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Fortune Favors the Cruel

Dark Maji Series, Book 1

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Fortune Favors the Cruel

By: Kel Carpenter, Lucinda Dark
Narrated by: Amy McFadden
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Throne of Glass meets Black Jewels in this twisted yet alluring dark fantasy tale.

Quinn Darkova, freed from the chains of slavery, wants nothing more than vengeance against those who sold her. But with her dark powers on the rise and her ascension nearing, Quinn's blood retribution will have to wait in favor of her immediate survival.

Lazarus Fierte is a nobleman without equal. He's as controlling as he is stubborn, and for the last six years, he's been waiting for a woman to appear - but not just any woman. A Maji of great power, capable of terrible things. She could be the key to everything he holds dear.

His savior...or his destroyer. The only thing he didn't predict was that she would become both.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Kel Carpenter and Lucy Smoke (P)2019 Tantor Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Romance Revenge

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Story was free for members so I thought there was nothing to lose. I'm so glad I listened. The story was great, well written and engaging. The narrator was great too, not sure why other people didn't like her, I've heard much worse. Her performance was spot on. Will definitely be listening to the rest in the series.

Great story & narrator

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Free book which was actually great. I look forward to listening to the rest in this series.

Free book which was actually great.

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really good character development and performance was also amazing I would recommend this book

Great 👍

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Great story, great characters and great narrator. I am going straight onto the next book in the series. Highly recommend.

Fantastic book

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I originally downloaded this as it was free for members and I figured it was short and would be a good palette cleanser between book series. How wrong was I!!! I loved this book (on book 4, will review them too) and could not stop listening. I've seen some negative reviews around this series but I feel its because people go in expecting one thing and get another. This is not a dark fantasy romance with spice! I know, you want to stop reading now lol! That's my normal genre too. This however is a book series filled with magic and politics. It has humour, found family and embraces the darker side. Book one was good but each book after gets better and better but also darker! I never thought I would enjoy this type of series but all I can say is you won't know until you try and it's free for book one, so you have nothing to lose ;-)

Very Unexpected

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books felt bit short and time was flying, but thats typical when you are having fun.

story took off fast and kept going nicely. Had fun time with these dark characters.

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I am enjoying this book. A gripping storyline.and well read. Looking forward to the next book.

💕loved it

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This book is full of action and interesting twists
and it doesn’t drag on. The storyline is so captivating and keeps you wanting to find out more. The romance is not much unfortunately, maybe more in the next one?

Engaging story and action

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the story sounds really good but I couldn't get past chapter 4. Normally I can get used to a narrator but this one sounds just so annoying. The accent is very American and croaky, and especially the intonation (every sentence ends on a downwards tone) irks me. I'm European and like British English accents, and this is just too far away from that. It's a personal preference, and it's a shame because I think the story is very promising.

horrible narrator dnf

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I’ve found that poorly narrated fantasy books can be exceptionally awful to follow along with, even if they’re not bad in themselves. I know it’s super subjective but for me, Amy is a great narrator and made this book so engaging I couldn’t stop listening!
The plot is interesting and I like that it explores dark magic and morally grey characters. However I found it to be quite short, moving both too fast and too slow, making the ending very abrupt. I didn’t feel like the relationship between Quinn and Lazarus was developed well enough for the ending to have the payoff it was intended to. I really liked Quinn’s character though so will continue to read the series!

Amazing narrator! I’m a fan.

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