Claimed by the Shifters by K. Loraine
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I made a deal with a demon so I could be free.
Claimed by the Shifters
Boy did that blow up in my face. Everything is falling apart just as I thought it was coming together.
The Mercer twins say I’m their mate. I believe them, even if I can’t let them claim me. No matter how badly my soul yearns to be theirs.
Pan laid out his terms and I ignored them once already. Now Ben is in jail for a murder he didn’t commit, Asher’s curse is spreading, and Remi and I are no closer to finding a way to free either of them. If that wasn’t tricky enough, the Duke of Tears has found me. And Gavin has made it clear he has no intention of leaving without his wife.
But I refuse to leave them.
My flirtatious wolf.
My haunted hacker.
My broken alpha.
And I already know my mischievous demon will never let me go. The mark he seared into my flesh is proof of that.
If I’ve learned anything from my Blackthorne ancestors, it’s how to protect my mate. So while Pan thinks he’s got me over a barrel, I’m the one using him to my advantage.
After all, there’s more than one way to deal with a demon.
Better than the first book!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 🙂🥰😎🥹😀
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Duet Narration ✨Full Cast✨
The heroine: Rosalyn Blackthorne (a.k.a. Rosie) – she is a vampire human hybrid, her father was the king of the North American vampires. Though she is basically only an enhanced human since she will never change into a vampire. She married Gavin Donohue, a man from a rival family. Her brother had been engaged to Gavin’s sister, but he had killed her when she betrayed him. So, Rosie married Gavin to save her family. After she found Gavin with a male submissive, she faked her death and ran away to Alaska.
The Heroes: Asher Henry – he is a fantastic hacker, and he lives in the supernatural world, though he is just a human. He was cursed by a witch and lately the physical representation of his curse, a tattoo on his arm, has been growing, and once, lightening spewed from that same arm. He was abandoned at birth and doesn’t know anything about his parents.
Bentley Mercer – he and his twin brother are wolf shifters that own a bar in Alaska. They know that Rosie is their mate, and she moved in with them. Bentley protected his brother when they were children and their parents were murdered, he has had a stutter ever since. He was recently arrested for murder.
Remington Mercer – twin brother to Bentley, they are both alpha wolf shifters. He swings both ways and has a thing with Asher. He knows Rosie is his mate also and wants to protect her. The twins owe a demon named Lilith and must fight in her club whenever she demands.
Pandemic (a.k.a. Pan) – he is a hulking purple demon. He agreed to hide Rosalyn and changed her scent so nobody would find her. His price was her body, and he made her barren. Since she fell for Asher and the twins, she told him she would no longer be willing in bed for him. He and his mother have plans for Rosie and her men.
Gavin – He is a sadist who enjoys both male and female submissive masochists. He is Rosie’s husband and knew she was his fated mate. He wanted her when he agreed to the marriage, but he thought it was only her sweet blood that drew him to her. Though after she supposedly died, he could not get her off his mind and when he saw her through a portal, he went after her and found her.
The Story: Since Gavin found Rosie, what will happen now? Rosie has always had a thing for Gavin, which was partly why she agreed to marry him, but she faked her death and ran, hoping to save her family from his. Plus, what will happen between Pan and Rosie. She was attracted to him and loved the intimate things he did to her. Though she didn’t have feelings for him like she did for Asher, Bentley and Remington. And she had made a deal with him to keep her from being found. However, she was found by Gavin, so is their deal now null and void?
Like in the first book, Rosie’s feelings for both Pan and Gavin are a bit of a mystery. She wants both of them, but she doesn’t seem to love them like she does Asher, Remi and Ben.
“A whole other kind of fight night. One with whips and lube. Lots of lube. My kind of party.”
I liked this book better than the first. I got to know the characters much better, and I liked most of them. Though I still didn’t understand Rosie’s relationship with Pan very well. I did, however, get more into the relationship between Pan and his mother Pestilence who wants to restart the apocalypse using Rosie and her loved ones to do it. Still Bentley was my favorite character, with Asher and Remington coming in close behind. I didn’t see the point in having Gavin in the mix at all other than to add a bit of BDSM into the story. Though he was not a likable guy, too arrogant and uppity.
This audiobook was told in multiple points of view via duet narration with a full cast of great narrators. It was narrated by J.F. Harding, Jacob Morgan, James Joseph, John Hartley, Stella Hunter, and Teddy Hamilton. This is a great cast of narrators including some of my favorites. The only voice I didn’t really like was Pan’s voice though I suppose it was a bit over the top because he was a demon. Overall, the narration was terrific.
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