Thirst

The Beast King Brides, Book 1

By: Charlene Hartnady

Narrated by: Tristan James, Meg Price

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Thane

I’ve been told I’m beautiful to look at, but I’m a monster all the same. Barely contained. Terrifying now that the thirst is upon me.

I’m a beast king, and that comes with its pros and cons.

Big con: I have to take a bride. It’s built into my DNA. We all reach a point where the drive kicks in.

I thought I still had time. I was wrong. I need to find her. The one.

A vampiress whose blood will quench me. The hunt is on. If I don’t find her soon, I’ll be put down like a rabid dog, leaving my throne to my greatest enemy: my rival by blood. And that can’t happen.

Bellicent

What happens in the dark stays in the dark…or so I thought.

I’m a half-blood. More human than vampire. A weakling. A circus trick only good for being used and abused.

When the vampire king shows interest in me, I tell him where to get off…then I spend the night with him. Don’t judge me! Who wouldn’t leap at the opportunity? He’s the most eligible bachelor on the planet and is known to be picky about who he spends time with.

The king also happens to be my family’s greatest rival. It’s a feud that spans centuries. Think of the Capulets and Montagues, only so much worse.

Last night was a moment of weakness; a night I don’t regret! Thane is more of a beast than I ever imagined.

My brother will pop a vein if he ever finds out what I did. He thinks he can run every aspect of my life, but he’s wrong. I will follow the two rules that have been drummed into me since childhood...and those two rules only! To keep the peace, I’d prefer it if Zale never found out about last night. He’d make my life a living hell.

Then, the king shows up on my doorstep again. Everything I’ve ever known to be true starts to unravel. It all gets turned on its head. I’m not sure who my real enemies are anymore...

Thirst is the first book in a series about monsters of all kinds. If you like enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, sassy heroines, and swoon-worthy beast kings who are almost untamable, then this is the series for you.

©2022 Charlene Hartnady (P)2023 Podium Audio

Funny

I laughed out loud throughout the entire book. Tristan is what I call a frantic narrator; his voice always sounds like he is on high; didn’t mind it a bit, his voice added to the humor. Meg was on point with narration. The storyline was interesting and held my attention. Plan to listen to the entire series.

Vampire Beast King Finds his Mate, Can He Keep Her

The Beaster Kings at a certain point in their lives must find a compatible mate or go crazy and die. The time has come for Thane
Bell is half human and half vampire..told she can’t marry or have children. Thank and Bell meet, shortlisted afterwards Tjane realized Bell is his mate
There are themes of Romeo and Juliet, keeping blood clean, possible madness, keep supernaturals a secret and secrets kept
The story was fun, entertaining and I enjoyed the story
I loved the female narrator but didn’t care for the male, he didn’t sound right for the part and the female narrator’s male voice was better
All in all a great beginning to a series
This is a favorite paranormal author of mine.

Love the Story

I greatly prefer my steam mix with true love and this book delivers. I also love love paranormal words with many different species instead of just vampires or just werewolves. This book provides variety. I like the female narrator’s enthusiasm, but the male narrator sounds like he needs some sinus medicine and almost sounds like his “female” voice is making fun of women by being too pitchy and whiny. I hope that it’s a coincidence. However, I really liked the story and will will continue the series.

narration

The female narrator was great. The Male narrator was NOT. The story was pretty good.

Thirst review

I found the story to be good and easy to listen to. One thing I would critique would be the sound performance from Tristan James was a bit dull, as opposed to how Meg Price’s voice sounded, her performance was amazing.

Male narrator is horrible!

I liked the book…male narrator’s voice is irritating at best. He sounded the worse when he was portraying the male character!

Great story

I love the story and the female narrator but I really didn’t like the male narrator. It’s not his voice but the way he reads the story. It’s like listening to old time radio stories were the narrators were really dramatic. I’ve heard him read other books and it’s the same way with those. Just not my style but otherwise I loved the book.

Decent story. Poor male voice.

Ever try getting into a fantasy romance where the female voice is one point and male voice sounds like an American game show host? Ya, way kills it. I wish they would of just had the chick do the whole thing bc her choice of voice for the male characters was good. I seriously hesitate to get the next book when it comes out because they have the same male voice actor.

Thirst

This was amazing to listen to. I truly loved it from beginning to end. I laughed and cried and screamed and everything in between. Thank you so much

Good Story

I love the story and Meg Price’s narration. I wish she did not POV. Tristan’s narration is robotic and he doesn’t convey the emotion of the characters when he reads.
Request another male narrator or let Meg Price doe not POV’s for book 3.