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The Legends of Thezmarr, Book 1
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Mollie Stark
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Sebastian Grove
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Written by:
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Helen Scheuerer
About this listen
With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend. Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms.
The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone. All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms.
Will Althea pass the perilous initiation test and take her place as a champion of Thezmarr—or will the invading evil snatch away her dream before it starts?
Blood & Steel is the gripping first book in the heart-pounding, epic romantic fantasy series, The Legends of Thezmarr.
©2023 Helen Scheuerer (P)2023 Dreamscape MediaYou may also enjoy...
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- Lara
- 2024-09-12
Lovely slow burn
This was a great listen, A slow build and strong character development kept the story paced in a really thoughtful way.
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- Meg R. Quebec
- 2025-04-07
dual narration - hard to dicipher between characters
I started this audiobook without following the ebook and I became slightly distracted so I missed a good portion of world building. I ended up starting over and following along with the book. I'm glad I did because I didn't think the narrators did a good job of differentiating between characters so it was hard to follow the dialogue. this would have been better as a duet because both have lovely voices for their own characters but not for the opposite gender characters.
I would not recommend the audiobook alone. The book was better but not superb. It was slightly predictable. plus I found the sexual tension was written so blatant form the fmc POV. I got tired of hearing about her thighs tightening while the mmc was being such a prick. maybe it was not written as tension building as it could have been. I will read the next books as I didn't hate the book and I liked the characters and the premise of the book. so I'm hoping it's a book you get through to get to the next.
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- Ricki-Lee+Drew
- 2025-04-02
Good story
I enjoyed the story. Didn’t pull me in as much as I hoped though.. might have been the narrators. Wasn’t a huge fan of them in comparison to other books I’ve listened to.
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- Jessie
- 2024-02-23
Once in it, no way out!
Loved the adventure, good story line. Can't wait for book 2 to download! I loved the humor too:)
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- Amazon Customer
- 2024-11-03
Typical Plot
No surprises in this one. simple fast reading. Story moves quickly. Not much world building.Red Queen vibes but less interesting. Very little spice. Would likely not re-read.
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- Leanda Lea Rabbitt
- 2025-02-06
What a fantastic book!
I don't even know where to start to list everything I loved about this book! I read the entire thing in one day, which should say a lot because this is not a short one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2025-02-24
Great story
The story is great, very interesting and pacing is good. Excited for the rest of the series.
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- Skylarth
- 2025-04-06
A copy and paste of 3 best sellers mixed together.
I have no clue how this author got away with this haha it’s twilight mixed with throne of glass mixed with fourth wing haha
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- khoskins
- 2024-01-26
Good, not great, boring, DNF
I tried, I really did. But I don’t know why things are happening or why I should care. The works building is extremely shallow so it’s not clear what the stakes are. The story is super rushed and lots of the action events are roll-your-eyes unbelievable. The MMC has no personality, the FMC is an annoying I’m-not-like-other-girls snowflake. I’m out 👎🏻
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