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    Marked
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    Audiobook9 hours

    Marked

    Written by Sarah Fine

    Narrated by Emily Foster

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In a broken landscape carved by environmental collapse, Boston paramedic Cacia Ferry risks life and limb on the front lines of a fragile and dangerous city. What most don’t know—including her sexy new partner, Eli Margolis—is that while Cacy works to save lives, she has another job ferrying the dead to the Afterlife. Once humans are “Marked” by Fate, the powerful Ferrys are called to escort the vulnerable souls to either eternal bliss or unending fire and pain.

    Unaware of Cacy’s other life, Eli finds himself as mesmerized by his fierce and beautiful partner as he is mistrustful of the influential Ferry clan led by the Charon—who happens to be Cacy’s father. Cacy, in turn, can no longer deny her intense attraction to the mysterious ex-Ranger with a haunted past. But just as their relationship heats up, an apparent hit takes the Charon before his time. Shaken to the core, Cacy pursues the rogue element who has seized the reins of fate, only to discover that Eli has a devastating secret of his own. Not knowing whom to trust, what will Cacy have to sacrifice to protect Eli—and to make sure humanity’s future is secure?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2015
    ISBN9781491548684
    Marked
    Author

    Sarah Fine

    Sarah Fine is the author of several popular series, including The Impostor Queen and the Guards of the Shadowlands. And while she promises she is not psychoanalyzing those around her, she manages to use both her talent as a writer and her experience as a psychologist to great effect. Sarah's stories blur lines, challenge convention, and press boundaries. Her mash-up of seemingly disparate genres yields stories that not only are engaging but will keep readers guessing. Sarah has lived on the West Coast and in the Midwest, but she currently calls the East Coast home. She confesses to having the music tastes of an adolescent boy and an adventurous spirit when it comes to food (especially if it's fried). But if her many books are any indication, writing clearly trumps both her musical and culinary loves.

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    • 5/5
      In a dystopian future, Cacy is a member of the Ferry family, whose responsibility it is to escort newly deceased souls to the afterlife. The Kers are the ones who actually mark people for death.. Being a paramedic fulfills a need Cacy has to be useful, along with her brother Declan, which is where she meets newly transferred fellow paramedic Eli, who we get to know gradually, but who, like Cacy, has a very compelling backstory.I really liked this book and found the characters likeable and the premise unique. The secondary characters were well fleshed out and added a lot to the story. Admittedly, for the first half of the book I wondered where exactly the story was going, but at the halfway point there was a big twist that drew me right in and sped the pacing up. The ending took me totally by surprise and set the story up nicely for the next book in the series, which I will definitely be reading!5/5 stars.
    • 4/5
      Interesting take on Fairies and Carrion and their relation to death. Lots of drama. Explicit content. Plenty of conflict and death. Story held my attention from the beginning. Good character, storyline, and plot.
    • 4/5
      Marked
      3.5 Stars

      In a post-apocalyptic world, the Fates determine who shall live and who shall die. Those chosen for death are marked by the Kere and transported to either Heaven or Hell by the Ferrys, a family of psychopomps who accompany the dead into the afterlife. Cacy Ferry works to save lives as a paramedic, but also fulfills her familial duties until the day her father, the Charon, is marked and murdered. Determined to uncover the truth about rogue elements within her own clan, Cacy works with her EMS partner, Eli Margolis, a former Army Ranger with secrets of his own. Can the two protect the future from those who would unravel it?

      The world building is original and compelling with elements of Greek mythology and overtones reminiscent of the Demonica series by Larissa Ione (think medics and demons).

      As with many first books in a series, the first half is dedicated to establishing the rules of the setting and as such the writing is somewhat dry and the pacing is slow. The mystery takes time to get going and the villain is predictable. Nevertheless, the story picks up momentum in the second half and the twists and turns lead to an exciting climax and resolution.

      The characters are all well-developed with intriguing back stories. Eli is scrumptious and the mystery surrounding his past as well as the twist concerning his future make for compelling reading. Cacy is, unfortunately, not as interesting and she comes across as bland. Eli and Cacy’s do have a steamy romance and their scenes together, both physical and emotional, are intense.

      All in all, not a bad beginning to the series and the secondary characters, particularly Jason Moros, are appealing enough to continue.
    • 4/5
      Interesting take on Fairies and Carrion and their relation to death. Lots of drama. Explicit content. Plenty of conflict and death. Story held my attention from the beginning. Good character, storyline, and plot.
    • 4/5
      A great concept well done! I loved the characters and enjoyed the story.
    • 3/5
      I picked this up because I was curious about this whole "new adult" genre. I think that this was the first book I've read to be marketed under that category. And - it was pretty much what I expected: occasional explicit sex scenes mixed in with the tropes popular in YA today.

      Eli and his sister Galena have managed to get out of the desolate wasteland that is a near-future Pittsburgh. They've both got jobs in Boston - which is better-off than much of the US, but still pretty dystopic. Galena is a brilliant bio-researcher, who's snagged a position at Harvard. Eli is a paramedic, and ready to get down to business saving lives.
      However, his new partner, Cacy, is distractingly sexy - AND intimately connected with the most wealthy and powerful family in Boston. And that's just what Eli knows. What he doesn't know is that she - and her whole family - are supernaturally connected, with the job of ferrying the souls of the dead to their just reward.

      Soon, Eli is up to the neck in a paranormal power struggle involving Cacy, her family, his sister's research, and other forces which he knows nothing about. Pursuing a relationship with Cacy, and just staying alive become his primary concerns...

      This is an essentially silly book. It's not trying not to be. However, the sex scenes were pretty hot, and it's better than a lot of other material coming out lately under the 'paranormal romance' umbrella. A quick and entertaining read.

      Many thanks to NetGalley and 47North for the opportunity to read. As always, my opinions are solely my own.
    • 4/5
      Cacy and Eli

      This was an interesting story; part romance, part end-of-the-world UF, part mystery and part Greek Tragedy. This had all the good from each of the parts.

    • 3/5
      My first paranormal romance novel. read on a plane. Surprisingly tolerable for a non-romance reader. Near-future Boston submerged under global-warming floods (but no lectures here), two EMTs fall in love, misunderstand each other, chase bad guys, engage in teleportation, have sex. Not my usual cup of tea but entirely tolerable.
    • 4/5
      In a post-apocalyptic Boston, paramedic Cacia Ferry is the daughter of the powerful Charon, a man who helps those who have died reach their destiny of Heaven or Hell. All her siblings are in on the family business, working with beings called the Kere, who Mark those destined to die. When her sexy new partner, Eli Margolis, arrives from Pittsburgh, Cacy knows she has to keep her distance - but when her father dies, the balance between the Kere and the Ferrys is upset and she has to know what's going on. Is a rogue Ker out there, or is the lord of the Kere, Moros himself to blame? And why does Eli's sister Galena seem to be in the center of all of this?To be honest, I picked up this book based on the fantasy/post-apocalyptic premise, and thought the emergency service work and location would put an interesting spin on things. In truth, this is much more of a romance with a bit of fantasy than a fantasy with a bit of romance, so I personally could have done with a little more worldbuilding and a little less goo-goo eyes. But still, it is an interesting premise, and if I was wishing for more medical details than the patches Cacy and Eli put on patients before carting them off to the hospital, I was eventually swept into trying to figure out who was behind the unauthorized death and some details of the mythology were filled in, just later in the story than I expected.
    • 4/5
      My first introduction to Sarah Fine was with her Guards of the Shadowlands trilogy. I was hooked on the first book. Even if I hadn't read that first, Marked would have done it all on it's own.The thing about Guards of the Shadowlands is that, even though it was decidedly dark, it was most definitely YA. Touched is a far, far cry from all of that and the comparison has completely caught me by surprise. It's not that often that you find an author equally skilled in writing for both adult and YA audiences.And Marked is definitely for an adult audience. My god, is it ever. Sarah Fine's talent is absolutely undeniable. Her work with the Guards has cemented that in my mind. Any author who can completely wrap me up in a YA novel let alone hold my attention through an entire series deserves bragging rights. That trend has definitely continued with Marked.Cacey is a Ferry. Her family name, of course, but there's a reason for that. Her family helps the spirits of those who have passed transition to heaven or hell, wherever they are fated to go. The Ferries work on conjuction with the Kere, another race of beings who marks those fated for death by the Fates themselves.She works as a paramedic, and she gets partnered with Eli, recently moved to Boston with his sister. Eli manages to tap into her secret, and both of their worlds are completely spun on their axis. We're thrust into a world of rogue Kere, and possibly even a conspiracy among the Fates that could unravel the tapestry of time and life itself.All characters are phenomenally put together. Cacy and Eli are both very believable. Eli's sister, though she doesn't get a lot of screen time, becomes a major player and is very well developed. My only issue is with Cacy's immediate family. Her brothers and sister aren't nearly as well done as Cacy, Eli and his sister were. They seem a lot rougher and disjointed.We already know that I think Fine is a brilliant author, though. However, and this is probably a silly gripe, the scenes between Cacy and Eli completely overshadow everything else. The story, minus Eli and Cacy, could have stood up fabulously on its own. The sexual tension between them was so. Intense. That alone was enough to distract from the non-romantic storyline. Then the tension finally gets acted on, and...Well, wow.My girly parts tingle just from the memory.But it was like two fully developed, independent storylines crammed together in a single book, with only a token effort to fuse them into a cohesive story.Meh, what can I say though? Sarah Fine has me firmly in the grip of flawless dialogue, enrapturing creativity, and emotionally engaging people with stories that leave me breathless.
    • 4/5
      Set in 2099 and 50 years after a series of cataclysmic weather events, Boston, which had massive floods, is now navigated via toxic water canals. We follow Eli, who has come to Boston as a paramedic when his younger sister is accepted as a much anticipated researcher at Harvard. For his job he’s paired up with a Cacy, a woman whose family business is ferrying dead souls to their next to either Heaven or Hell. It’s a combination of paranormal mystery and romance. The world and character building were pretty good and I thought the romance was handled well, if not easily due to their different backgrounds and the world she tries to hide from him. But there is no way for him to avoid it. The mystery is over who is marking innocents for death and we get plenty of action and drama. Some of the mystery carries forward into the next book, which I have every intention of reading.The only objection I had to the story was the explicit sex scenes that went on for chapters. It occurred pretty far into the story, though, and wasn’t something spread throughout the book. Sometimes less is more.
    • 4/5
      Marked (Servants of Fate Book One) by Sarah Fine is a unique paranormal book. Cacia Sybil Mara Ferry or Cacy is a paramedic by date and a “Ferry” in her off time. Her family escorts the newly dead to the Afterlife. People are “marked” by Kere’s. When the person dies, the Ferry’s escort them to either Heaven or Hell depending upon the person’s Fate. The book takes place far into the future and the world has suffered from environmental disasters and disease. There is a lot crime and not enough police, fire fighters, or paramedics. Cacy lives in Boston and her family is privileged. Eli and Galena Margolis are just moving to Boston. They are amazed at all the wonderful conveniences available to them (like running water). Eli is a paramedic and Galena is a scientist who is working on fighting the different bacteria’s that are killing humans. Cacy and Eli are instantly attracted to each other but there are many complications standing in the way of their being together (as a couple and not just as co-workers). I was not sure if I would like this book or not, and I ended up enjoying it. It is a very interesting premise with the Ferry’s, Kere’s, and Fates and a future where modern conveniences are not taken for granted. Happy Reading!