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A Forest of Vanity and Valour

The Levanthria Series, Book 1

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A Forest of Vanity and Valour

Written by: A.P Beswick
Narrated by: Aaron Smith
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An aggressive debt collector banished from the kingdom. Now his life depends on his ability to help the less fortunate....

Vireo Reinhold relishes collecting his monarch’s proper dues. Working hard to prolong and fund the king’s never-ending war, the self-centered official revels in the perks of luxury that come with his unorthodox role. But his world upends when he unearths an ancient spellbook that promises to unlock a shadowy, forgotten magic. Embroiled in a secret affair with a fellow noble’s wife, Vireo is mortified when he’s forced to commit an unthinkable act. Driven into exile, no longer able to coerce the vulnerable, and with the powerful tome in his enemy’s hands, the fallen agent’s only shot at survival hangs on his skills at saving others.

Can Vireo redeem himself as the people’s champion before they all fall to a sinister fate?

A Forest of Vanity and Valour is the dark first book in the Tales of Levanthria fantasy-retelling series. If you like fast-paced action, evil-to-good transformations, and classic stories with a twist, then you’ll love A.P Beswick’s ominous tale. Buy A Forest of Vanity and Valour to fight for what’s right today!

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The author has a brilliance for taking classic characters and stories of familiar folklore and mixing them together to create a new tale that is fast paced and engaging. I can't wait to know more about Levanthria

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Enjoyed it looking forward to the next one

Starting the next one shortly, hoping it will continue this nicely an then get the characters growth opportunities

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Was not for me

Welp, I made it to 11.Vireo, at roughly 51 minutes, were I officially tapped out, so consider that as you will. I was getting a headache with the sheer amount of eye-rolling.

The characters were two dimensional tropes, at best. The skeezy mysoginy-soaked villains(?) were as insufferable as the ad -nauseum virtue-signaling "oh-woe-is-me, I'm just TOO well off" protagonist.

....and then there was the beat down/shake down of the suddenly outlawed and politically oppressed magic user chased by the condemnation line of "Well, magic is just not natural." Yikes.

No notes on the narrator. Pretty decent, easy to listen to.

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