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  • Written by: Kristen Ashley
  • Narrated by: Tillie Hooper
  • Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (42 ratings)

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The Golden Dynasty

Written by: Kristen Ashley
Narrated by: Tillie Hooper
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Publisher's Summary

Circe Quinn, the office manager of a moving company, goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attire—and she’s one of them.

She figures this is not good and soon finds she’s not having a wild dream; she’s living a frightening nightmare. She’s been transported to a barren land populated by a primitive people, where she’s installed very unwillingly on her white throne of horns as their queen.

Dax Lahn is the king of Suh Tunak, the Horde of the nation of Korwahk. With one look at Circe, he knows she will be his bride and together they will start the Golden Dynasty of legend.

Circe and Lahn are separated by language, culture, and the small fact she’s from a parallel universe and has no idea how she got there. Or, more importantly, how to get home.

Facing challenge after challenge, Circe finds her footing as Queen of the brutal Korwahk Horde and wife to its King.

Then she finds herself falling in love with this primitive land, its people and especially their savage leader.

©2011, 2016 Kristen Ashley (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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  • 2022-04-28

Finding home

I am a broken, emotional mess after finishing this book! Not only did Cersei and Lan put me through the wringer as they broke and put themselves back together, Cersei’s dad was just the best, and the most. I loved how this story developed, the growth for both characters, the secret times together, the tender times together, the wild and the wrath. The bonds that were formed with the horde, with the ladies, with the attendants, it all had to be forged, there was nothing to build upon before Cersei’s arrival. There were parts that were painful to go through, there were parts that were steamy, there were parts that were cute, all the things that make up a good life. Cersei and Lan had a lot to cover to be together and they did it with the grace, brute force, and tenderness that defines them both <3

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Officer, I'd like to report a robbery....

....cause this book just stole my heart!!!

I read SO many negative reviews on audible that I almost skipped this book entirely, but luckily the reviews on Goodreads changed my mind and I decided to give it a chance. And I'm so glad I did, I absolutely ADORE this story!! I devoured it over a weekend because I just could not stop, I became a woman obsessed.

I understand that some reviewers take issue that there is rape and violence in the beginning of the story (it does start with a Wife Hunt, after all) but you have to remember that this is a very primitive society and like most primitive cultures there has been no "feminist movement", unsurprisingly. That being said, I came to find there was still much love, respect, and tenderness between the men and women in this story, and that had me swooning pretty damn hard.

The sex scenes had me grabbing a cold glass of water on a number of occasions. And I loved that each sex scene did something to move the plot forward or to add to character development, makes it so much more meaningful that way. Personally, I very much NEED to care about the characters just as much as the plot, and this book succeeded on both fronts.

My only real criticism is that the MC is a grown woman, but she often speaks as if she's a teenager and it does get a little annoying—but it's forgivable and I still loved her character in spite of her limited vocabulary.

The narrator was excellent, I can't even think of one single critique.

I've never read anything from this author before, so I don't know of the other books in the Fantasyland series are just as good as this one, or if they're even any good at all. But for me The Golden Dynasty was a delicious read and worth every single penny. I hope you give it a chance too.

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Waste of money

Didn't even get halfway through, waste of money. The romantisization of abuse and sexual violence is not something worth reading.

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wow really graphic and spicy . I enjoyed the book , good book to listen to at home Haha

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My Favorite Book

I really enjoyed this book. it's become one of my favorites. I listened to it more time than I can count. The narrator is one of the best. The author is awesome. Thanks #Audible1

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Loved the first book, liked the 2nd. Not interested in continuing with the others in the series

There were a few things I did not like about this book. But ended up loving it anyways. Halfway maybe more than I expected.

Tillie Hooper who narrates the series does an amazing job overall, and at changing voices for different characters, expressions, etc.

While these books are not the same story, they kind of have the same idea of 2 girls swapping places in their worlds. So even tho I loved the first 2, I don’t think I’ll continue with the rest of the series. This may change after some time. But right now I’m feeling like I have no interest to see at all based on reading the summaries.

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