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A Light Amongst Shadows
- Dark Is the Night Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Kale Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
James Spencer is hardly the typical troubled youth who ends up at Whisperwood School for Boys. Instead of hating the strict schedules and tight oversight by staff, James blossoms, quickly making friends, indulging in his love of writing, and contemplating the merits of sneaking love poems to the elusive and aloof William Esher.
The rumors about William's sexuality and opium reliance are prime gossip material amongst the third years . . . rumors that only further pique James' curiosity to uncover what William is really like beneath all that emotional armor. And, when the normally collected William stumbles in one night, shaken and ranting of ghosts, James is the only one who believes him.
James himself has heard the nails dragging down his bedroom door and the sobs echoing in the halls at night. He knows others have, too, even if no one will admit it. The staff refuses to entertain such ridiculous tales, and punishment awaits anyone who brings it up.
Their fervent denial and the disappearance of students only furthers James' determination to find out what secrets Whisperwood is hiding . . . especially if it prevents William and himself from becoming the next victims.
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- Mrs. E. J. Curtis
- 31-05-22
Enjoyable Story
A well written story with and interesting concept. The characters are likeable and the narration is very good.
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- Torric
- 19-06-20
Dark and fun
I enjoyed this a lot, even though it was a lot darker than I expected. The narrator does his best with the English accent but is wide of the mark most of the time, He's a bit Dick Van Dyke in 'Mirry Pawpins', but unless you are British yourself you shouldn't spot it too much and it does not detract from the story. If you enjoy a bit of terror, this should suit you. No 'padding' with sex scenes because there aren't any, so it is a proper story from start to end.
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- Mary
- 28-08-23
Great book. Super narrator
This is the first time I've heard Kale Williams do an RP British accent and I must say, that I'm suitably impressed. Very few of the usual American MM romance narrators can cut it when it comes to accurate British accents, although a few delude themselves that they can!The narration was super, flowed well, and gave life to a spooky YA story with a little romance. These are new to me authors and I really enjoyed the book. The only disappointment is that I'm not a fan of the narrator who is doing book 2 so I won't be continuing with the series in audio.
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- Will
- 01-03-21
literally couldn't put it down.
Just what I wanted, a sweet romance that doesn't remove any focus from a chilling ghost story. Decided to just listen to an hour of it during my day and instead had to sit around and listen to the whole thing all at once as it was gripping, enticing and heart wrenching. The narration was also perfect and am disappointed he won't narrating the next story, but still going to go and buy the next book right away!
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