A Kingdom of Flame and Fury

The Four Kingdoms, Book 1

By: Whitney Dean

Narrated by: Kale Williams, Vanessa Moyen

Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

At ten years old, Raven was mysteriously willed to be the next ruler of Seolia, a kingdom nestled within the realm of the Four Kingdoms.

Orphaned as a baby, Raven has spent fifteen years ruling over a kingdom she believes she did not earn, all while hiding secrets—she possesses dark magic, and she thirsts for blood.

Now, at almost twenty-five years old and with a sudden addiction to stealing life, Raven must fight through her newly procured darkness to save her soul. But when a mysterious stranger arrives in her kingdom, she starts experiencing vivid dreams that detail who she truly is. As she slowly starts to unravel her story, what she uncovers at the end of the spool will change the course of her life and her kingdom forever.

A Kingdom of Flame and Fury is book one in the steamy and thrilling new fantasy series, The Four Kingdoms.

This book contains mature content. Listener discretion is advised.

©2023 Whitney Dean (P)2023 Podium Audio

SO WONDERFULLY FILTHY AND PERFECT

I’ve listened to 110 books so far this year and this one is BY FAR my favorite! The narration is so so so so good and the story line… uhhhhhhh perfection. Super spicy. I’ve already read book 2 and I’m literally going to die waiting on book 3. Whitney!!! Help us out and get that audiobook ready for us!!

This book isn’t for Everyone

I am not usually one to finish books that I don’t vibe with but I really wanted to give this a complete chance but was sorely disappointed. The plot was very predictable and it was just explicit scene after explicit scene which I’m not usually opposed to but it just wasn’t for me. Give it a try and if you love it that’s awesome but for me it was a no.

Fans of "From Blood and Ash" will devour this book

The spice is strong with this book 🥵 I love Dean's ability to weave a great plot, intriguing characters, and a healthy amount of spice all together in one epic novel. Not gonna lie, in the beginning, I was wondering if it was only about seggs, however, about half way through, I was sucked in by the character development. Great story and the voice actors are 💯

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

As a reader/listener of many dark fantasy, fantasy romance, etc. books, this one was FABULOUS!

I’m a fan of both narrators & as usual, wonderful job! I’ve already preordered book #2! ❤️

Missing the plot

So this would be my first negative review of an audiobook. The narration was wonderful, however, there is huge hole in the plot and it just doesn't seem to go anywhere. I used a credit and was disappointed.

Flimsy character choices to serve plot

Solid premise and decent world building, this hook has promise. Unfortunately I continued to get pulled from the story by character choices that were unrealistic, hyper reactive, and blatantly done to artificially create conflict to serve a weak plot. Despite dialogue around Raven needing to discover who she is without magic, other people, etc she failed to grow or learn AT ALL. Mystified by the abject idiocy and inconsistency of many of the characters.

Plot? Character Building? World Building? Anything?!

First let me say the voice acting was top notch!! Both male and female actors did a great job. The male voice was slightly more refined (more consistent with certain voices/accents).
The book is awful. No plot, no character building or world building. The characters are infuriating. Flip flopping from page to page. I normally give a series a shot with book two, but this one was such crap I just can’t.

Raunchy

I thought the story really great, but the overly raunchy vibe of the book was overkill. The author mentioned nipples and sex way more than needed. Made the story feel less important and I couldn’t finish.