Crown of Crimson

Written by Karina Halle

Narrated by Jo Raylan and Gabriel De Leon

The next thrilling instalment in the Underworld Gods series. Perfect for listeners who want high steam Hades/Persephone and Beauty and the Beast vibes with a dark Nordic folklore twist.

All Hanna Heikkinen wants is to be reunited with her father again. After all, that's why she ventured into the dark and dangerous fantasy world of Tuonela, the Land of the Dead, in order to save his life. But this time her devotion to her father comes at a cost-her growing relationship with Tuoni, the God of Death himself, who held Hanna captive in exchange for her father's life. The last thing she expects is to feel remorse, yet the dark and sexy God is all she can think about.

Death has always prided himself on never trusting the living, but Hanna's apparent betrayal has left a scar fathoms deep. Vowing revenge on his future bride, and making sure she upholds her end of the bargain, Death sets out across his realm to steal Hanna back. But Death and Hanna aren't just fighting each other-malevolent Old Gods are rising to power within the realm, magic is being poisoned, and buried secrets are brought to light, secrets that may cause Hanna to lose everyone she loves dear once again.

Contains mature themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Dec 27, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765059982

Karina Halle

Karina Halle is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of Disarm and Discretion in The Dumonts series as well as The Pact, The Offer, The Play, and more than fifty other wild and romantic reads. A former travel writer and music journalist, she currently lives in a rain forest on an island off the coast of British Columbia with her husband and their adopted pit bull. There they operate a bed-and-breakfast that’s perfect for writers’ retreats. In the winter, you can often find them in California or on their beloved island of Kauai, soaking up as much sun—and inspiration—as possible. Visit Karina online at www.authorkarinahalle.com.

Reviews for Crown of Crimson

[Anna Barefoot · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The book is pretty good, but the male audio reader was simultaneously robotic and over dramatic. It’s hard to listen to him. It’s literally like a robot doing a Dracula impersonation.

[Brenda Horyn · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

What is up with the male voice? His speech pattern was so unnatural and hard to follow. Should I be concerned that it finished the editing process and everyone thought. "This is fine." The story itself deserves 4 stars. It's fun and spicy. Maybe read the book instead?

[Nikole Wuilleme · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Worst male audiobook performance I have ever endured. I didn't love the female performance in the first book either, but was excited to see there was a multi pov in this book. But good gods it sounded like he recorded each sentence separately and there was no cohesion. Overly dramatic, and when acting out dialogue between characters he rambled through it one breath like the whole dialogue was one sentence. Awful. Book I'd give 3.5 stars though

[Chelsea Castillo · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The book itself wasn't too bad. I wish there was more emotional depth but the spicy scenes were nice. The MC's internal monologue was annoying at times. The main thing that bothered me though was the male voice actor. I almost decided not to listen to the book because of it. The male voice sounds like he's overacting or something. It was painfully slow and the speech pattern was not natural at all. I think I could have enjoyed it more if it weren't for that.