Audiobook Review: Fated Hearts by Garrett Leigh, Performed by Dan Calley

06 May of 2020 by ButtonsMom2003

Story: 5

Narration: 5

5.0Overall score

Fantastic story and great narration.

Fated Hearts By Garrett Leigh, Performed by Dan Calley

Genre: Paranormal Romance, Shifter, GLBTQ, MM

Released: audio-April 21, 2020; ebook September 12, 2019

Publisher: Fox Love Press

Series: Shadow Bound, Book 1

Length: 6 hrs, 50 mins / 256 pages

Cover Design: Black Jazz Design

Synopsis

“He’s not a wolf.”

Devastated by the death of his best friend, Zio is a soldier with one thing on his mind: revenge. Consumed by a conflict that’s raged as long as he’s been alive, he’s had little time or inclination to learn the legends of the shifter world he was raised in. And he certainly doesn’t have time to deal with a shifter of a different kind, even if it’s for the good of the war effort. For the good of his pack. The fact that he’s already crossed paths with the new face in his unit is almost irrelevant.

Almost.

Do no harm. Give life not death: it’s the oath Devan was reborn to live by, so when he’s sent abroad to embed with a wolf pack as their resident healer, he doesn’t hesitate. In the supernatural world, some bonds are instant–soldiers become brothers, pack become family. But others run deeper and before long, Devan’s at the mercy of instincts he can’t control. Zio’s inner wolf is desperate to be with Devan, while Devan struggles to keep the pack safe. But as the war escalates, and new love is tainted by anguish and pain, the battles within might prove the toughest of them all.

“I won’t let him die.”

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Fantastic story and great narration.

The only thing I can add to my original review from when I read the ebook (see below) is that Dan Calley did a superb job with the many voices and accents needed for this story. It was a wonderful experience listening the audiobook and remembering how much I loved this one when I read it.

Below is what I wrote when I reviewed the ebook back in September 2019:

I’m not even sure where to start with my review of Fated Hearts. I’ve read a lot of shifter stories dealing with fated mates but this one just seemed more to me. More heat between the MCs, more angst due to circumstances and more deep feelings that connected not only the two MCs but also all of the pack members.

I have to admit, though, that at first, I was a bit confused. I kind of felt like I missed the first book in the series. The Foreword by the author helped but I guess I wanted a bit more. I wasn’t confused enough to quit reading, though and boy am I glad that I didn’t quit.

Zio is a rather young wolf. He was bitten when he was an infant. He’s never paid too much attention to shifter lore so he doesn’t understand his hyper-awareness of Devan when they first meet.

Devan is sent by the Shadow Bound clan to help Zio’s pack whose healer has died. Devan isn’t a wolf shifter and he isn’t crazy about being sent to live with a wolf pack but he obeys his Alpha’s orders. He does realize what’s happening between him and Zio but doesn’t tell him.

The connection that Devan and Zio have with each other leaped off the pages of this story and melted my heart. Garrett Leigh has done a fantastic job of world building with this story and I can’t wait to see where she takes the series next.