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The Rising

By: Kristen Ashley
Narrated by: Liz Thompson,Dina Pearlman,Stella Bloom,Joniece Abbott Pratt,Esther Wane,Gemma Dawson,Robin Miles,Clara Francesca,Lance Greenfield,Jakobi Diem,Ralph Lister,John Hartley,Rupert Channing,Sarah Coomes
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Summary

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton....

The Beast has risen!

Airen is at war. The queen is dead. The coven is incomplete. And things are uncertain under the sea.

Now, the unicorns and mermaids and witches and warriors and the strangers from other lands all must band together to face the Beast and save Triton.

The unions have been realized. Silence and Mars, True and Farah, Cassius and Elena, and Aramus and Ha-Lah are at their fullest powers.

But the gods require sacrifice. The sacrifice of pure love. If it isn’t given, the Beast will prevail, and Triton will fall.

It cannot be escaped; they must use all their might and magic....

The Rising is nigh!

©2019 Kristen Ashley (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

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This is the perfect ending

This is the perfect ending to an amazing series. The stories flow so wonderful throughout the 4 books it is more like 1 massive book was divided into 4 instalments. This series is completely different from what Kristen Ashley normally writes but it was even more wonderful, a master piece. There are a ton of characters, with their own POVs but in this book all intermingled really well to make an epic ending to the series. I cried and I laughed, falling more and more in love with these characters. Can’t wait to read the mystic’s book, fingers crossed we won’t have to wait too many years.
The full cast narration was sublime. Love Aramos, Silence and Casa’s voices in particular but they were all fantastic.

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Absolutely brilliant

My goodness what an amazing story. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed it. I’ve listened to them one after another and I know I will be doing the same before much longer. I’m completely in love with the characters. Kristen Ashley is a bloody genius, how the hell does she do it!! 👸🏼

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Finally a series where the ending is brilliant !

Amazing story line and brilliant characters well worth a listen I have binged listened the series

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Just Brilliant!

All for if the books are just brilliant. They are all very well read, full of drama, love, friendship, beauty and magic and are good for anyone looking to find some hope in the world again.

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Amazing

Wow what an awesome story. I can’t believe everything that happened it’s almost too much to take in! I can’t recommend it highly enough

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 29-02-20

disappointing

I'm used to HEA feom Kristen ashley. And then she goes and kills my favorite character. I feel like I've wasted my time with this series.

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  • V from Kansas
  • 29-02-20

🌻It’s KA, what else needs to be said!🌻

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻V from Kansas🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

I’m always in awe of KA’s talent. She writes wonderfully developed stories about wonderfully developed characters. In addition, her ability to write in so many genres, floors me. I’ve never stumbled across another author who has a gift as special as hers. She really has a beautiful mind with an exceptional gift of imagination.

This series has a lot of characters and it’s not one that you can have only half your focus on. There is a lot of detail and you’ll miss the true magic if you don’t give it your full attention. It is so worth your full attention. There are sex scenes but they’re not overly explicit. There is M/M and M/FM but it isn’t pornographic, in nature. There is also some violence that is descriptive, but it’s not done in poor taste. This is an absolute, must listen, if you love romance and fantasy.

The narration is really quite something. The huge cast of talented narrators is impressive. The one thing that could have made it perfect would have been to have the narrators perform the book like a play, with each narrator performing only their character, instead of each narrator performing the entire chapter based on the chapter’s POV. I can only imagine what a production like that would take to arrange and can imagine that it would be cost prohibitive but, it would have really been something else.

Thank you, KA, for sharing your gift with the world. I will continue to add every one of your releases, to my library, as soon as it released.

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  • Ready2Read
  • 01-03-20

Really Enjoyed This Series

There are some REALLY...uncomfortable parts in the telling of this journey and I believe that was done purposely to illustrate the atrocities in order to invoke feelings of anger, fear, empathy, sympathy, and a need to champion the heroes. I feel THAT is the mark of an exceptional writer; to tell a story that turns its readers topsy-turvy with emotional turmoil and then gifts them with loves that conquer all in the end.

I feel the purpose of this story was to allow us, the readers, to see the barbarities being portrayed against innocents as the ultimate evil not as something she thinks is entertaining or enjoyable but as something that needs to be vanquished...by vengeance, justice, & love.
Which makes ALL of the couples both main and secondary characters and their relationships relevant. Whether you agree or disagree, there are many kinds of love and the author did an amazing job of representing and telling those stories equally and objectively even with the thought of making her readers uncomfortable. I’m glad I was able to see the story as a whole and magnificent journey (both series) of courage, love, upset, defeat and loss, to victory and beyond.
Great job! Thanks!
Looking forward to the next journey!

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  • Dreama1234
  • 28-02-20

I Loved it

Why Teddy??? WHHHYYYY! I am so looking forward to the Mystics. I want everyone from these books to show up. Fray, Apollo, Tor,and the beautiful Laun too. I appreciate the different narrators although sometime they crossed over and it got a little confusing, everybody needs to stay in their appointed lanes. I so wanted Teddy to come back and that whole threesome had a whole lot of chains in the face going on. In the end I was sorry that Teddy's dad didn't man up . I was sad to see it end. I did think damon was gonna go out with a bang, that was a bit anti climactic . Amazing..... the author in this series hit gold from start to end.
It didn't get boring and repetitive like the magic series.

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  • Jackie
  • 13-03-20

Ehh

Ok this was not my favorite KA story; it was ok maybe if it were an actual book, I don't know it fell flat for me. It took me forever to get through it; I'd lose interest and would have to rewind it because with all the moving parts, characters, and accents I surely missed something. It was exhausting it just wasn't for me. It would have been much better if it were 3 different books foe each couple.

And why Tedre/Teddy??? He grew on me I didn't initially like him and when I started to love him :-( I was super annoyed!!

The audio was helpful in distinguished what couple/story was being told.

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  • 27-02-20

❤️TEDDY❤️

There are no words on how epically good this series is. It’s like Game of Thrones but better! These characters pull on you heart strings. You cheer, fight and grieve along with them. KA has raised the bar so high with this series. It literally has everything a person can ask for in a romance series. Amazing plot, interesting characters, mystery, adventure, love, and hot hot steam (off the charts)! All the narrators deserve awards for the narration of this series. This is hands down the best narrated series I’ve ever listened to. Well done! Can’t wait for the next series to release (The Mystics) so we can get more!!

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  • Andrea
  • 01-03-20

The Best Series Ever!!

I absolutely loved each and every book! each character, their story lines, the narrator's, and most importantly the final volume of the series did Justice to the build-up to the nemesis. but I truly truly enjoyed the fact that the story lines were either closed, let you know those who made it how their lives continued on, endor let you know there may be future adventures for a few of the characters. This is a series I'm sure in a year so I'll pull out and listen to again.! excellent excellent job Kristen Ashley!!

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  • Fritzie
  • 01-03-20

-excellent series.

I really enjoyed the new world and vibrant characters Kristen developed for us. Her creativity and brilliant narrative impress me every time I read her books.
The actors are really very good and performed beautifully, however the accents sometimes got in the way of clear and understandable speech. It is only a small blip, and did not harm my full appreciation of this production. With warm appreciation for a job well done by all...

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  • Chrissa
  • 01-03-20

Love this book series!!!!

I love this book series! I couldn't wait for this book to come out and it didn't disappoint. It brought on all the emotions. It makes me sad that it ended, but I can't wait for the mystics too come out!

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  • Kindle Customer
  • 01-03-20

5 stars! This series has it all!

Adventure, love, light, darkness, hope, heartbreak, this series has it all. Kristen Ashley does it again. An amazing read that had me on the edge of my seat, swooning over the love, letting out my own Naderi battle cry, and bawling into my box of Kleenex. I loved it and the multitude of narrators that brought these amazing characters to life. <3

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