Avalon Tower

Fey Spy Academy, Book 1

De: C.N. Crawford, Alex Rivers

Narrado por: Amanda Leigh Cobb

Avalon Spy Academy rules: spy on the fey, resist falling for your mentor, and try not to die in the process.

I spent five years saving up for a European vacation. But instead of drinking champagne on the beach, I get swept into a war of espionage between the humans and the fey.

It turns out, I have a magic power needed to fight an evil fey king. I'm quickly whisked off to an elite spy academy in a hidden realm. There, in the ancient and gothic halls of Avalon Tower, snobbery and brutal competitions are among the oldest traditions.

As if I didn't have enough trouble, my new mentor is Raphael Launcelot, a maddeningly sexy demi-fey who already ruined my life once. I can't fall for him again. Romance is forbidden here; a distracted spy is a dead spy. So I need to push his dangerous allure out of my mind as we travel into the Fey realm. If we get captured, we’ll die horrific deaths–and humanity won’t stand a chance.

If you liked Frost and City of Thorns, you will love Avalon Tower.

©2024 C.N. Crawford and Alex Rivers (P)2024 C.N. Crawford and Alex Rivers

Highly Recommend

I recommend this book to all my friends who are fantasy romance readers. I'm eager to listen to the second book already.

I love spies!

This was a fun book. It was written in such a humorous way. The narrations were done so well. There were fey and demi-fey. I love that the FMC gets thrusted into a spy academy. It is also an interesting take on the story of Camelot. Im also very interested in the Dream Stalker, and what part they still have to play. It was a slower burn and I am excited to see what this romance brings.

The story was GREAT

I read the book on my kindle while I listened. The narrator missed words, added words, and kept saying magicians instead of Mages and it drove me insane. Was NOT a fan of that.

Good story, iffy on the romance

I love the basis of the book. The Fae have taken control of part of France. Modern tech no longer works. A woman on holiday turns out to be a potentially valuable weapon against the Fae.
The story is well done. There’s a constant flow of plot. The romance though….it would have worked better if they hadn’t tried to write the romance scenes. The scenes feel like the author was uncomfortable or very new at writing them.
I’m definitely in for the rest of the series

Wow!!!

From beginning to end, it was nonstop action! I was literally on the edge of my seat and biting my fingernails at one point. I loved Mia! She's one of those mothering souls, a person who cares for everyone around her without every worrying about herself. It's an admirable trait, but exhausting and not rewarding. She discovers so much about herself and her character development is beautiful! She becomes fierce! And then there's Raphael! Holy hotness!! He's got that alphahole energy and he can totally back it up. Their story is such a delicious slow burn. They fight their chemistry and attraction and you can't help but want them to give in! This story was just so good and I totally got sucked in! There's a huge twist that I never saw coming and now I can't wait for the next book!

Nia & Raphael all the way..

I have to say that the narrator did a good job with the characters although it took me a while to get accustomed to her voice. The story however, pulled me in from the very beginning. I really don't want to give anything away, but this forbidden love romance story left me excited to read the next book especially with the major cliffhanger in the ending with Nia. When it comes to Nia and Raphael, I just can't seem to get enough of them. There are moments when he comes off as a jerk but when you are given the reasons behind his actions, you love him even more. However, this story is about so much more than them and it's one full of characters you will hate to love and love to hate. There's mystery, suspense, action, adventure, grief, magic, steamy scenes, friends, enemies, betrayal, jealousy and so much more. Nia comes face to face with someone thought gone and he reveals a major secret, Raphael is gone, and the battle has just begun. I can't wait to know what happens next.

Phenomenal Narrator

This world and characters is so intriguing! At first, I wasn’t sure about the whole Camelot and Lancelot references, but I’m loving this!
The magic systems are fascinating. And the slow burn is my all time favorite!
I absolutely loved the narrator and different voices!
Cannot wait until book 2!

Omg everything you could want

I absolutely love this book period huge credit to the narrator.She did an amazing job period I love all the voices that she gave to the characters including the accents which I felt were done very well. The story itself was also so engaging that it was hard to not want to listen all day long period I loved the take on Avalon and Camelot. I NEED book 2 so badly.

Spies with King Author feel

World building is interesting, FMC is awesome and MMC is badass. Not as spicy as I’m used to but it is fully entertaining.

This was fun!

I love the mix of fae and the Arthurian tales we’re all so familiar with. It’s an easy read which is why I Love CN Crawford. I feel like she’s always a go to when I can’t pick a book or they all sound too much. This is my version of Cozy fantasy when you still want spice.