Last of the Talons

Talon Trilogy, Book 1

By: Sophie Kim

Narrated by: Jaine Ye

After the destruction of her entire Talon gang, eighteen-year-old Shin Lina—the Reaper of Sunpo—is forced to become a living, breathing weapon for the kingdom’s most-feared crime lord. All that keeps her from turning on her ruthless master is the life of her beloved little sister hanging in the balance. But the order to steal a priceless tapestry from a Dokkaebi temple incites not only the wrath of a legendary immortal, but the beginning of an unwinnable game…

Suddenly Lina finds herself in the dreamlike realm of the Dokkaebi, her fate in the hands of its cruel and captivating emperor. But she can win her life—if she kills him first.

Now a terrible game of life and death has begun, and even Lina's swift, precise blade is no match for the magnetic Haneul Rui. Lina will have to use every weapon in her arsenal if she wants to outplay this cunning king and save her sister...all before the final grain of sand leaks out of the hourglass.

Because one way or another, she'll take Rui's heart.

Even if it means giving up her own.

©2022 Sophie Kim (P)2022 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Last of the Talons is a stunning blend of dark romance and Korean mythology. Sophie Kim writes enemies to lovers with heart-pounding intensity, blurring the line between love and hate. Bloodthirsty, addictive, and searingly romantic.”—Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Wow

I wasn’t sure what to expect why reading and listening and it definitely wasn’t this! It was so good. I immediately connected with Lina because that has been a nick name for me so I just fell into the story and can’t wait to start book 2!

Too drawn out

This book is not really a bad book, it’s just that the pacing is terrible. I’d say 3/4 of the book was just slow and hard to keep plodding through. But the story was intriguing enough to make you want to know what happens. The narrator isn’t too bad, it’s great she knows how to pronounce the Korean words properly so it sounds authentic, but she read it so slowly that I had to listen to it at 1.5x the normal speed. Overall it was good enough I’m starting book 2.