Twilight of Embers

By: Tessa Hale

Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen, Joe Arden, Jason Clarke, Connor Crais, Teddy Hamilton, Jacob Morgan

Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

I’d always wondered what it would be like to have a family. I just never expected to find it with five mysterious strangers who have more secrets than I could ever imagine.

Getting a scholarship to Evergreen University and majoring in premed means I need to keep my head down and focus on my studies. But campus is full of distractions…

The football god with his golden retriever charm. The tortured one with his vicious tongue. The broken boy with his determined protectiveness. The merciless billionaire with a penchant for spoiling me. And the genius professor with his brilliant mind.

They make me feel like I belong for the first time since my parents were murdered. And when they touch me, my whole world sparks to flame.

But they have enemies. Those who would give anything to harm what they hold dear. And while they’ll do whatever it takes to keep me safe, sometimes falling in love will put you right in the line of fire…

©2023 Tessa Hale (P)2023 Tessa Hale

Loved this!!

OVERALL: 🌟🌟🌟🌟.5/5
•Storyline: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
▪︎Spice Level: 🌶🌶.5/ 5
•Swoon level:🫠🫠🫠🫠/5
•Bookshelf Worthy: 📚📚📚📚📚/5
•Platform: E-Book and Audio -DualStyle and Full Cast
•Recommend: Yes!
▪︎Re-read/re-listen: Definitely
•Trope: Fantasy, Why Choose.
•Narrators: 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧/5


• Thoughts:
I loved this!!! I couldn't stop listening to this book, and this is part of a trilogy, so it does leave us on a cliffhanger. Totally don't care, and I know I will be re-listen to this before book 2 comes out. The author is new to me as well. I very much enjoyed her writing style, and they way she captures your attention. She immerses you into her world flawlessly. I was so engaged. I can't wait for book 2, and I will definitely be reading Tessa's back list.

Narrators:
This is a full cast and dual style narration. This book is mainly in the POV of Hayden, who was narrated by Vanessa Moyen. Vanessa is new to me, narrator, and she slayed it! I loved listening to her voice and her performance.
Jason Clarke, Connor Crais, Teddy Hamilton, Jacob Morgan, and Joe Arden. I mean, come on! They were incredible.

Perfect Starter Fantasy

The performance was phenomenal! I mean when you have an all star cast like this one it’s going to be good. They all brought this story to life in a way that I throughly enjoyed. I absolutely loved this story and cannot wait for book two!

Twilight of Embers

It will keep you waiting to hear what happens and in the fact you will be happy you chose this book

Good story, couldn’t stop listening!

It does end on a cliffhanger which I didn’t realize until til half way through book 1…
But it was good and I’d still listen again even knowing the 2nd book isn’t out yet.

Audiobook elevated the story

I already knew I loved the story but this all-star narration cast really elevated the experience! Mild complaint is there are some discrepancies between pronunciations between narrators but the differences are small enough that it didn’t impact my listening experience.

Fits the author's formula.

I can't decide if I like it or am too upset by how close this is to the author's other series. Same characters different species. The fmc is always a panicking runner and is all about emotionally relating to the mmcs in an over the top manner.

Super love the narrators, what a line up! Great work everybody!

Amazing!

Just as good as the brisselbrook series!! Another great win from Blue Nose Audio!! Absolutely amazing performance from all! Can’t wait for the next one!

Full cast. Dual style narration.

Genuinely enjoyed this story. It was engaging and I'm eager to know what happens next. The cast of narrators were phenomenal, obviously with an all star group like this.

I desperately wish it had been duet style, it makes it easier to keep track of who's speaking in group dialouge scenes and really just elevates the entire story.

I'll probably just eyeball read the next two books but I'm definitely interested in seeing how this all plays out.

Amazing! All the POVs🙌🏼

The first book in Tessa Hale's new Dragons of Ember Hollow series was absolutely amazing. It is a fast-paced paranormal, why choose, academy setting, dragon shifter romance.

It is Hayden's first day attending college when she meets Knox. Knox scents something in Hayden but immediately realizes she has no idea about shifters or mates. He decides to befriend her and becomes protective of her. She begins to meet all of his brothers Easton (his literal brother/twin), Maddox, Cillian, and Cael. As each one meets her, most become immediately protective and struggle to not claim their mate. Of course, we have Easton "Mr. Grumpy Cat" who refuses to give in to the mate bond despite still being protective of her. Maddox is fighting as well but he is a professor of the school and is claiming "professionalism". I am not sure I am fully buying that and I hope to learn more of his story in the coming books.

This story had me hooked from the prologue. The pace of the story, the way each guy has their own distinct personality, Hayden's strength, the world building, the possessiveness and protectiveness all make for such an amazing and entertaining book. In typical Tessa Hale fashion, that cliffhanger left me in my feels and counting down until April.

I read the e-book while listening to the audio as well and LOVED IT. There is a whole cast so each main character has their own narrator for their POV chapters. Vanessa Moyen (Hayden), Teddy Hamilton (Knox), Jacob Morgan (Easton), Joe Arden (Cáel), Jason Clarke (Cillian), Connor Crais (Maddox). A literal dream cast with my favorite narrators!!

Fantastic Fantasy

Quick world building and executed really well. Love all the narrators! The only thing I would really want would be if this was a duet style narration. With as many narrators duet would have been the cherry on top.