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  • Cruel Compassion

  • Insurrection Series, Book 1
  • By: A.E. King
  • Narrated by: Christie Coran
  • Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Cruel Compassion

By: A.E. King
Narrated by: Christie Coran
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Summary

Cruel Compassion is a dystopian romance.

She wasn’t supposed to open the door... But now, she can’t unsee it.

Yulia Bituskaya knows that in New Russia, disloyalty is punishable by death. It’s the reason she always says yes.

Yes, to every assignment the government gives her. Yes, to an arranged engagement with Dimitri for political power. Yes, to her unfeeling father, the nation’s supreme sovereign.

But when she uncovers the government’s involvement with organized crime, she must choose:

Stay silent and safe, or say yes to her growing treason and destroy the very people that have kept her protected.

Yulia needs allies if she is going to step into a world she despises and destroy it.

But with constant government surveillance, someone is always watching. After years of shooting dissenters in Red Square, the government has effectively squeezed the will to fight out of its people. Allies are hard to come by.

Dimitri is offering help. But he’s too young to hold so much power and still have clean hands. Can she say yes to his protection and say no to her inconvenient attraction?

Last time, he left her heartbroken. This time, if they’re not careful, they’ll both end up dead.

You'll love the action, the intrigue, and the characters... Even the ones you hate!

Get ready for a thriller you won’t want to put down.

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Well written and compelling!

A.E. King has a beautiful writing style. I love how she captured the complex and beautiful culture of a futuristic Russia. As a lover of present-day Russian culture myself, I enjoyed reading this book and remembering things I forgot about the brief time I spent as a young adult in a bordering country. The story was absolutely compelling; it was so difficult to take breaks from listening! The audiobook narrator was fantastic and I cannot wait for the second book in this series to come out.

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Great book! I didn't like the narrator at first but she won me over with her skilful delivery of the different characters' dialogues. Her accents and voice acting brought the characters to life. Terrific story, awesome world building. I really enjoyed it!

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Wow!

This story kept me on my toes the whole time. The romance was cute but not overwhelming. The story is well thought out and interesting. The characters are relatable. Everything is muah *chefs kiss. So fun. And the narrator was a delight to listen to.

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