Trial of the Sun Queen

Artefacts of Ouranos, Book 1

By: Nisha J Tuli

Narrated by: Corvin King, Soneela Nankani

Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

The Bachelor meets The Hunger Games. Ten women. A deadly contest. Only one can win the Sun King's heart.

Lor has endured twelve long years of torment under the Aurora King's rule. Her only desire is to get free and pay him back for every moment of misery she's endured.

When a surprise release finds her in the hands of the Sun King, Lor is thrust into the spotlight as she competes against nine other tributes for the role of queen. If she wins his heart, she'll earn her freedom and finally get her revenge.

But Lor doesn't belong in the Sun Queen trials. Not only does she not understand why she was freed, she isn't a citizen of the Sun King's court. The other tributes resent her presence and will stop at nothing to ensure Lor is wiped off the gameboard—permanently.

Now Lor must win because if she loses, she dies. Or worse, she'll be sent back into the hands of the Aurora King.

This glittering fae romance is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer Armentrout, and Raven Kennedy. Trial of the Sun Queen is the first book in the Artefacts of Ouranos series with an eventual happy ever after.

©2022 Nisha J. Tuli (P)2023 Podium Audio

Okay story, poor narration.

I see the reference to a trial/game story. Reviews I read prior said it’s less like hunger games and more like goblet of fire — this of which I agree. It resembles the first ToG where they are looking for the Kings Champion. It’s overall a decent story, kind of cliche in parts but I don’t mind. The spice level is low, however it does have scenes for a book spice beginner. The narrator, while tolerable, makes the fmc so whiney and almost made me hate her. This is another issue brought up in a lot of reviews I read before getting this book. I sampled the narration just to be sure I could tolerate it. All in all, it was decent/okay. Not the worst, not my favorite. Good enough for me to be okay with starting the next book.

I loved this!!

Absolutely loved listening to this story. I’m way too excited to start the second one!!!

Great Storyline, Missing Something...

I love the storyline and all the twist and turns throughout the entire story. The characters were well thought out and the writing was really nice. My only issue is the male voice actor. He did a great job for the all the characters he voiced besides his main one. It really shocked me out of wanting to listen. But his acting for the other characters was great. I wish it would have been more of that throughout his parts.

OMG!! 😱 BRAVO!!!!👏 STANDING OVATION!!

I want to say thank you to the Author!! It’s been awhile since I FINALLY found a GOOD book! I’v been looking for a good read. Bad book after bad book and FINALLY! This book had me hooked since the very beginning! I don’t think there was ever a dull moment. There are some books that ramble on for a bit in the middle before it gets interesting but this book was captivating from beginning to end! The hot and spicy was just the perfect amount of spice! AND I had an inkling towards where this book was heading BUT it wasn’t until the end!! And that Never happens to me I usually guess right away!! I definitely, definitely recommend this book!!! I do have a side note.

On the male voice. His voice is nice but there are parts where he sounds a bit monotone. Maybe I’ll hear a bit more depths to his voice on the next book. And the female narrator voice throws me off a bit. It can come of as whiny at times. And like she lingers on with some syllables not giving the lead character the depths that she deserves.

But all in all I loved it and yes this book is giving me hunger games/ divergent. It’s a must read. I was doubtful in the beginning to read because I was reading the reviews and the reviews had put me off from reading but now I regret not having read it sooner. I had to read so many bad books till FINALLY! I found this gem 💎

Now I’m on to book 2 biting my nails in anticipation!!

World building

This was a great book, I loved the storyline and the characters. The one thing I kept question though was what kind of world they lived it. One minute it’s about kings and queens in castles, and the next they are eating pancakes and doing things that would be in a more modern world. It was hard to in-vision the kind of world they were in because of it. Besides that I thought it was a great book. And I’ll be reading the rest of the series!

story is good. narration is terrible

the book is lovely and fun, and I will read the next ones. but the narration was bad. the woman sounds like she is a spoiled child and the male voice sounds like he is constantly out of breath. very bad. but story is finfin.

Male reader is too monotone.

Male is too monotone. No emotion in his storytelling. It was hard to follow him because he was so boring…

Not ground breaking, but good.

I finished in two days. The story isn't groundbreaking. It's like a mashup of the hunger games and ACOTAR. It's good but predictable. I like the female narrator. The male narrator is overly breathy, and he trails off at the end of his sentences, almost mumbling the last word. It's not terrible, but I hope he stops doing that in the next book where he's going to have more parts. Overall, it's entertaining. The dialogue is cringy in her first meeting of the prince, but otherwise fine.

ACOTAR and The Bachelor had a Love Child

Very good and interesting take from the get go. Immediately enraptured. The trials were well thought out, as were the characters. The only comment I can give is I was confused by the Aurora Prince’s storyline. I didn’t understand why we had him as a main POV until he was meant to go to the ball. Like I KNEW how he was important, and then things started clicking into place after that. Overall though, a very good and exciting read! Can’t wait to crack open the next installment :)

Was okay

Starts off very slow but picks up and becomes interesting. Would suggest listening at 1.2x speed to make the narrator more bearable.