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Shadows So Cruel

By: Liv Zander
Narrated by: Shaina Summerville, Tor Thom, Tommy Fuller
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Adrift in a sky shadowed by war,

We seek, we ache,

Searching for the woman who fled us.

We shattered her heart, but she unfurled her feathers,

Our sweetheart, our little dove,

Escaping our talons on pure white wings.

One of us soars over battlements,

Haunted by past mistakes,

Vowing never to repeat them.

The other storms through walls of stone and hatred,

Eager to destroy the shackles of his past,

Determined to shackle her to him instead. Forever.

Loyalties are torn.

Friendships are tested.

Among the chaos, one claim stands irrefutably:

We will get her back.

She will be ours.

Come home to us, white Raven.

Shadows so Cruel is a full-length dark fantasy romance novel, and book two in the Court of Ravens duet. The two-part story features two morally gray raven shifters, a young woman at the mercy of their shadows, and a HEA. This world contains dark elements, violence, and themes some may find disturbing. Listeners can find more detailed information at LivZander.com. What this book doesn't contain is a hero—because villains do it better. And two do it better than one…

©2023 Liv Zander (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

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SMDH

As I said about the first book, I didn't care for the narrators. The F did ok. The voice for Sabian was the best of them, but it was because he read really well. The dude that voiced Malyr? Whenever he started reading, I just kept hearing the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz, "Put 'em up, put 'em uuuuuup!"
Now, onto the story. The amount and type of sex in the book doesn't bother me. Lucky woman, I say. It really is a good story. The back stories are well done, the characters are well fleshed out. I have to say, the last few chapters? Jesus. I cried like a big fat baby. I really did NOT like that, and felt it was totally unnecessary. The book was done, I didn't even want to listen to it. It actually pissed me off. So, it's a good book, but I HATE how it ended.

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wow I am shattered

All I can say is wow great story I had the 3 of the most roller-coaster days with these books. never finished books so fast before

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Wow!!!

When I think dark fantasy I think Liv Zander! Between this duet and the King of Rot just WOW! Story, spice and everything not so nice in all the right and wrong ways! Listen and read these books immediately you will be doing yourself a favor.!

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WOW!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed this little series. Not dragged out with 6 books. Overall good story.. I could not really get behind paying 25 for a book but, again I bought the second book & read/listened both with in 4/5 days. Also the main male characters voice???..
idk If you want to get into something new to keep you going for a few days check it out. I agree with other comments will most definitely keep an eye on this Author.
thankx.

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Dark and twisted and ohh so good!

Absolutely loved the second half of the Court of Ravens Duet. This book is perhaps a bit darker than the first but is equally as entralling. Spice was 👌🏻 and you really feel invested in these characters and their relationship. Overall highly recommend. Liv Zander is now a one click author for me. Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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This might as well be in amusement park

The roller coaster of emotions I got with this book made my life feel mundane now that it’s done. I cried I laughed. I yelled in anger. There’s lots of times I had to stop because there’s a cyclone of emotions and I didn’t know how to express them. This book was like a drug to me. I would stop it to do what I need to do but the whole entire time I was not listening to it I needed more. I need to know what happened next. Please tell me that there’s gonna be a third one

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beautiful story

beautiful story about love, loss and healing. Both books were amazing and had so many different emotions. amazing reads

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Trigger ‼️ warning

Just like the first, there is much r&pe throughout this book. A strong trigger warning should be stated at the beginning. There is a lot of character development of the MMCs, basically saying he was sort of possessed when he did all the terrible things to the FMC in book one so that helps some I guess… You definitely don’t feel uplifted at the end of the story… wrung out emotionally so there was some good writing in there. But oy, so much darkness.

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It was Therapy for ME

Oh how I wish this was longer. What a beautifully dark novel. It has all the emotions. I hope there is more in the future. I am loving this author. Please write more...

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New Favorite Series!

Dark,cruel, heart-wrenching, exciting and super freakin HOT. The narration was top notch. The story had a good pace and a lot of clear character growth. The sex scenes are deliciously depraved and yummy, but don't give the book a smut feel. It's hard for me to decide if I liked this one more than the first book. The First book had that great tensions and angst but this book really dug into the whole story. There are some sad bits but they add to the plot ( not just tragic for tragedy's sake). Overall I was very satisfied with the ending. I will be replaying this sometime soon ( both books start to finish) just to hear this awesome story again. It was that good. This author is officially a new favorite and I will be buying any new books she comes out with asap!

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