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Onyx & Ivory

By: Mindee Arnett
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
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About this listen

Acclaimed author Mindee Arnett thrusts listeners into a beautiful, dangerous, and magical world in this stunningly epic and romantic fantasy for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah Raasch.

They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king of Rime.

Cast out of the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. Only the most skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls, the drakes - deadly flightless dragons - come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals.

And it’s this magic that leads her to a caravan massacred by drakes in broad daylight - the only survivor Corwin Tormaine, the son of the king. Her first love, the boy she swore to forget after he condemned her father to death.

With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin must put the past behind them to face this new threat and an even darker menace stirring in the kingdom.

©2018 Mindee Arnett (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers Epic Fantasy Fantasy Romance Royalty Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult Fiction King

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Critic reviews

"At once fresh, at once classic, Onyx and Ivory is a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance." (Susan Dennard, New York Times best-selling author of Truthwitch)
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This was a pleasant enough listen about a girl (Traitor Kate) who is outcast after her father supposedly tries to assassinate the King. The King's second son is Corwin, who has loved Kate since forever. Their paths cross some three years later and they will have to put their past behind them to deal with the threat now emerging.

Although this was an easy to listen to, interesting story, it was very predictable and to hold one's attention, there has to be some mystery and this is where it fell down, unfortunately; so I doubt I will follow on with book 2. Also, I could not warm to the narrator.

Predictable

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I was looking for a book that contained magic, romance, great characters and just a great storyline. really enjoyed this book and can't wait to read the next.

Magic, mystery and secrets.

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Absolutely love this book i have no regrets buying it and I cant wait to listen to the 2nd book. I think this is a very original storyline and very different to all the others in the same genre. I enjoyed the main character I love listening about independent women and she was a Very likeable but still managed to be strong and capable. The narrator has a lovely, clear and easy to listen to voice.

Loved it!

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Big fan. It was a treat to listen to and TV e performance was so brilliant!

Perfect

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Some books are pure magic and this is one such book. This audiobook was riveting from start to finish as the listener joins the complex, multi-dimensional characters as they grow and blossom through the book. It is a story of resilience, love and listening to the still, small voice within you. Mindee Arnett has created a beautiful start of a series, well-deserving of a sequel. This is fantasy at its best.

Another excellent performance by Khristine Hvam. She brings so much soul to the characters. One of the best narrators of our time.

A showstopper

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I don't know whether I would have liked the tale. It seemed too much of a coming-of-age story for my liking, but the narator is the killer. She reads with a false sense of drama and without sympathy to the characters. Dreadful. Book returned and refunded.

Dreadful performance

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I went into this not expecting much as I have recently gone off YA, this came with a Fairyloot box so I thought I'd better see what it is like. It was a lot better than I expected. I loved the different story lines and I loved Kate. I don't think I will carry on with the series though. Also I think the narrator did a very good job.

Interesting story

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I actually really enjoyed this audiobook.

It was refreshing, most YA books that involve any kind of fantasy are all very samey-samey now, all seem to include fae and magic and everyone is immortal and theres always an evil queen that has a soul aim to destroy the whole world somewhere etc but this book wasn't exactly like that.

This is more 'real life', yeah, some people have magic but it's not the 'i am magic and i can do anything i want' kind that makes you roll your eyes when the main character can do everything they want no matter how outlandish or ridiculous just to fit round a weird storyline, it has its limits and the rest of the world around them is relatively realistic. All humans - aka not jam packed with fairies or goblins or monsters or whatever, they live in houses and ride horses and have standard human weapons etc. Basically apart from the odd fantasy bits for excitement, I found this more relatable in some ways than some YA books out there.

The narrator is great, really engaging and sounds enthusiastic. I'd have given the story 4.5 stars if i could, as the beginning is slow to start, but as this is going to be a series, it's understandable that it needs to be set up properly.

The review below said it was good but they wouldn't listen to any more in the series however I am interested to see what happens next. Has good potential. Would recommend.

More Than Pleasantly Surprised

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Loved this book and cannot wait to start the next one! Had to make myself stop listening just so I could sleep

Loved it!

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