Forsaken Mate

Shifted Fates, Book 1

By: Vasilisa Drake

Narrated by: Sharon Freedman

I thought my fated mate would cherish me. Instead, he kills me in cold blood.

After a decade of bullying me, the Alpha Heir discovers I'm his predestined mate. But just because he rejects me in front of the whole pack doesn't mean he's going to let me go.

When I flee my fated mate, he gives chase. The Alpha Heir would sooner murder me than let me live out of his reach. Only death isn't the end for me. The afterlife is a bit more fiery than I pictured, but that's fine. I'm used to fighting to survive, and literal Hell just might be a step up from what I've been dealing with.

Even if that means facing off against minotaurs and murderous mermaids. Even if, when I find refuge in a seemingly abandoned castle, I find the most dangerous creature in the underworld.

The good news: He agrees to train me, so I'll never be left weak and at the mercy of another. The bad news: His training methods involve a variety of unconventional methods, such as infiltrating my dreams and pinning me beneath him when we spar.

The worst news: He's never going to let me leave his castle.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Vasilisa Drake (P)2024 Tantor Media

I wanted to like it, BUT……

I feel like the author was being paid by how many times she can fit the word BUT into a page. It was every two sentences. BUT perhaps more. I tried to ignore it, BUT I winched every time I heard it. I DNFed, BUT I wanted to like it. I found I couldn’t get past the word BUT every 2 sentences.

The fight to stay alive

She is the outcast but not truly. She is so much more she just hasn’t seen it yet .

Okay but slow

I really don’t like books with only one narrator but I saw this book on an advertisement and wanted to listen to it. The story moves slow. I feel like we could have been much farther along in the story. Now that I see there are three books I think I’m going to listen to something else and see if I’m still thinking about this book. Especially because it didn’t leave me on a serious cliff hanger where I feel like I need to go back.

Short, yet very engrossing.

I enjoyed the story so much. The end blew me away. I had to re-listen to the book right away to appreciate it from a different perspective. Excited to read the second book.

strong storyline

I enjoyed not only the storyline, but the narrator as well. I found it difficult to put away.