{"id":23963,"date":"2024-09-20T20:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T00:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23963"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:48:23","slug":"paladins-grace-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23963","title":{"rendered":"Paladin&#8217;s Grace, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZMzdwx\"><em>Paladin&#8217;s Grace<\/em><\/a>, Audiobook (2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/Kingfisher_T.php\">T. Kingfisher<\/a> narrated by Joel Richards (Saint of Steel #1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ZMzdwx\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Paladins-Grace.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Paladin&#039;s Grace\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Paladins-Grace.jpg?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Paladins-Grace.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Paladins-Grace.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Paladins-Grace.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat in the name of the little household gods is that?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn abomination,\u201d said Stephen. \u201cI believe the cook called it gravy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGravy is not that color.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not say the cook was correct.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we burn them at the stake?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not those kind of paladins.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIstvhan, you ever kill someone with an ice swan?\u201d he whispered. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI clubbed someone unconscious with a frozen goose once. That\u2019s similar?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Bishop suffered a mysterious coughing fit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, you had to use the goose as a bludgeon, didn\u2019t you? For the swan, I figure you\u2019d snap the head off and try to stab with the neck.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHmmm\u2026\u201d Istvhan eyed the ice sculpture speculatively. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty big. And not well balanced.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI figure you\u2019d have to go two-handed with it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019d grab one of the candelabras instead. Some of those are nice and heavy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFar too unwieldy. I could take you apart with the ice swan while you were still trying to get the candelabra off the ground.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cGentlemen,\u201d said Beartongue, \u201cI forbid you to smash the Archon\u2019s decor and try to duel with it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, your holiness.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll have you both excommunicated.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Stephen coughed. \u201cTechnically we\u2019re not in your church, your holiness.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I will have you confirmed so that I can excommunicate you even harder.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Grace, Marguerite, Stephen, Istvhan, Shane, Galen, Marcus, Brother Francis, Crown Prince of Charlock, Bishop Beartongue, Phillip, Piper, Ethan, Jorge, Zale, Judge Gucciard, Captain Mallory, <\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Tantor Audio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paladin&#8217;s Grace, Audiobook (2020) T. Kingfisher narrated by Joel Richards (Saint of Steel #1) \u201cWhat in the name of the little household gods is that?\u201d \u201cAn abomination,\u201d said Stephen. \u201cI believe the cook called it gravy.\u201d \u201cGravy is not that color.\u201d \u201cI did not say the cook was correct.\u201d \u201cCan we burn them at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,37,2,204,207,148,41,26,56],"tags":[50,792,723,262],"class_list":["post-23963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-10","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-good","category-mental-health-rep","category-queer","category-reread","category-romance","category-sexual-content","tag-boinking","tag-joel-richards","tag-saint-of-steel","tag-t-kingfisher"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6ev","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24083,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24083","url_meta":{"origin":23963,"position":0},"title":"Paladin&#8217;s Faith, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"November 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Paladin's Faith, Audiobook (2023) T. 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