Download Sword Sirens Weatherblight Saga Book 1 Audible Audio Edition Edmund Hughes Amy Soakes Books
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Amongst the remnants of the ancient Saidican Empire lies Golias Hollow, an underground community of people who've taken refuge from the tainted surface. Completely cutoff from the outside world, the men and women of the Hollow follow the teachings of the prophet Dormiar, sacrificing a select few to the outside each year in a ceremony known as "The Choosing".Â
Aristial Stoneblood, orphan and occasional troublemaker, is one of this year's Chosen. Along with his beautiful childhood friend, Kerys Weaver, Aristial leaves the safety of the Hollow and enters an unfamiliar world of shapeshifting swords, respawning monsters, and dangerous dungeons. It's a new beginning, a place where intimate bonds can hold power, and the price of life is paid in magical essence.Â
A post-apocalyptic, dungeon-crawling, fantasy harem adventure.Â
Warning This audiobook contains a significant amount of explicit sexual content and some adult emotional situations. Listener discretion is advised.
Download Sword Sirens Weatherblight Saga Book 1 Audible Audio Edition Edmund Hughes Amy Soakes Books
"Sword Siren’s wasn’t easy for me to review. Mainly because I didn’t particularly feel strongly about it positively *or* negatively, but I wanted to share my thoughts nonetheless. I genuinely enjoy Edmund Hughes’ work, and I give him great credit for sticking with his projects through completion (with the notable exception of Moon’s of Carnathia – sadly, my favorite of his work) in a self-pub market where this is the extremely rare exception (aside: I’ll give someone a dollar if they’re able to find me a single *completed* series by Michael Scott Earle, Eric Vall, J.A. Cipriano, or any of the loads of new harem lit contemporaries). But I digress…
The book starts off telling the story of a boy raised as an orphan (laying in some rather formulaic groundwork for possible future plot twist relating to the MCs heritage) in an underground society sheltering from the post-cataclysmic above ground world. The society is small at 300 individuals, and Hughes does a pretty competent job at building the various relationships to establish the MCs character, along with that of the primary love interest. He layers in a bit of mythology that adds some mystery and makes me believe that he’s really thought through the world building elements, and underpins the moral and ethical code of their people. Not much is done with it in this installment other than to reference it, but it gives me hope for the sequels.
It should come as no surprise that the MC leaves his underground home in the early chapters and begins to travel the world. He joins the primary love interest, and encounters additional ladies(the titular sirens) as he goes. Hughes reveals more of the world through his character’s eyes, and again it’s clear that there is more here than we’re being shown. Ruins of old civilizations long extinct and forgotten are evident, and he hints at just enough to keep things mysterious and interesting. The beauty of the post apocalyptic tale is that the reader truly gets an appreciation for the lack of knowledge that the characters would have, as opposed to a by-the-numbers fantasy where we all know what to expect around every corner. The author does credit to the genre by skillfully layering in mystery with the setting.
Edmund Hughes has a writing style that I would describe as “effortlessâ€. The quality of his prose is very solid, and in this reviewers humble opinion, rates in the 10-20% of his self-pub peers. I don’t recall any typos or grammatical errors, and the descriptions he uses are effective and understandable. In the burgeoning self-pub literary landscape teeming with authors of questionable writing background, his work is genuinely a treat to read.
If I have criticisms, they’re mostly in the form of the characters. The MC is likeable enough, but anything but memorable. His personality is rather dull, to be frank, and the ladies in the book are just ‘OK’, in my opinion. The primary lady can be annoying at times, though not nearly to the point that the main love interest in his last series (Blood Mage) was, thankfully. Other ladies introduced certainly have different personalities, but they are rather one dimensional and tepid, if I’m honest. I didn’t detect a lot of character development that occurred throughout the book.
The antagonists are varied and creatively drawn, but not particularly remarkable. I found my interest waning somewhat toward the latter part of the second act, but the third act drew me back in enough to make me want to revisit the series in the next installment. Overall, I’d rate the book at 3-stars for my enjoyment level, but will add on a star for the series potential in this one given my experience with the author.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review."
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Sword Sirens Weatherblight Saga Book 1 Audible Audio Edition Edmund Hughes Amy Soakes Books Reviews
- I hated all the characters.
I hated the story.
I hated how unneccisarily dramatic it was, and how absolutely stupid the characters were.
In most books, erotic scenes are turn ons. In this book, they are the opposite.
I'm done with this. I wouldn't recommend it if it were free. - Really good story, enjoy the characters, still discovering this new world. Looking forward to next book. Highly recommended if you like this genre.
- I have read numerous(if not all) of Hughes books at this point, and can honestly say that I've enjoyed every one of them, this one being no different. I can't wait for the second book, and to see where this adventure brings Eva, Ari and the rest.
- Sword Siren’s wasn’t easy for me to review. Mainly because I didn’t particularly feel strongly about it positively *or* negatively, but I wanted to share my thoughts nonetheless. I genuinely enjoy Edmund Hughes’ work, and I give him great credit for sticking with his projects through completion (with the notable exception of Moon’s of Carnathia – sadly, my favorite of his work) in a self-pub market where this is the extremely rare exception (aside I’ll give someone a dollar if they’re able to find me a single *completed* series by Michael Scott Earle, Eric Vall, J.A. Cipriano, or any of the loads of new harem lit contemporaries). But I digress…
The book starts off telling the story of a boy raised as an orphan (laying in some rather formulaic groundwork for possible future plot twist relating to the MCs heritage) in an underground society sheltering from the post-cataclysmic above ground world. The society is small at 300 individuals, and Hughes does a pretty competent job at building the various relationships to establish the MCs character, along with that of the primary love interest. He layers in a bit of mythology that adds some mystery and makes me believe that he’s really thought through the world building elements, and underpins the moral and ethical code of their people. Not much is done with it in this installment other than to reference it, but it gives me hope for the sequels.
It should come as no surprise that the MC leaves his underground home in the early chapters and begins to travel the world. He joins the primary love interest, and encounters additional ladies(the titular sirens) as he goes. Hughes reveals more of the world through his character’s eyes, and again it’s clear that there is more here than we’re being shown. Ruins of old civilizations long extinct and forgotten are evident, and he hints at just enough to keep things mysterious and interesting. The beauty of the post apocalyptic tale is that the reader truly gets an appreciation for the lack of knowledge that the characters would have, as opposed to a by-the-numbers fantasy where we all know what to expect around every corner. The author does credit to the genre by skillfully layering in mystery with the setting.
Edmund Hughes has a writing style that I would describe as “effortlessâ€. The quality of his prose is very solid, and in this reviewers humble opinion, rates in the 10-20% of his self-pub peers. I don’t recall any typos or grammatical errors, and the descriptions he uses are effective and understandable. In the burgeoning self-pub literary landscape teeming with authors of questionable writing background, his work is genuinely a treat to read.
If I have criticisms, they’re mostly in the form of the characters. The MC is likeable enough, but anything but memorable. His personality is rather dull, to be frank, and the ladies in the book are just ‘OK’, in my opinion. The primary lady can be annoying at times, though not nearly to the point that the main love interest in his last series (Blood Mage) was, thankfully. Other ladies introduced certainly have different personalities, but they are rather one dimensional and tepid, if I’m honest. I didn’t detect a lot of character development that occurred throughout the book.
The antagonists are varied and creatively drawn, but not particularly remarkable. I found my interest waning somewhat toward the latter part of the second act, but the third act drew me back in enough to make me want to revisit the series in the next installment. Overall, I’d rate the book at 3-stars for my enjoyment level, but will add on a star for the series potential in this one given my experience with the author.
I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. - The main is pathetic.The lead female whines about her dam virginity all through the book.I have diarrhea from reading this drivel
- This book was not as good as his previous books. It just didn't jive with me and I couldn't even finish it. There was little to no characterization and the characters didn't act in any way what a real person would have acted. I think it was mostly because Ari, the main guy in the book, just never seemed to have a serious moment. It was always jokes, usually a perverted one. It was so out there that I couldn't even suspend my disbelief. I will not be getting the sequels.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. - A post apocalyptic style world can always bring adventure and this book has it in spades. The MC is exactly what one would expect from an action sort of person mixed with coming of age ant the thinking of a teenager. That is about as good as it gets ….
The complexity of the character's is decent unfortunately the author uses words there isn't a snowballs chance they would know as uneducated slaves, words such as 'metaphysical'. As the story progresses the relationships start to evolve decently then de-evolve towards the end book to the point I almost want the MC would just go solo now. Trying to have a coming of age mixed with extreme and constant danger in a post apocalyptic style world and throw in some magic that isn't understood hardly at all by anyone. Then throw in psychological and emotional breakdowns of the secondary character's, I have yet to see the 'Harem' part of this book. Honestly it feels as though these problems have been poorly added into the overall story. Looking for new magic items to disenchant; fighting dangers that seem to get larger each time and I can already feel the repetitiveness of the book to most of the others like it...
I won't be looking for the next book to come out. - I have been reading Edmunds work since the beginning (Thank you Anya Merchant !), and it keeps getting better and better ! Dark Impulse was worth reading twice, and if you haven't read it, you should. This book is kind of a fantasy dystopian view. Like the 100 people over 18 are chosen to be jettisonned from their safe community into the harsh "real world " Arie and Kerys are two of these , and they are a likable couple. The world they enter is full of deadly environment, savage creatures and unlikely enemies and saviors. Some of the people they meet are real , sexy and warm , while others are deadly and set to be long term enemies. I can not wait to see how this series progresses . It seems to be following along the lines of fantasy harem lit, but I love how he folds in characters so that they are likable and real. Bring it on , Mr Hughes !
