Snatched

The Collection, Book 1

By: Blake Blessing

Narrated by: Rachel Leblang, Connor Brown

"Why are you all so pretty?"

It all started when I was six years old. I was homeless. They were held prisoner.

I saved them. Even though it put me in the system. They believed we built an unbreakable bond forged by trauma. These beautiful, damaged boys saw me differently than the rest of the world.

As much as I wished I could feel the same. I couldn't. These boys—men—had too much anger. Too much hate.

They wanted to burn down anything and everyone who had wronged them. It was eating them up inside. I tried to warn them. Instead of listening to me, they were set on destroying themselves.

And me in the process.

Contains mature themes.

©2024 Blake Blessing (P)2024 Tantor Media

Excellent narration and story telling!

I loved how the story unfolds, moving deftly between the past and the present. “Beastie” is a girl living in the edges of society- homeless with her aunt. Then she spots four boys being help against their will. Her alert saves them, but leads to her removal in to a group home and the foster care system. The boys are grateful for their rescue, but life in the system isn’t easy either. They look out for each other, sometimes together, sometimes at a distance. Now as adults, they have to save each other again. The love and bond between the five will be tested, but proves unbreakable.

The narration is pitch perfect. I cannot wait to dive in to what will happen in the next book. I really enjoyed this listen.

Hard to follow but decent

Really hard to follow. It switches between the 5 main characters as well as switching between past and present. Took most of the book to finally start to understand everything

Interesting Story

I would have preferred if the story had been in duet narration but the narrators did a decent job. The story is interesting enough that I grabbed the next book, so I can find out what happens next. The later books aren’t all available yet on audiobook, so this will let me decide if I want to finish the series in the future. I wouldn’t necessarily say this is a “spicy” book. It has its moments, there’s only a couple scenes and I think they could have been better but they were still ok.

Nothing

Very boring Snoozefest you lose interest in the book so you lose what is happening because it’s just so boring it don’t matter

Worst of 2025

The narrators did well especially the female narrator. Otherwise the story is unrealistic trauma porn. I honestly cannot give enough props to these voice actors. This book is such shit.