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The Ever King

The Ever Seas, Book 1

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The Ever King

By: LJ Andrews
Narrated by: Lucy Rivers, Will Thorne
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They stole his crown. So, he stole their daughter…

For years, Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner in his own realm.

Until his enemy's daughter unintentionally breaks the chains on the Ever, and Erik makes her the unwitting pawn in his vicious game of revenge.

She's innocent. He's vicious. He will take back what he lost, no matter the price. Unless she steals his heart first.

Welcome to the passionate world of the Ever Kingdom, where pirates, sirens, and fae collide with Vikings in a dark fantasy romance between a villain and the innocent princess who holds his heart.

This book ends on a cliffhanger. This series is set in the same world as the bestselling Broken Kingdoms series but can be listened to independently.

©2024 LJ Andrews (P)2024 Podium Audio Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Romance Royal Romance Royalty Revenge Heartfelt
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While Will Thorne is actually British, Lucy Rivers so obviously is not, that it was excruciating listening to her try to sound like an American’s idea of a Royal. The story was excellent and had all the fae torture and violence you would expect from this genre as well as all of the great steam and banter. The story got curiously convoluted right toward the end. The side characters were well written as were the main characters. The worlds were very interesting and described well. It’s just the cod accent and the curious chirpy inflection that made the female voice truly annoying. Unfortunately very few Americans can convince as Brits so why bother? Will Thorne sounded dark and deep and perfect (even though he does have an inflection he seems to like to use which you have to enjoy.) The various voices, including a weird Cockney, read by Lucy Rivers distracted from the content, so I read as much as I could as a palate cleanser.
I may read book two but I will not be listening to it.

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I enjoyed the story but the narration made it difficult. The female narrator’s put-on British accent is laughable and her voice for the mmc was cringe-inducing. The male narrator was better but he made the character sound about 60 years old. There also wasn't any consistency in the characters voices, accents and inflections between the two narrators. It's like they were narrating two different books.

I would recommend the story for romantasy fans if you’re able to get past the narration.

Engaging story with terrible narration

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I really was interested in the story, but gave up listening in the end, as unlike other reviewers I really didn’t like the narrators. The girls voice was just too posh and the male made Eric sound like an old man, which just spoiled the whole thing for me.

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F-ing fantastic fantasy! It’s like if Pirates of the Caribbean and Vikings had a love child in LOTR! Wow! Enemies to lovers, grumpy vs sunshine, pirate king and viking princess. I loved this! It would’ve performed better as a duet but it still was amazing! The story, the plot, the world and the twist at the end! 🫣
I can’t wait for the next book! ❤️

Oh my gods

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I’m sure the story itself is brilliant, but the narration? Absolutely tragic. I’ve genuinely never heard English accents butchered this badly! “Warrior” came out as wooorweeur, and that was just the start of the horror show. Every mispronunciation had me physically wincing.

I lasted as long as I could, then had to switch it off before my ears packed their bags and left me. I’ll read the book instead and save myself the trauma.

The whole thing reminded me of Dick Van Dyke’s legendary “cockney” accent in the original Mary Poppins 😭😭😭

Please use UK English speakers for narration of English characters 🫠

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