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The King of Faerie

Stariel, Book 4

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The fae are real, and Hetta Valstar is trying her best to marry one.

If Hetta and Wyn ever manage to marry, it will be the first union between Faerie and Mortal since the Iron Law was revoked. The mortal Queen has given them her blessing - sort of. Now, Wyn needs permission from the fae High King.

There’s an intensely personal reason why they need to tie the knot as soon as possible, and time is not on their side. The clock is ticking. Except in Wyn’s home court, which is trapped under magical stasis. To break the spell will mean venturing into the deepest realms of Faerie, where even fae princes - and definitely human lords - fear to tread.

Unfortunately, the fae problems aren’t limited to Faerie. Public tension is rising, and the reveal of Wyn’s true identity makes him and Hetta the centre of the storm. On top of this, Stariel’s magic is going haywire, and Hetta is struggling with her intensifying powers - and she might not be the only one affected.

The High King might be the only one who can help, since he’s responsible for the fae returning to the Mortal Realm in the first place.

If only they knew where he was.

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I absolutely adore this series and thoroughly enjoyed the first three books on audible. Fifty Williams did an amazing job of developing the characters through her incredible ability to add depth and feeling to each character simply by tone of voice. Unfortunately changing narrator for the final book of the series has the same effect of changing every single actor in the final film in a series; honestly audible, what were you thinking? I read the final book as I wasn’t enjoying the new, more stiffly portrayed characters. Very disappointing in what is otherwise an excellent series. I am actually devastated I’ve got to the end of the series, wondering if I’m going to be able to find another story as compelling and immersive. I loved, hated, worried, was gripped, laughed and was staggered, all in one series, so completely swept away with the story. I await the promised fifth book in the quartet series impatiently, and hope more will follow that one.

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I’ve loved this series but why did you change the narrator??? She gave all the characters this very forced posh English accent which totally ruined the experience. I’m glad that they didn’t leave the book on a cliffhanger like all the others because if the next book is narrated by the same woman I won’t be buying it. Very sad because the story was as good as the previous books. I love a happy ending and I didn’t see the twist coming!

Gutted that they changed the narrator!

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loved ot. wish the narrator hadn't been changed on the last book. but great story.

Great series

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Well, this was a first for me. This was the first series I have ever bought extra credit for as I loved AJ Lancaster's series and I binge listened through them all. This is also the first book I have ever returned.
Finty Williams read them perfectly, not so Fiona Hardingham.
I seriously wondered if Fiona had ever met any men such was her staccato voice. None of the male characters could be identified from each other and they all barked their way through the book without any of the subtleties of inflection normal male speech represents.
When changing from one narrator to another it can often take time to behind accustomed to the new voice so I did try and persevere but the awful narration was made worse by spurious pronunciation of common words that in the end, I gave up. The narration spoiled the book so much I can't even give the story top marks, perhaps with another narrator I would have been able to.

First book I've ever returned

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All the male voices sound arrogant, disgusted and phlegmatic. She should have listened to the previous books to try to match the voices. Or at least the sweetness of Win's. He sounds like an asshole regardless of what he's actually saying.
The atmosphere is gone. It's sad.

Terrible reading.

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