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House of Curses by KA Linde Narrator: Amy McFadden
Series: Royal Houses #3
Published by Tantor Audio on October 25, 2022
Genres: Fantasy Romance, Young Adult
Length: 12 hours, 42 minutes
Format: Audiobook
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Against all odds, Kerrigan Argon passed her dragon training. She’s now an official member of the Society. Everything should be well. But somehow, nothing is.
Her dark prince, Fordham Ollivier, has disappeared in hopes to break his curse.
An unwanted wedding looms in her future.
And the council election draws ever nearer. An election that she’s been unceremoniously nominated for.
If all of that wasn’t enough, the Red Masks, an anti-half Fae, anti-human terrorist organization, are gaining ground. All because they have a spy inside the mountain, inside the Society itself.
Someone is leading these monsters. And Kerrigan is determined to stop them at all costs.
In the Royal Houses series, Kerrigan is a half fae who takes up the cause of the half fae and humans who are degraded and sometimes enslaved by the fae. She managed to win the tournament and get her own dragon, and become a member of the Society. The Society is sort of a law enforcement agency of fae on dragons, to protect the different Houses and their lands.
I’ve loved all the world building and Kerrigan’s learning about dragons and her magic. Kerrigan has fallen in love with Fordham but she is betrothed to Ashby who she hates. Ford has left to try to break his curse. Kerrigan has recently reconciled with her father. As she approaches her name day, 18th birthday, two new big things happen which are spoilers. She leaves abruptly after the name day to save Ford because she sees his death in a vision.
She and Ford then continue together to try to break his curse. They also need to fight the Red Masks and identify the Father. They know something big is happening on council election day. In each book so far, there’s been some back and forth with a big battle of action near the end. House of Curses ends in a big blow up with Kerrigan and Ford together but in dire straits.
I guessed a bit of this and even who the Father, head of the Red Masks is. It’s very Empire Strikes Back here and some things go poorly for our heroes. I have high hopes for them next year in House of Gods. The series really needs to be read in order.
Narration:
I was glad to have the same narrator continue with the series. I enjoyed the performance and rather different voices for males and females. We get Kerrigan’s point of view and she became Kerrigan for me. Kerrigan’s voice does sound a bit whiny at times. I was able to listen at my usual 1.5x speed.
Listen to a clip: HERE
About KA Linde
K.A. Linde is the USA Today bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching Supernatural, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.
She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.
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I am glad this was hit. I hope to start listening to it over the weekend.
I do really enjoy this series for the most part. I really like the dragons and magic. Kerrigan and others don’t always do the smart or careful things. But I’m ready for the next one now.
I think this author has written a lot of different genres. Sounds like you need the next book asap!
yes I’m ready for the next book. It’s not a cliff hanger but sort of. I’d call this fantasy romance.
Glad to see you are continuing to enjoy this series Anne.
Thanks Kimberly. It almost touches YA but moves more towards new adult. But I love the dragons, the magic and the romance.
Nice to know the series need to be read in order. I hope you can get your hands on the next one soon!
Thanks Wendy. It’s likely to be a year which I can understand.
I read the translation for the French publisher before publishing and I finished book 2. I confess that I’m really curious to read this one too now! Plus I thought it would be a trilogy so it’s nice to see we will have more
yes I’m a little shocked it’s continuing. I am enjoying it though and am happy to read more.
Glad to see you’re really enjoying this series, Anne💜
Thank you Jonetta. It’s a bit on the edge of YA but since it approaches new adult I’m doing well with it.
I love the sound of this one. I’m just not sure I want to start another series right now. I love that cover though.
I’m enjoying it. All the covers are nice. And there are dragons!
I have read several of her books and enjoyed them so I am definitely interested in this series. Great review!
Thank you Carole. I really like the dragons and the magic.
Predictable isn’t always bad.
No it’s not bad. I only mentioned because I almost never guess / know how the plot will go.