Broken Bond

An Academy Fae Romantasy with Dangerous Attraction and Otherworldly Adventures (The Chaos God Apophis, Book 1)

By: Ariana Irendale

Narrated by: Arda Strayed

It was the worst day of my life and the start of a new one.

I escaped just in time to cast the spell I need for the admissions interview. Summoning a familiar should have opened the doors to my future...but instead of a loyal companion, I conjured an Aos Sí: a high fae of ruthless power, and a devastatingly handsome male who’d sooner carve my heart out than bow to a human. Still, he demanded we seal a contract before vanishing, leaving me with a corpse at my feet, blood on my hands, and the cops closing in as my one chance at the elite Order Academy slipped through my trembling fingers.

The Academy is my best hope of taming the magic that crackles beneath my skin and uncovering the truth hidden in my father’s legacy. If I must scrub gore from my body in a dingy gas station sink or crawl through the ruins of my pride, I won’t let it stop me.

I will get in, even if I have to break everything to do it. Yet the Academy’s glittering halls hide fangs beneath their polish and I’m dressed to kill.

And the arrogant, dangerously beautiful fae who abandoned me? He’s no mere attendant; he’s royalty, and now he stands above me in rank. He expects my submission, to see me dance on his strings of power. But every furious glance he throws my way sears a path straight to my core. It doesn’t help that now I’m supposed to serve him and his four equally smouldering friends. Still, I will not become a plaything.

If he thinks I’m just another pawn, he’s about to learn how fierce I can be. Because as I peel back the layers of his secrets—I discover more of my own.

What did I truly bind him with that day? And when I finally understand the twisted contract between us, will I break free from this lush, dangerous cage—or yield to the dark, exquisite temptation lurking within his arms?

Or will I destroy everything?

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Amazing Story!

Broken Bonds was absolutely amazing, but I will say that it took me a minute to warm up to the narrator. I was invested in Fiz's story from the very beginning and was not ready for her story to end with that cliffhanger ending because I wanted more. Fiz has not had an easy life recently. One bad decision, lead to her fighting for her life, only for her to be bonded to someone that seems to want nothing to do with her. However, she made a promise to someone she loved, and she's determined to keep that promise, too bad everything and everyone seems to be fighting against her. She's determined, funny, spunky, feisty and won't go down without a fight even if she's seen as lesser. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say that this story has characters you will love and dislike. There are friends, enemies, lovers, monsters, dwarfs, fae's, angels, incubus, lycan's, phoenix, deaths, threats, action, steamy scenes, chaos, orders an arrest, laugh out loud moments and so much more. It ends with one funny, surprising and challenging cliffhanger ending and I cannot wait for the next book in this series.

✨️fantastic✨️

Steamy but not spicy (yet??), why choose (I think?), 1st person single point of view, paranormal romantasy. This has amazing worldbuilding, and I'm loving the characters and their dynamics.

I don't usually enjoy a single narrator, but this one is amazing.
Pleasant voice, great cadence, impressive voice work, and professional acting. I will be listening to more work from this narrator.

I think this series will be epic and can't wait for the next installment.

Chaos

Oh my cliffhanger!! This story made me want more! I can’t wait for the next book. The narration was great.

Engaging Story and Listen!

Broken Bond the audio version of a fantastic first book in the author’s new Chaos God series is a story of magic, mayhem, and a slide into the dangerous realm of secrets, twists, and romance that haunt the halls of the Elite Order Academy.
This audio version was narrated by Arda Strayed who seamlessly and capably weaved between the character voices and kept the vibrancy of this otherworldly tale firmly in the entertaining zone.
FMC Fiz has begun a long and fascinating journey in a well written story which will continue in forthcoming books.
Looking forward to reading, and listening to them all.

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Fantastic

I really enjoyed this audiobook so much. The characters are wonderful. I love the interaction between characters. And I totally think someone had it out for her to begin with and I love the dungeon adventures . I can’t wait to read the next book.

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