Audio Original ARC Review - Darius (A Black Dagger Brotherhood) by J.R. Ward Read by Jim Frangione

 

BLURB:

Darius, son of Marklon, isn’t looking for love the night destiny comes to claim him. He’s also not interested in crashing his new car. But when a human woman runs out into the road and he must swerve to avoid killing her...everything goes off course. Disillusioned by his King’s lack of leadership and the losses in the war against the Lessening Society, Darius finds purpose in protecting a woman he cannot make his own. Love finds a way, however—until the truth of what he is comes out and she leaves him in horror. Unbeknownst to them both, Anne is carrying his young, a female who is destined to be Queen—and after a tragic reunion, he vows to protect their daughter. Resigned to perpetual sadness, he is determined to serve the memory of his beloved no matter the cost...unless by some miracle, fate sees fit to once again bring them together.

MY REVIEW:

Darius is an audio treat for the ears! I have loved and adored and hell, worshipped every Black Dagger Brotherhood series from the very beginning and I have always been curious about Darius. And when I got the opportunity to listen and review a copy of the audio, I didn't give it a second chance! I just snatched that sucker up and dove right in. It is sensational and sexy and so heartbreaking as it was beautiful. This novella was the perfect thing to listen to and when it ended I wanted to listen to it all over again. 

Readers will DEVOUR and LOVE this edition. I personally didn't want it to end. It gave us not just a glimpse into Darius's life and death, but gave us a chance to witness what kind of male he was and I fell in absolute love and lust with him. I don't listen to a lot of audiobooks, but this one was by far, one of the BEST audiobooks I have listened to! Give me MANY MORE PLEASE!

Darius gets a HEARTBREAKING AND HEART MELTING FIVE SWOON WORTHY STARS! A for sure, MUST listen to audiobook! 

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DARIUS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

J.R. Ward is the author of more than thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series, and is a three-time RITA award winner: Best Short Contemporary Romance. There are more than fifteen million copies of her novels in print worldwide, and they have been published in twenty-six different countries.

ARC Review - Wanting the Monster ( Match Program) by Rena Marks!

BLURB:

Never judge a man by his looks, even when he has tentacles.

Relion has so much more going for him. Protective. Playful. Caring. He’s become my best friend and it doesn’t even matter that we’re male and female. Or that we’re two entirely different species. I have to get married and I’m socially awkward and inexperienced and he’s going to teach me all I need to know about making a prime marriage catch.

Tera is determined to marry an Earther male. A hairy one.

She may be beautiful. Exotic. Graceful. My best friend. But the stubborn female is a bit low on intelligence. She has no idea that no male can ever measure up to her. That she's worthy and unique.

And I have no idea how hard I can fall for her.

This is the fourth book in the Matched Program Series.

The gorgeous species called Britonians had left their planet with a dying sun. They reached an agreement with Earth to clean up our ruined planet with their modern technology in exchange for a new place to live. If it were up to women, we'd allow them to live just to look at them. The Brits are amazing, gold skin, tall and muscular, like avenging angels.

When they hear that most of our men died in the third World War, leaving the sexes vastly mismatched, they offer to begin a Match Program with a distant planet in need of females. It will be completely professional, personality-matching, compatibility, and the possibility of procreation. Plus, the human females will have a guaranteed choice after six months: Remain with your alien mate, or come home to Earth.

None of us expected the gorgeous alien species to introduce us to horrifying monsters.

MY REVIEW:

One of my favorite series had a brand-new friends to lovers trope come out that I immediately couldn't wait to devour! Wanting The Monster is a sexy, fun, sizzling hot romance that was sweet and amusing and exhilarating. I couldn't believe how good this friends to lovers trope was. I'm not a huge fan of the trope like I used to be, but when you get sexy monsters involved, it can really make an exceptional difference. 

Relion is a GORGEOUS tentacled hero who is friends with a human woman, Tera who thinks she wants to marry a human man. However, Relion is more than determined to prove to her that he is HER man. I honestly loved the sweet and fun banter between these two. You could sense the affection and love right away and as their relationship progressed, things went from a slow burn to an inferno in no time and made things even more delectable. Tera is a real sweetheart in my opinion. I really loved her personality and the way she moved through life. She really fit Relion and vice versa and I couldn't love these two more! This book made me love the friends to lovers trope again and I honestly can't thank Rena Marks enough for that. 

Wanting The Monster gets a DELICOUSLY ENTERTAINING FIVE SCORCHING HOT STARS! I freaking LOVE these tentacled heroes!