Aveoth by Laurann Dohner

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Jillian Milzner has lived a life on the run. Her biological sperm donor has made it clear he wishes she’d never been born. Most kids get presents from their dads growing up. He sent thugs to make death threats to ensure she never tries to find him. He needn’t have bothered, since she wants nothing to do with Decon Filmore. His father, however, thinks Jill might be useful. Things go from bad to worse when her grandfather’s goons snatch her up to deliver her to a man both terrifying… and straight out of her sexiest daydreams.

Lord Aveoth isn’t surprised to hear from Decker Filmore. The man is desperate to make the GarLycan lord call off the hunt for his life, and equally determined to reclaim his VampLycan clan. To achieve both goals, he’ll offer Aveoth yet another half-human granddaughter from his bloodline.

It’s lonely being a lord of a clan, so Aveoth agrees to the meeting – and he’s instantly attracted to Jill. He’s also angry to learn she’s been brought to him against her will, but he still wants to keep her. Even if it exposes his darkest secret… which could tear his clan apart.

Aveoth

The leader of the GarLycans!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💜💚
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎🌍
Character development: 😠☺️😋😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Solo Narration

The heroine: Jillian – she grew up without a father. He wanted nothing to do with her and made sure she wouldn’t search him out by threatening her and her mother every few years because he didn’t want anyone to know about her. Though now, years after her mother passed away, two men show up and kidnap her.

The Hero: Aveoth – he is the leader of the GarLycan clan. They are the results of matings between Gargoyles and Lycans and are the strongest of all races. They have the ability to fly and cover themselves with a rock hard shell to protect themselves from injury. The evil Decker Filmore had wanted to trap Aveoth into an alliance by offering him his granddaughter, but both his granddaughters mated to VampLycans. Aveoth now wants to Kill Decker.

The Story: Aveoth was supposed to mate Decker’s sister many years ago and there was a plot to get him addicted to her blood, when he was small he was fed her blood. Since she died, he hasn’t mated to anyone else. Decker was the leader of one of the three VampLycan clans and wanted war with the other clans and figured if he could make an alliance with Aveoth, the two clans together could crush the others. So he was going to offer her someone of the same bloodline (his granddaughter).

Now Decker has been ousted from his clan and is on the run from Aveoth and his GarLycan clan as well as all three VampLycan clans. Decker has found and captured a third granddaughter Jillian, and plans to use her to exchange for his life. Jillian knew nothing of the supernatural world and is at the mercy of her evil grandfather.

Like the rest of this series, the heroine is strong and intelligent. She fights her captors and even tells Aveoth to beat the two thugs that kidnapped her, while she watches and cheers him on. I like that Aveoth was protective of her from the start and pissed at the guys for hurting her. You gotta love a man who is so opposed to violence against women. I also liked the fact that Aveoth has a secret and who doesn’t love a scene where bigots get put in their place.

This book is told in multiple points of view via solo narration and was narrated by Savannah Richards. Savannah has a great voice and does all sorts of characters very well (male and female). I really enjoy her narration style and I couldn’t wait for this book, since Aveoth has been a strong character all throughout this series. I wanted to hear more about the GarLycan clan as well.

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