A TALE OF WHISPERS AND ROGUES BY JORDAN LEE
Review to my Goodreads: The five stars was easy for me to give! Reading A Tale of Whispers and Rogues created a whole new world in my head. A world, plot, story that have so much more to offer that I cannot wait to read the next one! I love all the characters and the build up of each one. There are times that I got a little exasperated that it seems that problems keeps on dropping and piling up for Colt and Owen but I guess it kept the book adventurous and interesting.
Title: A Tale of Whispers and Rogues
Author: Jordan Lee
Type: Fiction
Category: Adult (It is safe for young adult too!)
Publisher:
Genre: Fantasy
Tropes: Grumpy VS Sunshine, Slow burn romance, Touch him and die
Total Chapters: 34
Total Pages: 364
Table of Contents: Yes
Summary From The Book:
Owen Greene must die.
Being Shadowborn, the Essence of a fallen god runs through Owen’s veins. It gives him power, but it comes with a bullseye painted on his back, one the Legion is determined to hit once they learn he exists. Wielding such power comes at the cost of his life, and with the Legion close to finding him, Owen must leave his home to escape their hands.
Charged with protecting Owen, Colt O’Malley knows the dangers that might accompany them. He's been tasked with protecting Owen on their dangerous journey with the promise that he can go home at the end of it. But what Colt didn’t count on was just how often that dimpled smile and tender-hearted Shadowborn would weaken him.
Fleeing the country to escape the Legion might have been their main goal, but neither Owen nor Colt had planned on falling for each other along the way. And with the Legion on their heels, falling in love couldn’t have happened at a worse time.A Tale of Whispers and Rogues is an M/M fantasy romance featuring a man gifted with the cursed power of a fallen god, the handsome rogue sworn to protect him, ruthless henchman, a mysterious shadow, a slow burn romance, and a budding romance with a HFN ending.
My Thoughts:
The Tales of Whispers and Rogues created a whole new world for me to explore on. It is more special since it is also focused on male-male romance!
The story started with a thrilling murder that eventually led to a reasonable one - to protect Owen Greene! The story will revolve around running away from a crime and potential death for Owen Greene because he is something that the Citadel wants to be cleansed for being a Shadowborn - people with special abilities.
The details and creativity of the story are great! The plot is totally adventurous as well as it contains a lot of traveling and camping.
The character development of Owen and Colt (Owen's protector) is also a slow burn romance! All the characters for me have redeeming qualities and even the villain is morally grey...or is he?
Book may contain or mentioned things about murder, violence and child abuse or death. So if these are triggers for you, you might want to check more reviews first.
Book has multiple point of views including the villain but mostly alternating between Colt and Owen.
There are a lot of characters to love but I think my favorite is Gilda. She is like a blessing to Owen and Colt.
The most memorable part for me is when Colt and Owen almost kissed but interrupted - it made me gasp and want to kill the interruption for my most anticipated moment being cut off! LOL.
What do I think of the title A Tales of Whispers and Rogues? The whispers most definitely pertained to Owen's abilities and Rogues is probably describing their status as runaways.
Basically, the book is adventurous, pro LGBTQ and a total fantasy.
My Favorite Line/s:
"You're not the only one who has been through hard times." - Owen page 249
Rating: 5/5 because the story is deeply engaging for me.
Spiciness: 1/5
Recommendation: To those who wants to read a book that has a lot of adventure and camping. For those looking for fantasy world but have male-male romance!
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