Audiobook Review: The Keepers

 

🖤 Dark fantasy romance

🪢 Morally grey characters

🖤 Gods and ancient powers

🪢 Powerful heroine

🖤 Female gaze

🪢 Found family

🖤 Political intrigue

🪢 Forbidden power

🖤 Betrayal and loyalty

🪢 Fate vs free will

🖤 Gothic atmosphere

🪢 Emotionally damaged characters

She wakes bound on the back of a horse.
The gods are gone.
And the world is no longer gentle.

Tsunala is carried through a land that no longer remembers mercy—guarded by monsters, watched by a half-breed who should be her enemy, and pulled toward truths she is not ready to name. Power lingers beneath her skin, unclaimed and dangerous.

As desire stirs where fear should live, something ancient begins to breathe again. The gods, long silent, are waking—not as legends, but as beings who can bleed, ache, and love.

This is a story about what happens when divinity remembers its humanity.
And what it means to belong to a world that no longer believes in you.

For readers drawn to dark romantasy rooted in character, devotion, and emotional intensity—this is the beginning of the Abandoned Gods series.

My Review

If you are a fan of fantasy or romantasy books, you will want to check out this one. For a debut novel, this is a really good book. 

The story starts off right away. I like that while there are a lot of various characters, the author does it right and slowly introduces the characters so that I was easily able to follow along and keep everyone start and what their place was in the story. 

If you are looking through for high spice, this book may not be for you. It focuses on the storyline and characters. It is a slow burn, low heat romance. 

To fully enjoy this book, you will want to listen to the ALC version. It features a Multi Cast Narration by June deBorahae, Keeley Darling, James Cassidy, Edward Black, Benjamin Sands, and Troy Duran. I look forward to continuing this series with book two.