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Savannah Rivers
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Stephen Borne
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Beauty and the Beast meets Hades and Persephone in this shifter fantasy romance standalone!
A god wants me dead.
My ancestors stole half his soul then imprisoned him in Tartarus, thinking he'd be forgotten. That he could never return.
They were wrong.
The day he rips open a portal between our worlds, my life is over. As the current guardian of his cursed soul, my head is on the chopping block, but there's a snag in his plan. This dark god believes he's my fated mate.
We're not, but he refuses to take no for an answer.
When he kidnaps my cousin, I'm forced to make a deal. To rescue her, I have to spend six months in Tartarus. Pretending to be his mate. His queen.
Saving both our lives means fake dating the king of monsters. The real danger comes when my modern-day Hades makes it clear that he wants not just my life, but my love.
That was never part of the bargain, but with every stolen kiss and forbidden touch—I just might be handing him my heart.
Mate Me is a spicy standalone romantasy set in the Immortal Vices and Virtues Universe. Every book is a guaranteed happily ever after with a satisfying ending and no cliffhangers. Perfect for fans of Immortals After Dark, Black Dagger Brotherhood, and the Demonica series.
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I listened to another book in this series out of order and knew I wanted the rest.
These authors and narrators are completely new to me and I'm glad I took the chance to listen.
The writing was good, narration was fantastic.
Narration by Stephen Borne and Savanah Rivers.
Caius and Reagan are fated mates (and a past lives trope bonus).
There are multiple side characters to love and cheer on amd a few you want to die!
Overall a good choice to listen to if you like romantasy/PNR.
Looking forward to the next books!
fantastic narration!
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Reagan’s life is straight from a supernatural novel: a rare black unicorn shifter (that is struggling to control and bond with her familiar,) a father who is an alpha werewolf pack leader, a contracted hunter of magical items, and a guardian, forced at birth to house the soul of the god of Tartarus inside her… and it will eventually kill her. Just like her mother.
Little did she know that when her life is in danger, it opens up the locked portal to Tartarus…and the next phase of her destiny.
When her powerful (and sassy) witch cousin, Clara, is kidnapped into Tartarus, Ragan makes a deal with the king of the Underworld; she will stay six months with him then both Ragan and Clara can go home.
His reasoning? It’s not to get back his soul back that has been inside the females in Reagan’s line for thousands of years.
It’s because he swears Reagan is his mate.
The story does indeed transform into the notes of the cherished “Beauty and The Beast” and “Hades and Persephone,” just like the tagline states.
J will admit; it took me a bit to get into the story. The reasoning was because the lore for this world they set-up was often confusing. Or not explained hardly; just there. I would have enjoyed a prequel novella or maybe a few more chapters to explain the complexity of Reagan’s family and their monstrous, magical, shifters, and fey abilities and connections.
But the final climax was handled well, touched my heart, made me gasp, and tied the loose strings in a bow.
The setting of Tartarus was described well and our king of Tartarus had his background decently flushed out.
Our leading lady Reagan was so sarcastic and snarky. She was easy to relate to and like. And Clara was such a devilishly charming character! My favorite. The audiobook narrator played them both brilliantly.
Our king of Tartarus was dark, rich, charming, tender, and a just ruler. The male lead had a great intonation, pitch, and rasp for him. I wish his voice would have changed a little more for the others; he also had a surfer drawl to it. But I did enjoy his performance.
And their steamy scenes…let’s just say, it’ll make you appreciate painting more!
She was Forced to Take his Soul, but now has his Heart
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Reagan,A strong woman and Caius, her alpha mate, discover the truth about betrayal in the royal palace
Stephen Borne and Savannah Rivers narration is very well done.
It was an entertaining audio to listen.
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entertaining
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This story is about Hades and Persephone with a fun family twist and a dark unicorn. A standalone romance in the Immortal Vices and Virtues world, this was an entertaining story. I would have appreciated more character development. We never more than touched on Reagan's witch side and barely much more on her shifter side. More details would have been better. Caius and Reagan were fine, Caius's inner circle were good characters, but the real stars of the story were the Santiago family. Their big personalities, the food, drink, games, and especially their love for one another made the book for me.
Savannah Rivers and Stephen Borne were the narrators for this story. I thought Savannah did a wonderful job with the female cast. However, I felt Stephen was less successful with the males. Every male in Tartarus including Caius sounded the same. There was no distinction between Caius, his brother, and best friend. His tone was great but there was no diversity.
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Family Is Everything
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Great read
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Shadow Mate
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Grave diggers.
Ancient curse.
Pranks.
M@te-biting.
Non-con.
Mythology.
Tartarus.
Rejected m@tes.
Magic.
Mystery, betrayal, scandal.
Overall:
This was a mostly fun read, I especially liked the bits that were set in Tartarus, as I found that a bit interesting, and the authors put an interesting twist on some myths and legends.
A bit slow-paced, and the writing could be a bit stronger, but ultimately, mostly enjoyable and there were some likable characters to boot. Particularly, I liked Caius—he was a well-designed male lead.
3.5 stars.
🎧Audio:
Great performances, pleasant voices and flawless sound quality made this a perfect production.
5 stars.🦩
Kicks off IVV Season 2!
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Book 1 - can be standalone
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The narrators did a good job. I enjoyed listening to them tell this story. I found their voices and the way they portrayed the characters relaxing.
Caius is a god from Tartarus but everyone thinks he is the monster from Hell.
Reagan is a Guardian, half witch, dark unicorn shifter she has half Caius's soul.
This is kinda like a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Caius leaves his realm when he feels his mate needs his help as she is suffering when someone tried to mate with her against her will. Wanting to keep her safe but her being stubborn and against mating he kidnaps her cousin and makes a deal with her.
There is deception, betrayal, backstabbing, discoveries, witchcraft, shifting, relationships developing and some other things mixed in that made this story entertaining and interesting.
I found some parts of the story to be funny one being when her cousin shifted and he was a corgi.
Enjoyable!
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Good shifter romance with great characters
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