House of Guardians: Sons of the Olympian Gods

Ambrosia Trilogy Series, Book 1

De: Beatrice Sand

Narrado por: Cassandra Myles, Aaron Shedlock

When 17-year-old Laurel Harper decides to go live with her estranged father and step-family, she's unaware of the fact that her fate was already sealed the day she was born. She is now exactly where some higher power wants her to be. But it's not until she meets the proud and mysterious Sam Laurens that she feels something strange is going on.

Why does he keep interfering in her life? Then Laurel finds out about Sam's ominous ancestry and a whole different fear arises. Fear of who Sam really is. Fear of her own feelings. And when she learns the dark truth about her own future, a sinister secret that will change everything as soon as she turns 19, she wants to run and hide, but soon realizes that there is no hiding from fate.

Sam may be the only one who can help her escape her destiny, but then she has to start trusting him again, and time is of the essence because he has his own fate to deal with. Still, Sam is determined to stop Laurel from meeting her doom, even if that means he has to make a drastic move that will separate them for good.

Contains mature themes.

©2016 Sand Publishing (P)2018 Tantor

They made her too immature

Love the storyline, enjoyed the narrations, but I have never met an 18 year old that acts like a 10 year old! She had too much information given to her to still act so childish and naive. It took away from the story. Hopefully this changes in the next book.

Started so well….

The last 2 hours of this book are excruciating. The MC just goes back and forth over and over and over again. She becomes this super whiney, wishy-washy, rag-doll of anxiety. And for no purpose I can decipher except to make the book longer. We get it. They are doomed lovers. Instead of rooting for them, at this point, the author has convinced me that they should never be together. MC doesn’t deserve what she is being offered.
It’s very sad because the rest of the story is really good. I’m going to start the next book, but not sure how far I’ll get.

What did I just listen to???

So, let me say that it took 20 chapters to even SLIGHTLY get me interested. It started off as a knock off of Twilight and ended in complete misery.

I only finished this book because I paid for it. But book 2 is totally off the table and book 3 isn't no where in my near future. This book was a waste of my time, money, and energy.

OMG what a rush

I myself usually don't do a review but this book had captured my mind at 100% had to force myself to stop it to go to bed. but after finishing the book which does leave on a cliffhanger, but OMG it was great, I have listened to over hundreds of books and I have liked a lot, but by buy far this is my favorite of all. the narrator of this book it's not the best one but she's good. and I have never listen to this author but she has become now one of my favorites can't wait till the next book.

I can't get enough of this story!

I've read this 3 book series twice. I love Sampson and Laurel. Sand takes you on an emotional roller coaster. she creates a lot of depth in the characters and the overall story. This is a must read! The audio version really brings the story to life. each chapter is told from either the point of view of Sampson or Laurel. I really liked that there was a woman narrating Laurel"schapters and a man narrating Sampson's chapters.

A book for teenagers

I struggled to finish this book, and gave up at chapter 31. The interactions between the 2 main characters seemed very repetitive...I got bored of hearing it over and over again. I think this book would be good for teenagers, not so much for adults.

good

ok is not a masterpiece but the plot is very very. captivating. a bit stalling but i for one i loved cleaning my house listening to this.

Too YA for me!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️
Steam: 🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍
Character development: 😊😘😟🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Laurel - she is a seventeen-year-old transplant from the Netherlands to Canada after moving in with her dad and his family. Her stepsister is a popular girl at school and Laurel is a bit introverted and somewhat invisible to the rest of the student body. She works at her dad’s restaurant and volunteers for fun. She is saving up for a car and rides a granny bike around town.

The Hero: Sam - he is a blond, handsome demigod and is in a band. His mom owns a shop in town and wants to make sure he commits to what he is supposed to do with his life. Though Sam and his friends generally do what they want.

The Story: Laurel and Sam go on a few dates and both times Sam suddenly leaves without giving Laurel any idea what happened of where he has to go. Laurel hears from her sister that Sam’s friends have done the same thing to some of the girls they have taken on dates. However, Laurel can’t seem to get her mind off of Sam. When he asks her out again, it seems he is more trying to keep her away from another guy than actually wanting to spend time with her. She can’t figure out what he wants from her.

Sam gives huge mixed signals to Laurel. He keeps showing up, helping her and taking her places then he tells her they have to stop and can’t see each other anymore. The back and forth between them lasts far too long. He must do that at least half a dozen times or more. Laurel is far too interested in Sam and when she should write him off, she instead falls for it every time when he seems to want to be with her.

I love the trope of a normal girl in a paranormal world. However, this one had too many shades of Twilight. That part where Bella says that Edward is a vampire, and she is unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him was said by Laural nearly exactly as Bella said it.

This audiobook was done mostly in Laurel’s point of view via dual narration. It was narrated by Cassandra Miles and Aaron Shedlock. Most of the chapters were narrated by Cassandra Miles and I am not too fond of her voice. She sounds like she is about thirteen years old. Aaron Shedlock has a great voice, deep and soft. He does a terrific job, though like I said, most of the book is done in Laurel’s point of view.

Disappointing Drawnout and Frustrating

The female reader has a somewhat whiny voice. The character is a girl who fails for a powerful male who treats her hot and cold the entire book. He protects her but always at a cost of coldness towards her.

It is crap like this if a young adult is looking for an escape or maybe guidance into adulthood look elsewhere.

I wanted to like this and I wanted to like the characters better. Yet zero for both.

Couldn't finish

I tried to make it through, but I just couldn't. The dialogue is SO bad. The cringe was so strong that I was almost in pain. Maybe the story gets better, but it seemed like an awkward, poorly written Twilight plot. I really don't understand how this was able to get published. . .