Kingdom of Shadows and Wings

De: Nina Frost

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A world of magic, desire, and intrigue awaits at Flighthaven, where a young woman defies the odds to find her true calling.

Nineteen-year-old Lark Axton has lived her entire life sequestered behind the castle's walls, overshadowed by her overprotective mother. Now, the king has ordered Lark to assume her missing sister’s role as a warrior in training at Aclaris’s flight academy, where the kingdom's sons and daughters train to battle their winged enemies and control dragons.

There’s just one problem. Lark is terrified of flying.

Forced to the deadly training grounds of Flighthaven, Lark must survive the danger that stalks the academy if she wants to uncover the truth behind her sister’s disappearance and survive the upcoming treacherous trial. Unfortunately, her sinfully irresistible, arrogant and downright irritating flight instructor is determined to make her life hell.

But enemies lurk within the academy, and no one is who they seem, including Lark herself. As the trial begins, the same explosive secrets that tore Lark's sister away from Flighthaven now threaten Lark.

With her life hanging in the balance, Lark's ability to unlock the secret magic within her will either save...or kill her.

Kingdom of Shadows and Wings weaves the thrill of dragons, elemental magic, and forbidden romance into an exhilarating fantasy adventure that’s perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and Zodiac Academy.

AI reading these books just destroys the magic of audio book listening

I just couldn’t do it with the AI reading. I DNR- from what I could tell it is a really good book though.

Virtual voice just isn’t the same

You can definitely tell this is a virtual voice. Lacks emotion and depth. But the book itself was good

Need to read it not listen to it

I am going to stop listening to it because the AI voice is just not right... I don't want to ruin my experience with the book

Pro and Cons

The story itself is fairly good, but my biggest dislikes are like other reviews, the AI. The use of AI is just a reminder that there are just things that a human being should do. As a result it lacks luster when listening to the story. My other dislike is the use of profanity. We hear it so much in everything else we watch or read….there were no other words the writer could use to express the feelings; it just doesn’t fit the setting of the story.

Good story, bad narration.

Ai? Really? It would have been such a better listen but the artificial voice missed out on annunciation, pronouncing, and all the -ings. Couldn’t finish it because of this!

AI Voice is awful, story is okay

In the beginning, I was really impressed with the AI narration. As the book went on, it seems like they stopped quality control checking it. Mispronounced words and strange inflections in the voice certainly took away from the story.

I enjoyed the story and characters.

I do not like the robotic voice! It districts from the story and emotions of the characters.

Don’t Use Computer Generated Narration. It makes a great story sound terrible.

The story was good. I enjoyed it. The computer generated narration was terrible. It was difficult to tell when a male or female was speaking because there was no change in the sound of the voice. The computer voice just did not have the cadence, timber, and inflections of a human voice. When it comes to audio books, a good narrator is everything. It makes the story telling of the book exceptional. Please make an investment in your future books by hiring a great narrator. I understand the desire to get your book out on Audible as soon as possible. Please don’t cheapen the quality of your books by hiring poor narrators. I won’t be purchasing any audiobooks that use computer generated narration.

Amazing please use HUMANS to narrate

Overall, I would say the story is good however Amazon’s use of AI is absolutely horrendous and it’s just not good. Amazon, please do the right and decent thing and employee people to actually bring soul to a story.

AI voice detracts from the story

I couldn’t quite place at first what was bothering me about the narration. Words and phrases were being missed and just overall there was no warmth or excitement when reading pretty intense scenes, After listening for a bit I went back to reread the description and see if there was another audio book for this book and realized it was AI. Totally makes sense why it felt so lacking. Do not recommend.