cozy, low stakes of Legends & Lattes meets the scorching bodyguard fantasy of Jennifer L. Armentrout's From Blood and Ash in this enemies-to-lovers romance where, yes, the swords do cross.

A LitHub most anticipated book of 2024

"There's a teasing, mischievous lilt to Omari Douglas's performance that perfectly suits this delightful romance set in a fantasy world...Thanks to author Marske's vivid world-building and Douglas's charming narration, listeners will be fully immersed."—AudioFile

Mattinesh Jay, dutiful heir to his struggling family business, needs to hire an experienced swordsman to serve as best man for his arranged marriage. Sword-challenge at the ceremony could destroy all hope of restoring his family's wealth, something that Matti has been trying—and failing—to do for the past ten years.

What he can afford, unfortunately, is part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere.

Luca, for his part, is trying to reinvent himself in a new city. All he wants to do is make some easy money and try to forget the crime he committed in his hometown. He didn't plan on being blackmailed into giving sword lessons to a chronically responsible—and inconveniently handsome—wool merchant like Matti.

However, neither Matti's business troubles nor Luca himself are quite what they seem. As the days count down to Matti's wedding, the two of them become entangled in the intrigue and sabotage that have brought Matti's house to the brink of ruin. And when Luca's secrets threaten to drive a blade through their growing alliance, both Matti and Luca will have to answer the question: how many lies are you prepared to strip away, when the truth could mean losing everything you want?

"There's nothing in fantasy or queer romance that Marske can't do."—Sarah Rees Brennan

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.

©2024 Freya Marske (P)2024 Macmillan Audio Fantasy Romantisme Argent

Ce que les critiques en disent

"Marske writes what I crave most in romantasy: brilliant craft, fresh voice, characters worth obsessing over, and genuine honest-to-god heat."—Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue

"The perfect blend of charm, yearning and romance delivered at sword’s point, Swordcrossed is a compulsively readable fantasy with characters who will steal your heart."—C.S. Pacat, New York Times bestselling author of Captive Prince

"What a world Freya Marske has created for us! I feel like I could close the book and go walk the streets of her city—and enjoy myself thoroughly. A beguiling romance between a man who is too careful and a man who thinks he has nothing to lose."—Ellen Kushner, author of Swordspoint
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This is a great feel good story the world needs more of right now. Narration was fantastic. it's a book I'll listen to multiple times

Great investment of time and energy

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picked it up on a whim, did not disappoint. spent the first few chapters mentally screaming at them to kiss. Was not disappointed.
amazing book!

amazing

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A very satisfying listen, with just the right amount of drama and romance (and spiciness). I really appreciate the thoughtfulness that the author took with developing each character. I don't want spoil anything, so I won't say more. Great narration!!

Just right

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Loving the story, but going to have to pick up a paper copy of this book. Because the narrator is not good. I thought he was going to just narrate at first. Maybe give the two characters different inflections to at least be able to tell when one character is speaking. And it sounded like he did try that. Only he would just stop doing that halfway through a chapter and just talk normally. Or the character voices would shift. At one point while the two main characters were talking. Luca started sounding like Matti and then the narrator started talking normally and I got so confused.

If I thought I could return the audio book for a refund just because I thought the reading was bad, I would.

The Narrator cannot narrirate

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This was a very slow book. I struggled with the narration. There was very little distinction between characters and often I couldn’t tell who was speaking, particularly between Matti and Luca. The scene changes were also really hard to follow from the narration. Overall this would have been way better as a novel. It spent way too much time on the wool trade, Luca in particular was way too annoying until more than halfway through the book, and I just didn’t feel very invested in their romance. Meh,,.,

The good bits weren’t enough to redeem it

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