Onyx & Ivory

By: Mindee Arnett

Narrated by: Khristine Hvam

Acclaimed author Mindee Arnett thrusts listeners into a beautiful, dangerous, and magical world in this stunningly epic and romantic fantasy for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah Raasch.

They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king of Rime.

Cast out of the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. Only the most skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls, the drakes - deadly flightless dragons - come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals.

And it’s this magic that leads her to a caravan massacred by drakes in broad daylight - the only survivor Corwin Tormaine, the son of the king. Her first love, the boy she swore to forget after he condemned her father to death.

With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin must put the past behind them to face this new threat and an even darker menace stirring in the kingdom.

©2018 Mindee Arnett (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"At once fresh, at once classic, Onyx and Ivory is a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance." (Susan Dennard, New York Times best-selling author of Truthwitch)

revolvers and magic

it was slow at start. but caught up in the end. I found it hard though to relate to the person's in the book. the audiobook narrator was good with a pleasent voice

I Want Another

This was a riveting story, fast paced and fun. The characters were interesting, if a bit annoying. Over all, I enjoyed it.

Very good

I honestly fell in love with this book more than I thought I would, which anyone around me could tell, since I was listening to it during almost any waking moment I had in the two days it took me to finish. I liked the fast pace of it and all the characters were well developed and I liked them too, and I'm excited to see their growth continue throughout the series.

Thunderstruck!

Absolutely breathtaking! Lovely plot twists, awesome fight scenes, charming romance, gut wrenching disaster, and dragons! What’s not to love!

Great story

Strong heroine. Great characters and plot was original. I will be getting the sequel to this book. Pace was good and like the duel point of views.

hidden gem

A must read. This is a hidden gem. The book deserves more hype than what it's getting.

worth reading once. I enjoyed the fantasy

I enjoyed the overall story, but I struggled to feel the connection between the main characters. I would have liked to hear more from Kate about how she felt towards Corwin. I get that it was a mystery to him why the reader?

Enjoyed it.

The premise of the story is good. The world building enjoyable. You really do get to relate to the FMC in the beginning. But at some point there’s a disconnect.

I think for me it was this perfunctory romance between FMC and MMC. It just felt forced and no chemistry. It was like it was a requirement to have some kind of romance between FMC and MMC and hence a childhood friendship backstory and after reuniting “must have romance” but chemistry is dead-situation.

In fact, there’s more chemistry between FMC and Bonner.

Anyway, it was a good story and enjoyable but frustrating at times with Corwin’s POV because he suddenly doesn’t know how to stand up for himself against his brother. Yeah his brother is obtuse and filled with hate but speak up! It’s eye roll inducing, there’s absolutely no growth to that. Not even at the end. So there’s a lot of room for character growth.

I’m hoping to see that with the next book

amazing story

beautiful work

I have never listened to any of her work before but! its amazing. The plot is great and less focused on the love tension. cool magic system and world building. a must have on any TBR.

I think in my opinion this is more of a adult book in YA fantasy 15+ At least. it deals with some bigger and more adult subjects, with some suggestive confrontations between characters.

but 10 out of 10

Good listen

The book is well written and interesting. It always keeps me on the edge, the narrator does a good job too.