Kyele's Passion

A World Beyond, Book 4

By: Michelle Howard

Narrated by: Ryder Watkins, Char Adams

Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

Being a Jutak warrior is all Kyele Bastien cares about until one mission changes everything. The Earth female has carved a place in his heart without even trying and now he'll do anything to make sure nothing ever hurts her again. Rescued from a Marenian slave auction, Joni Miller is relieved to have her life back, but there's one man making it difficult to remember why she shouldn't want to think about happy ever after any more. An enemy's need for revenge puts Joni in the path of danger and unleashes the fury of an elite soldier with dark abilities.

©2016 Michelle Howard (P)2017 Michelle Howard

Good story bad narration.

I enjoy this series of stories. But the narrator misses the mark with the male character voices.

great book

great book. Can not wait for the next book. Keeps you want to keep listening. I was unable to stop listening until the end

Great book not so great narration if heard in orde

love the series but annoying if heard consecutively bc the narrators change the voice and personality of the characters from one book to the other.

Mystery man!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚❤️💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍
Character development: 😉☺️😟😤🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Joni - after the majority of men on Earth were killed after a pandemic, women were left with not many options. Though it was discovered that most races on other planets were compatible with females from Earth, so the off-world singles program was created. Females from Earth pay 20 grand for a chance to find a husband on another planet. Joni was happy to be chosen for the program but ended up being captured by Meranian slave traders.

The Hero: Kyele he is a Jutak warrior, and he has always known he was a ruthless killer. They are the strongest military force in the universe. They have been working to end Meranian slave trading and rescue any slaves they find in the process. They have been searching for the biggest slaver of them all, a Meranian named Lothar. Kyele is a mysterious figure, with some dark abilities that not even all of his Jutak brothers are aware of. He is the son of General Azar of the Spektar army and his human slave Victoria.

The Story: Joni and Sylvia are held together by the slavers, and they both have continually fought against their captors. When the Jutak warriors attack, Joni and Sylvie are able to kill their guard and escape with the Jutak warriors. Joni has been through hell, and no longer wants to find a husband, but she is attracted to Kyele from the start.

There was quite a bit of mystery in this book and I liked the story. Kyele has some abilities/powers which are kind of secret and he thinks he is too dangerous for Joni, since he is a killer and is good at it. Though from the start, she likes him and feels safe with him. Her past comes back to haunt her and there is a lot going on but the attraction between them can’t be denied. I liked Joni as a character because she was fierce even though she was afraid. She wants to be able to take care of herself and actually is pretty good at it. I also liked that she is softer than she seemed in Arak’s Love.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via Duet narration. It was narrated by Char Adams and Ryder Watkins. I like the fact that each book in this series is narrated by different narrators. This series is a weird form of duet narration with the male narrator doing every chapter (the thoughts and actions), no matter who’s POV the chapter is in, but the actual spoken words are done via dual narration. There are also full background sounds like alarms, walking, doors closing and more. Ryder Watkins has a very pleasant voice and does a good job, Char Adams also has a nice voice which isn’t too feminine but isn’t too harsh either.

Great story! Bad narrator.

Like the past 3 books this one is good! A little fun, a little sad and a lot of hot!!! Overall I liked it BUT the narration of Torkel and Faye are absolutely horrible!!! I cringed every time Faye talked.

Narrator should stick to TV "How it's Made"

Good story line. Would like to see what their kids futures hold. Boring narrative. Like listening to a how to book

loved it

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

not a bad story line

just the narration was not great. some of the warriors (Torkel especially) sounded like a girl.

Good sci-fi romance!

There’s one thing that would make listening to this audiobook better and that is to listen to the first three books in order of publication. I say this because a lot of the same characters are interwoven through all the books. That being said, I enjoyed this story of a warrior who felt he didn’t deserve a chance at love because of who his father is. The heroine is an Earth woman who had been a sex slave and then was used for horrible experiments. She has to learn to trust men again. The story is well written and narrated with a happy ending.

Narration is cringeworthy. Period.

The story is great, but for some reason the narration took a drastic change from the other three books. While some changes were expected as the narrators differed between all four books, at least the tone and personality of the characters was consistent in the first three books in the series. In this book, Faith Reed sounds bored out of her mind, like she doesn’t love Torkel and most disappointingly like she’s got no brains. This isn’t the same woman we saw in the first three books. Also, Lissie (Rydek’s chosen) sounds more like an alien than necessary and not like her previous representation in earlier books. Sylvie and Joni were passable but still lacking the luster heard in Arak’s Love. And worst of all, Torkel is portrayed with the voice and tone of some high brow professor with breathy undertones!! Um what?? Where’s the Merenian warrior who overcame so many obstacles by strength and determination and willpower?? Who’s this academic who doesn’t sound like he even knows what a laser is let alone can run an elite team of warriors!? Utterly disappointed in this because the storyline was good and demanded more realistic tone and personality of the characters we’ve heard and seen developed in three previous books.

I only pushed through because of the storyline. If you want to know what happens next and don’t mind periodic cringeworthy scenes then trudge on and give this a listen. I’m glad I did but really hate that these narrators destroyed the characters I came to know and love.