Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders: A Dragons and Blades Story, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Aliette de Bodard (Author), Philip Battley (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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From the author of the critically acclaimed Dominion of the Fallen trilogy comes a tale of dragons, and Fallen angels—and also kissing, sarcasm, and stabbing.

Lunar New Year should be a time for familial reunions, ancestor worship, and consumption of an unhealthy amount of candied fruit.

But when dragon prince Thuan brings home his brooding and ruthless husband Asmodeus for the New Year, they find not interminable family gatherings, but a corpse outside their quarters. Asmodeus is thrilled by the murder investigation; Thuan, who gets dragged into the political plotting he'd sworn off when he left, is less enthusiastic.

It'll take all of Asmodeus's skill with knives, and all of Thuan's diplomacy, to navigate this one—as well as the troubled waters of their own relationship . . .

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2 hours and 56 minutes
Author

Aliette de Bodard
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Philip Battley
Audible release date

November 29, 2022
Language

English
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Tantor Audio
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B0BN6Q8YMC
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	2 hours and 56 minutes
Author	Aliette de Bodard
Narrator	Philip Battley
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	November 29, 2022
Publisher	Tantor Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0BN6Q8YMC
Best Sellers Rank	#227,641 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #6,415 in Horror Fiction #6,657 in Epic Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals) #11,745 in Dark Fantasy

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Jessica

My Favorite Dragon Prince and His Murder Husband Are Back!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 18, 2022

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One of my favorite books from 2020 was Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders and I didn’t know until a week ago that it was going to become a series with a second book coming out this month. Y’all! My favorite dragon prince and his murder husband are back to solve another murder mystery! I loved Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances even more than the first book and it will definitely be on my favorites list of 2022.

This novella was everything! It starts off with Thuan (the soft bookish dragon husband) and Asmodeus (the stabby overprotective fallen angel husband with lots of knives) babysitting while visiting Thuan’s family. They soon find a ghost and uncover a murder that leads them into all sorts of troubles ranging from being attacked while babysitting to an ex-lover making an appearance. It’s mixed together with a hefty dash of emotional struggle, knives, and romance. I don’t think that these two will ever get to have a normal vacation ever.

Aliette de Bodard has built such an intriguing gothic fantasy world that instantly sucks me in. Her writing is beautiful and I adored the Vietnamese mythology mixed with the lore on fallen angels. The plot was intriguing and was a good mix of action, romance, and comedy. The babysitting scenes alone had me grinning like a loon. My heart didn’t know it needed the scenes with Asmodeus and Thuan being uncles to Camille and Ai Nhi but it did. It's now a huge pile of goo because of all the stabbiness and cuteness!

My favorite part though was the romance. Thuan and Asmodeus have come a long way since the first book but their marriage isn’t without its struggles and issues. The fight between them kept me on the edge of my seat and made me more than a little snippity to my family when my reading was interrupted. I just had to know if everything would work out and they would be fine.

Full disclaimer, I still haven’t read the original trilogy this series is a spin-off of despite having plans to do so in 2020. We all know how that year went. In this novella, we got a look at the start of Thuan and Asmodeus’s relationship and I’m dying to know more! The Dominion of the Fallen series is one I will definitely be reading soon!

This series is so masterfully written and I can’t recommend it enough! It’s also a perfect Pride read with both bisexual and gay rep. I’m going to cross my fingers and hope with everything I have that we get even more novellas about my favorite murder husbands! I really can’t get enough of them or this world.

ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley and review was originally posted on the Goldilox and the Three Weres blog.

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Enjoyable addition to the Dominion of the Fallen stories

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 27, 2022

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The first thing I recall reading from Aliette de Bodard was a short story about the dragon prince, Thuan, I think from before he was even married to his Fallen angel husband, Asmodeus. I hadn't been aware of this novella until I'd seen her promoting the second one, so I ordered both together in paperback instead of eBook (the covers are gorgeous, no regrets)!

Most of what I've read involving these characters takes place in their current home, in Paris, but this novella follows them on a visit to Thuan's family in their underwater realm. Thuan gets swept up in uncovering the troubles beneath the surface of dragon society, before they threaten to dampen the Lunar New Year festivities.

It's a good romp with the bookish dragon prince, his stabby husband, and political plotting. The second one is even better. Having read them, I now want to go back and find the other Dominion of the Fallen stories I've missed!

While I don't think it's entirely necessary to have read any of the previous stories to enjoy this, since they do explain the basics where needed, it might help for context and general expectations for new readers.

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The Cerebral Hedonist

This was so much fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 4, 2023

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I haven't read the Dominion of the Fallen series. This was actually my first encounter with her work and I was not disappointed in the slightest. It was a well past whodoneit with wonderful characters that I couldn't help but root for. The court drama and politics were actually my favorite thing about the whole novel. I can't wait to read the rest.

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Rachel Gollub

Good, somewhat disturbing mystery/romance

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 11, 2022

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I’m still not entirely sure what I think of the main characters, but they’re very fun to read about, and the world is fascinating.

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Ginny Brown

Family visits, stabby husbands, the occasional murder

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 7, 2020

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It's easy to argue with your spouse over the holidays: whose family you'll spend time with, what traditions are essential, who has to be invited. Whether it's really your business to hang around and solving the political murders that have just cropped up. How many of the murders were done by your husband.

Married couples in stories are so often either completely aligned and working as a unit, or completely at odds and focused around their conflict, so it was a joy to see Thuan and Asmodeus move in and out of cooperation and opposition, affection and antagonism, as they both pursue their own goals. They know each other well enough to know exactly where they're going to come into conflict, and the way they dance around each other is lovely to see.

Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders is a fun and fast read with a lot of depth. The underwater palace complex it's set in is rich, strange, and beautiful, with settings you can taste and smell and feel. The background characters are complex, with layered motivations and finely-sketched personalities. There is sharp humor, intrigue, suspense, and sweetness. Although it is connected to a larger series, it stands perfectly well on its own -- I haven't read any of the other books in the series, although I plan to now.

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Ms. Laurie J. Bell

I want more

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 13, 2020

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Well… I love this so much. I haven’t read the Dominion of the Fallen series but I’ve gone straight out to get it. This novella is fabulous and you don’t have to have read the series to understand what is going on. And gosh, so much is going on. The language and scene setting is so beautifully described, that when I think back on the worldbuilding I just see magnificent colors! I don’t know how the author Aliette De Bodard does it but is it simply stunning. And this – a murder mystery full of political intrigue, spies, and machinations of royalty and status with fantasy elements and dragons is right up my alley and I love it. In fact, I got to the end and was annoyed it was a novella because I wanted to keep reading! I recommend it highly. (Now I’m off to read the series!)

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Jeanette Greaves

Does what it says on the tin.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 22, 2020

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I love these little 'half' stories that crop up between novels. This one does exactly what it says on the tin. It's a novella featuring our favourite married couple, Thuan the dragon prince, and Asmodeus the fallen angel. The bookish one and the ruthless one, as an elderly dragon once said.

The story is set in the run up to Tet, the Lunar New Year. Our power couple are visiting Thuan's family for the holidays, in the dragon kingdom beneath the Seine. What could go wrong? Asmodeus is only mildly bored, and Thuan is ill at ease at being home but not knowing where he fits in now. And then there's a murder, and one of Thuan's cousins asks him to investigate.

The resulting investigation takes in court and national politics, institutional racism, and family intrigues, and weaves them together very nicely. This unlikely couple are changing the Dominion, one kingdom at a time.

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Holly Hughes

perfect again...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 10, 2020

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do you like the banter of good omens?

do you like those detective shows where the clever detectives run rings around cops and bureaucracy?

do you like your love interests to be the 'i will murder anyone who hurts my idealist darling' types?

so...yeah... this is your ideal book! enjoy!

2 people found this helpful

Gorgeous novella

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 24, 2021

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This was a fantastic read - a novella that packed a lot of intricacy into the smaller number of pages while remaining a compelling and engaging read. I adored the delving into the various characters and the details of how the court worked. I was captured by it all and adored it. The writing throughout was exquisite and captivating.
Fantastic!

I Read stuff

Great short read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 27, 2020

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Really enjoyed this book. Read it as a standalone initially, then I read the rest of the series because I enjoyed it so much.

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Carina S

A delightful novella with characters I want to see a lot more of

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on July 10, 2020

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Set in the same world as her Dominion of the Fallen trilogy, a world filled with Fallen angels and dragons, I was all too eager to read another story in this magical, gothic Paris, especially when it’s about two unlike husbands tackling a murder investigation.

And what a delightful tale of a bookish dragon prince, and his murderous husband it turned out to be. I’m always here for more married couples, and Thuan and Asmodeus’ dynamics had me grinning from ear to ear. There’s just nothing that beats that kind of relationship, especially the hard-edged, brutal-seeming guy being all protective over his husband, ready to just grab him and run back home. Also: trouble at court and (kind of) outsiders having to navigate the politics while trying to solve a murder, made even better if one of the husbands has to keep the other from murdering someone as well? Right up my alley.

Of Dragons, Feats and Murders is yet another great novella by one of my favorite authors. Stabbing, swoon-worthy kissing and banter in a Vietnamese inspired world, this novella has everything I need.

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