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The Hurricane Wars
- The Hurricane Wars, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jeanne Syquia
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
THE EPIC ENEMIES-TO LOVERS FANTASY THAT WILL TAKE THE WORLD BY STORM
All Talasyn has ever known are the Hurricane Wars. An orphan of the struggle, she uses the power of light to fight for her people against the Night Empire.
All Alaric has ever known is darkness. The son of the Night Emperor and their deadliest weapon, he wields terrifying shadow magic to crush the rebellion.
Then he sees Talasyn, his sworn enemy burning bright across the battlefield. The moment they clash their lives are changed forever.
Now a greater threat is rising and only they can stop it.
The coming storm threatens to destroy everything. If they don’t destroy each other first . . .
Critic reviews
‘Ambitious in the scope and cinematic in execution, The Hurricane Wars is a high-octane, high-stakes epic with an irresistible love story at its core. I have no doubt that this confident, vivid debut will capture the imaginations of fantasy readers as it did mine.’ Isabel Cañas, author of THE HACIENDA
‘Lethally sharp in both its cunning political intrigue and exquisite prose, The Hurricane Wars is a strategic marvel that holds your heart in a death grip. Romantic fantasy at its very best.’ Kylie Lee Baker, author of THE KEEPER OF THE NIGHT
‘A masterpiece of worldbuilding. Thea Guanzon forges a rich, fantastical realm with poignant and immersive prose and a spectacularly unique magic system. All hail the World Mother of Lir.’ Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of IRON WIDOW
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- Erika Lindgren
- 04-04-24
Loved it
Loved it and didn’t want it to end. Great reylo vibes but not too obvious and I love thoose kind of stories. Can’t wait to read the next one
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- "mourning_after_"
- 12-02-24
So enjoyable!! Can't wait for the sequel!
Loved this. Didn't want it to end.
Reylo vibes. Slow burn enemies to lovers. Dual POV. Stream of consciousness elements - I know that's not everyone's cup of tea but I enjoyed it. Loved the tension and the banter.
The narration was also so good! I will be looking out for this voice actress again!
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- Leah-Ann Thompson
- 07-02-24
good book
i have to start by admitting i struggled just abit when starting this book to get in to it. but once i was in to it i loved it. i loved hearing how thing changed between the two of them. enermies to lovers people using them for their own gain. he falls first. it's dark ahainst light. lost children the beingfpund/returning.
i can try and give this wood words to describe it but sometime there just isnt any. find out and dive in to this incrediable world of magic.
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- Dorothy
- 12-03-24
Something a bit different
I nearly stopped listening to this book after the first few chapters. It took a while to get into the world and the characters but it suddenly all fell into place. The story line is captivating with an unusual magic/power system. The world building reminds me of Shaddow and Bone with characters waring over a split in their world. I found myself disappointed when it ended and now I have to wait to see what happens next.
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- Hannah West
- 16-10-23
A compelling EtL romance set in a beautifully rich world!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Thea Guanzon has built a rich and complex world for her characters to inhabit and catapults the reader headfirst into its midst, with the help of Jeanne Syquia’s narration.
The plot is ripe with the politicking, treachery, and towering stakes I’d expect in a book titled The Hurricane Wars, but the characters are also given plenty of room to hope, grow, and flourish as the story unfolds. There are moments of stillness and levity alongside the action, and the slow burn romance between two enemies on opposing sides of a decade-long war is both beautifully tense and delicious in its inevitability.
I simply cannot wait for the next book in this series and to dive headlong back into Thea’s South East Asian-inspired world. 5 stars!
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- Zoe Towers
- 20-12-23
Another good performance let down by poor story
I was so excited to start this book. Hoping it would be an instant favourite. I really enjoyed the first part of the story and the war. The airships intrigued me and I was interested to follow a story of a soldier instead of an all powerful general...but then the second half of the book fell into the same old same I've read a thousand times. It lacked anything really original for me and I found the plot too slow and boring. Performance was good and I did enjoy the setting. Overall, another meh for me.
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- Victoria Currie
- 22-10-23
Clichéd and poorly paced
The entire first half of this book, the author couldn’t seem to decide what kind of plot to sew her shoe-horned enemies to lovers romance into, at first picking up a war story, then dumping it, then picking up a Secret Royalty story and not doing much with it, then finally settling on an arranged marriage plot. Absolutely nothing happens after this. This book is a barrage of cliche after cliche with little depth or uniqueness to anything except the worldbuilding. The worldbuilding was a sparkling gem in this story, but that alone is not enough to carry a whole book.
If you love enemies to lovers and all the tropes that comes with it and are happy to read purely for vibes and nothing else, this might be for you. I’d recommend the physical book though, because the narrator was wooden, putting emphasis in strange places or, more often, not emphasising or altering her inflection at all.
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