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A Promise of Peridot by Kate Golden
4.5

4.5⭐️ 2🌶️ 3.5🎧

Publisher: Penguin Audio
Narrators: Ruby Cherise + Will Damron 
Narration type: dual
Writing perspective: first person, dual POV
Standard length: 13:27
Listening speed: 2x (immersive) 
Listened via: PRH
Audiobook gifted by: PRH

Tropes: romantasy, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, he falls first, who hurt you, hidden identity, prophecies, the chosen one, secret magic, fae, mythical creatures, slow burn
Relationship dynamic: MF

📖 Oof… Arwen and Kane really go through it in this one. Arwen experiences some trauma and hurt from a variety of sources that she has to deal with. But of course, she has to try to deal with that while attempting to save the world. The plot in this one was fun and fast paced, while the character development and relationship development was a slow burn throughout. As one would expect, this is book 2 in a trilogy, soooo we end on a cliffy!! And I’m now absolutely dying to know what happens next!

🎧 Ruby continued to do a stellar job in her portions of the book! I think I would have preferred this to be solo narrated by her the whole way. I did not love Will Damron’s narration. His voice is not unpleasant, it just isn’t what I would expect of a hottie morally grey, dragon shifter, fae king. I think I expected a deeper voice with more rasp. Like I said, his voice is not bad, his narration is not bad, it’s just not what I would have picked for this in casting.