Lord of Eternal Night

Darkmourn Universe, Book 1

By: Ben Alderson

Narrated by: Shaun Grindell

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Shade of Vampire—but with added spice!

Jak's life has only one meaning: Break the curse or die trying.

Marius's life has no meaning; not since he was cursed into the twisted, bloodthirsty creature of night. For years the witches have waited for their salvation, a way to return the magic that was sacrificed when the curse was first cast. Jak, a boy born with power that the witches have not seen in a century, is their prophesied savior. The one who is to kill the creature, break the curse and restore magic to his coven.

Sent to the creature's castle as the final Claim, Jak must get close enough to land the final blow. It is what he has trained all his life to accomplish. Not all is as it seems when Jak uncovers secrets and half-truths. The creature is not the haunting beast he had been brought up to hate. Emotions war as new feelings are uncovered. For what is more dangerous than hate? Lust.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Ben Alderson (P)2022 Tantor

this is phenomenal

I absolutely love it every moment was hanging on by a heartstring beautiful story thank you

Good if you like a quick guilty pleasure read

But not quite what I was looking for, although I should've realized as much. The book is exactly what it's trying to be: romance and lust between two characters destined to be enemies in a slowly approaching doom setting, with a narrator fully into it. And if that's all you need, this book is probably for you!

Personally though, I felt there wasn't enough to the story. The worldbuilding left unanswered questions, which weren't necessarily important to the thin plot but confused me nonetheless. The characters' decisions and motives didn't always make much sense, or at least lacked in explanation. The narrator often got a bit too theatrical to my liking. But take this with a grain of salt if you will, as this review is coming from someone who enjoys her relationships much much more platonic.

Droning Voice

This story was alright, not great, not terrible, but not something I would want to read again. The voice acting was pretty bad though, his droning voice and unenthusiastic exclamations made this a difficult read. Chugging along, A.

The trail off on every sentence drive me insane

I had to switch to kindle and physically read this book, the narration was absolutely killing me. Male equivalent of intense vocal fry

Just meh

Story had some very promising aspects but overall in the end fell very flat. The storyline and the characters always felt were at the edge of something great but never allowed to get there. The steamy parts were very steamy but again felt rushed and kind of out of nowhere. I wish the author would have taken their time to flush out these hollow characters. The rhythm of the voice actor kept frustrating me throughout the listen.

Love it!

Pleased with the story! Ben Alderson truly paints a vibrant world with his wordsmithing! Cannot wait to move onto his other stories!

heck yeah

gay, so very gay. please write a sequel if you haven't already. perhaps make that one gay, too.

Loved it!

Mystery, passion, love...revenge! I enjoyed the characters and the wat the narrator brought them to life. Ugh, super sexy book with a good story ❤️

Love it

Perfect in every way great story and great reading by the performer A+ to Ben for his story

Oh my

The articulation, the intensity, and snark! This book had me on the edge of my seat all the way through. Dark and thrilling!