Frost and Fate

Chosen Shifter Mates, Book 1

By: Violet Taylor

Narrated by: Stella Hunter, Ryan West

After a horrific attack reveals her immense magical abilities, Nova Studer is thrown into a new world of lycan shifters and unknown dangers. When the wolf pack assigns a well-muscled and hotter-than-sin lycan to keep her close, it awakens more than just her growing supernatural powers. Can she learn to control her gifts before the Collectors find a way to take her away? Is her broody, lycan protector more than just a crush?

Darren’s life is turned upside down the moment an ice-wielding Celestial is thrown into his path. After his Alpha asks Darren to keep an eye on her, he’s forced to choose between obeying his leader or giving into his animal’s inner call. His wolf recognizes her as something special right away. Is it possible this silver-haired stranger is his Fated Mate? The Collectors are after Nova, and Darren will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

©2022 Taylor Tippins (P)2023 Taylor Tippins

new author and 2 great narrators!

🅰🆄🅳🅸🅾🅱🅾🅾🅺 🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆

Give me a PNR and a great storyline, and I'll fall right into that world. I love finding new authors as well, especially when they pair 2 of my favorite narrators, Ryan West and Stella Hunter.

The story focuses on Nola, who realizes she has powers as a Celestial after being attacked. She's saved by a wolf shifter, Darren, and his lycan pack. There are so many secondary characters to love and I hope they all get a story!

I really enjoyed the overall story and wishing next book I get a bit more backstory of the pack and its members!!

Shifter suspense

Full of action and suspense. Shifters are a favorite of mine. Add in a uniquely gifted fated mate and I'm a very happy reader. I loved the storyline and finished the book in one afternoon/evening. The narration was excellent. Both narrators are new to me, but I'll definitely look for more of their work.

While it doesn't end on a huge cliffhanger, it's very obvious that this book is part of a series. I'm all for a good series so that's right up my alley. I can't wait to dive into the rest of the series!!

Great World Building

Ryan & Stella knocked it out of the park with their performances! This was a great PNR storyline that hooked me from the beginning. The characters are well-developed and the plot flows easily. I will definitely be checking out the rest of the series.

A PNR delight!

Violet Taylor's Frost and Fate takes readers to an enthralling world of romance, magic, and adventure. The experience is enhanced by the duet narration by Stella Hunter and Ryan West, who each lend a distinct voice to the characters and the narrative.

In Frost and Fate, the world-building is quite well done. Rich vistas and dense lore crafted by Taylor create an immersive and bright world that captivates you from the first chapter on. You're kept on the edge of your seat with the exciting action scenes and high stakes.

The characters in the love story skillfully manage their emotions amidst chaos, striking a balance between passion and tension. The relationship between the protagonists is masterfully portrayed by Hunter and West, giving their journey a genuine and poignant sense.

Frost and Fate is a fascinating fusion of romance, adventure, and skillfully done world-building. For lovers of fantasy, the audiobook format is unbeatable, especially with Hunter and West's powerful performances. I am looking forward to rest of the books in this series!

Well Done

This is an excellently written, interesting turn of mythology in the shifter genre. I really enjoyed the narration, but the story was so very good. Well-paced and intriguing; it flowed well and kept me interested almost instantly. I am looking forward to reading the whole series.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Quick Listen

This audiobook was an easy and quick listen with lots of characters and great voice changes from the narrators. I personally wanted a little bit more at times from the story, but I still enjoyed it as a whole and want to finish the series.

I am excited for the rest of the series to go audio!

I Enjoyed It

I really enjoyed this book. Good world building. I was interested in the Celestials, and Nova held my attention after having just discovered her powers, as well as the danger she is in. I also liked Darren. The two of them had such great chemistry. The story was fast-paced and had action, danger, and suspense.

This audiobook was dual narrated by Stella Hunter and Ryan West. Both are new to me narrators and I thought they did a good job bringing their respective characters to life. I especially liked Ryan's voices of the evil characters. He did them so well. I also liked that Stella narrated all the female voices and Ryan the male regardless of which character's chapter it was- which I've only rarely encountered in dual narration.

This is my first book by this author and I would read/listen to more.

Overall: 4 stars
Performance: 4 stars
Story: 4 stars

🐺🧙‍♀️❄️ Wolves, Witches & Snow Oh My!

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 

Heat Rating: 🔥🔥🔥

Narrator Performance: Female: 🎧🎧🎧🎧 Male: 🎧🎧🎧🎧.5 



I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Violet Taylor is both a new to me author and a new author in general. Hopefully she’ll continue to write for years to come so I can keep enjoying her work.



There were some great things about FROST AND FATE that I really liked and just few things that didn’t do it for me. 



Great Things: 

- The story was unique. I appreciated the variety of powers exhibited by the various characters. 
- Likable main characters. I preferred Nova over Darren. 

- Likable secondary characters making you want to continue with the series. I’m looking forward to Aria’s story.

- Lots of action.

- Frustrating slow burn combined with fated mates spiciness. 

- Nova shutting down Darren with a quickness when he tried to tell her what to do.



Things that didn’t do it for me:

- Although the attraction between the MCs was easily felt I didn’t buy the love feelings between them.

- The sorta love triangle subplot. It was unnecessary and wasn’t dealt with in the way I wanted. When Darren finally says “She’s mine” IMO he should have also said “I should’ve told you from the start.” or something like that. 



About the narration: 

Stella Hunter and Ryan West brought this story to life with their wonderful duet narration. I especially enjoyed West’s use of accents with certain characters. Something that I would have liked to hear more of from both of the narrators is more variation between the characters with the American accents.



* Review copy provided for voluntary review.

Engaging shifting romance

The heart knows what it wants. Fate demands the heart take what is meant to be given.

Spicy and Mystical

When I tell you this audiobook had me In a chokehold... I could not out it down I was working and listening!! The love between Nova and Daron ugggghhhh amazing and the suspense between everything!!! Can't wait to listen to the second book!!! And can't wait to know more about Larck!