Shield of Sparrows

By: Devney Perry

Narrated by: Samantha Brentmoor, Jason Clarke

Now in development as a feature film with Amazon MGM Studios, with John Wick screenwriter Derek Kolstad attached to write the script!

Shield of Sparrows is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros—where enemies become lovers, monsters stalk a cursed realm, and a forgotten princess finds the strength to tear off her crown and become the warrior she was never meant to be.

The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel.

I’ve spent my life kneeling—to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king.

I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.

But that changed the fateful day I stepped into my father’s throne room. The day a legendary monster hunter sailed to our shores. The day a prince ruined my life.

Now I’m crossing treacherous lands beside a warrior who despises me as much as I despise him—bound to a future I didn’t choose and a husband I barely know.

Everyone wants me to be something I’m not—a queen, a spy, a sacrifice.

But what if I refused the role chosen for me? What if I made my own rules? What if there’s power in being underestimated?

And what if—for the first time—I reached for it?

Contains mature themes.

©2025 Devney Perry (P)2025 Tantor Media

Well. What the actual what was that ending?!

This book is insane. It’s so good!! On your toes the whole time and let me tell you. No. You have not figured it out. At not point while reading have you figured it out.

On the edge of my seat, heart in my hands

Following this heroine, I do not feel swept into improbable tropes but rather plopped into the real life of an ordinary girl. As she is unwillingly thrown across the borders between people and lands, magic and mystery, stories and truths; I feel the anger bafflement, and yearning of a young woman aching to be seen and to be valued - truly chosen and beloved, for the first time. And I viscerally experience the pressure and angst of her own search for the answers that have been kept just outside her reach.
This is a story of becoming, within the rich, relational landscape of a people bound together in their fight to survive their unimaginably harsh world. As natural and unnatural dangers find them, pained histories play out, and underlying mysteries start to unfold, I am left on the edge of my seat, heart in my hands.

One of the best books I’ve read!

Im speechless! This book was so amazing! I went in blind and damn did it grab my attention from the start! The twists and turns, the mystery, the longing, the monsters, the ending, ugh I can’t believe I have to wait for the next book. I hope it comes fast-I need to find out what happens. And Samantha Brentmoor was phenomenal, amazing, spectacular as always. I can’t imagine anyone else narrating this book! Her male voice, and little kid voice are so spot on, I can’t write enough about how amazing she is at narrations, my absolute favorite! ❤️and Jason Clarke at the end was such a tease! CANNOT WAIT FOR BOOK 2!

Kept my attention...

I'll admit, I was disappointed that Jason Clarke had a very small part of this book, but the story was great and Samantha was great to listen to. Can't wait for the next book!

WOW 🤯

This is an amazing read. This is definitely something to get into. Can’t wait for the next book book.

story was very good/the characters were the best

I wished it was longer. it had a very good story. can't wait for the next book to come out in the series

Slow burn but the best slow burn

devneyperry please go ahead and take all my money!
Any book you write it is an auto buy for me!
Shield of Sparrows was no different and can you really blame me with how pretty it is?
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So here is what I thought… go into this know this is a slow burn but you need all the given information. Once you get that and the last like 40% of the book flys by.
The world building and character building are super necessary for this story. I felt like this is kinda a coming of age story for the FMC. She figures out her worth in the world and how strong she truly is through out the book and the MMC definitely has a hand in this. I listened to the audiobook and thought the narration was fantastic. ms_brentmoor did such an amazing job and jasonclarkereads can do no wrong in my eyes.
I not just want but now need the 2nd book in the series like I need water daily!
I truly enjoyed this book.

Probably the second best book I’ve read so far in 2025

Probably the second best book I’ve read so far in 2025. The audio performance was 10/10

Fantastic story

Loved this book! Only complaint is the male voice was quieter than the female characters and made it hard to listen sometimes

Fantastic!

This was such a great book and the narrator did a fantastic job! One of my new favorite books!

My only wish was it was a duet narration. Jason Clarke’s voice is SOOOO perfect for The Guardian, completely proven in the final chapter, and it would have been even better to hear that throughout the whole book. But Samantha Brentmoor did such a great job!