Scarred

The Never After Series

By: Emily McIntire

Narrated by: Paul Woodson, Ella Lynch

Once Upon a Time,
There was a king who passed.
He left behind two sons,
one beloved and one outcast.
The older of the two was set to take the throne,
but before he could, he had to find a queen to call his own.
The younger one was known to be unruly and unhinged.
The chosen queen was warned to keep far away from him.
Beautiful and cunning, in the light is where she stayed.
But late at night, it was the shadowed lands in which she played.
Mistakes were made and secrets forged;
forgetting duty and her sense.
And while the new king had her hand,
her heart belonged to the scarred prince.

Scarred is a dark royal romance. It is not a retelling, and it is not fantasy. It has mature situations and themes which may be considered triggers for some. Listener discretion is advised.

©2021 Emily McIntire (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Great story, narration meh

Enjoyed the story, unfortunately I couldn’t connect with the narrators. I’m picky with my narrators though.

Fantastic

4 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 4 🎧

I really enjoyed this book. I had so much fun putting all the characters names to Lion King characters and guessing who was going to be the true villains in this Never After story.

Sara and Tristan were fantastic, as were so many of the supporting characters. Simon was adorable and I adored the queer nod to Paul and Timothy. The spice was spicy and the betrayal was high. This was so much fun.

The audio was great. I thought Paul Woodson and Ella Lynch were wonderful and I loved the way they brought these characters to life.

aidible

I enjoyed the book graciously, but the Audibile within the book option didn't work I had to actually download audible to play narration. Which we terrible. Maybe my signal maybe not hope they fix option. The author is wonderful with her craft can't wait to see her to bring other stories to life. Great Read.

Not for kids lol 😆 but definitely a fun lesson ♡

very good book definitely a bit of smut but it was a good book to read.

Much better than the first book!

I think this story is better than the first book in this series. It's loosely based on The Lion King and is full of court intrigue, evil plots and a searing slow burn romance. I loved it. Neither of the main characters are "good people" and thus their decisions are flawed in some circumstances which is actually refreshing. The overarching theme about how society treats those whom are abnormal from polite society was a really fascinating spin on the whole tale.

Quick synopsis: the FMC's father is murdered so she and her uncle hatch a plan to have her marry the king so she can kill their family line from within. The MMC's is the younger brother of the king whose father was mysteriously murdered. Being the younger and more academic and artistically inclined, he is tortured and ridiculed his whole life by his brother and his court. But when his brother's future wife arrives, all his plotting and revenge plans get infinitely more complicated as he becomes swept up in her orbit. She is lying about who and what she is and he is intrigued by every depraved piece of her soul that begins to show itself.

This is a great option for those people who loved Poppy from FBAA.

The audio was OK. But I had a hard time vibing with the male voice actor, he didn't do other character voices very well and even the female voice actor was pretty meh.

Story ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (wait for it...)
Audio 🎧🎧