Audiobook Review: The Dark King (Deviant Kings, #1). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dark King by Gina L. Maxwell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

thought a weekend away would be the perfect escape. Until I woke up married and trapped…by the king of the Dark Fae.

“Neon Gods meets Fifty Shades… Deliciously dark and sexy!” —#1 NYT bestselling author Helen Hardt

For Bryn Meara, a free trip to the exclusive and ultra-luxe Nightfall hotel and casino in Vegas should’ve been the perfect way to escape the debris of her crumbling career. But waking up from a martini-and-lust-fueled night to find herself married to Caiden Verran, the reclusive billionaire who owns the hotel and most of the city, isn’t the jackpot one would think. It seems her dark and sexy new husband is actual royalty—the fae king of the Night Court—and there’s an entire world beneath the veil of Vegas.

Whether light or shadow, the fae are a far cry from fairy tales, and now they’ve made Bryn a pawn in their dark games for power. And Caiden is the most dangerous of all—an intoxicating cocktail of sin and raw, insatiable hunger. She should run. But every night of passion pulls Bryn deeper into his strange and sinister world, until she’s no longer certain she wants to leave…even if she could.
The Dark King

“Devious in the boardroom and deviant in the bedroom”

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💜💚
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍
Character development: 😊😘😟🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Bryn – she is a human woman who was recently let go from her job. When she gets a letter giving her a free stay at the Nightfall casino in Las Vegas, she figures it is a good time to go and let off some steam.

The Hero: Caiden – he is the ruler of the dark fae in Las Vegas, the King of the Night Court. He owns businesses all up and down the strip and his shining star is the Nightfall hotel and casino. He lives in the penthouse and spends most of his time there. When he goes out in public he is treated like a celebrity.

The Story: Caiden has been focused on his business and his empire and has little time for women. Someday he will be expected to pick a consort from the fae females and have heirs, but for now he is concentrating on his family and business. There is a curse on the Night and Day courts since they were banished from the Fae realm. They can’t fall in love with another member of the fae, because if they do, they have to stay close to each other or it will destroy them. It makes them weak because their enemies know that if they steal away the spouse of the King, they can destroy the King.

Caiden especially has no use for humans, but as soon as he sees Bryn, he is entranced by her and feels the need to be near her. This is an interesting storyline and I like that Caiden is wealthy and a bit dangerous and likes things rough in the bedroom. I also love Vegas for a setting. I have been binging CSI lately so am in the mood for Las Vegas as a backdrop to the story.

This one is super steamy; Caiden is a dominant and likes things a bit dark in the bedroom. I love the whole drunk marriage in Vegas trope, and this one is all that and a bag of chips with him being a Fae King. Caiden is not happy when he learns they are married and is determined to fix things, but they find that they are bound and getting an annulment isn’t going to happen so easily.

This audiobook was done in dual points of view via dual narration. It was narrated by Aiden Snow and Avery Reid. Aiden Snow is one of my all-time favorite male narrators. His voice is deep yet soft and very sexy. Avery Reid’s voice isn’t one of my favorites, but she does a good job. Overall, I enjoyed the narration.

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