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Scarred

The Never After Series

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Scarred

By: Emily McIntire
Narrated by: Paul Woodson, Ella Lynch
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Once Upon a Time,
There was a king who passed.
He left behind two sons,
one beloved and one outcast.
The older of the two was set to take the throne,
but before he could, he had to find a queen to call his own.
The younger one was known to be unruly and unhinged.
The chosen queen was warned to keep far away from him.
Beautiful and cunning, in the light is where she stayed.
But late at night, it was the shadowed lands in which she played.
Mistakes were made and secrets forged;
forgetting duty and her sense.
And while the new king had her hand,
her heart belonged to the scarred prince.

Scarred is a dark royal romance. It is not a retelling, and it is not fantasy. It has mature situations and themes which may be considered triggers for some. Listener discretion is advised.

©2021 Emily McIntire (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing Historical Historical Fiction Romance Romantic Suspense Royalty Suspense Exciting Heartfelt Funny
Captivating Plot Twists • Passionate Romance • Compelling Voice Acting • Complex Anti-hero • Clever Retelling
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Enjoyed the story, unfortunately I couldn’t connect with the narrators. I’m picky with my narrators though.

Great story, narration meh

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4 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 4 🎧

I really enjoyed this book. I had so much fun putting all the characters names to Lion King characters and guessing who was going to be the true villains in this Never After story.

Sara and Tristan were fantastic, as were so many of the supporting characters. Simon was adorable and I adored the queer nod to Paul and Timothy. The spice was spicy and the betrayal was high. This was so much fun.

The audio was great. I thought Paul Woodson and Ella Lynch were wonderful and I loved the way they brought these characters to life.

Fantastic

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I enjoyed the book graciously, but the Audibile within the book option didn't work I had to actually download audible to play narration. Which we terrible. Maybe my signal maybe not hope they fix option. The author is wonderful with her craft can't wait to see her to bring other stories to life. Great Read.

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very good book definitely a bit of smut but it was a good book to read.

Not for kids lol 😆 but definitely a fun lesson ♡

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I cannot even explain to you how good this book is. I thought Hooked was my favorite book? No, Scarred is so, so much better! The Lion King was so brilliant of an idea, and the references to the movie are everywhere. I really enjoyed Michaels death scene at the end. Remember how in the movie, when Mufasa was hanging from the cliff? And Scar says “Long live the king” and pushes him off? Well in Scarred Tristan says “I would say, long live the king, but that wouldn’t be true.” The thought process that McIntire had to go through to come up with lines like that must’ve been very hard😂. It’s things like that for me, the little details.

To be honest, though, I wasn’t a big fan of Sara. She was just a regular old character that I never really got attached to. Plus my focus was mainly on Tristan🥵. The tattoos, along with his jet-black hair and rings got to me.


All in all it was a FANTASTIC READ! Read it in three sittings. Can’t wait to read Wretched and then Twisted in 2023!

AMAZING!!! *Spoilers*

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I think this story is better than the first book in this series. It's loosely based on The Lion King and is full of court intrigue, evil plots and a searing slow burn romance. I loved it. Neither of the main characters are "good people" and thus their decisions are flawed in some circumstances which is actually refreshing. The overarching theme about how society treats those whom are abnormal from polite society was a really fascinating spin on the whole tale.

Quick synopsis: the FMC's father is murdered so she and her uncle hatch a plan to have her marry the king so she can kill their family line from within. The MMC's is the younger brother of the king whose father was mysteriously murdered. Being the younger and more academic and artistically inclined, he is tortured and ridiculed his whole life by his brother and his court. But when his brother's future wife arrives, all his plotting and revenge plans get infinitely more complicated as he becomes swept up in her orbit. She is lying about who and what she is and he is intrigued by every depraved piece of her soul that begins to show itself.

This is a great option for those people who loved Poppy from FBAA.

The audio was OK. But I had a hard time vibing with the male voice actor, he didn't do other character voices very well and even the female voice actor was pretty meh.

Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (wait for it...)
Audio 🎧🎧

Much better than the first book!

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This was a good story. I think it could have been more developed and been a series. I liked the characters.

Left me wanting more

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It was hard to keep interested.Didn’t much care for the way the love acts were described.

Disappointed

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seems to me it is borderline a retelling despite being stated its not, there are too many similarities and quotes taken directly from the movie buuuuut it’s still good.

Decent reading

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love the concept and it was good but for me, I like the story to move a little faster but it was still really good.

the narrators were ok but… someone like jason clarke and I can’t think of her name atm (will update) would have brought it to life more for me.

good

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