Blood Lust: The Preternaturals, Book 1

This is my first review of any audiobook. I found this author, Zoe Winters, wove the three novellas in Blood Lust very successfully. The writing and characters in each novella pulls you into the story. It helps immensely when you have the right narrator in this case-Chet Williamson- to set the pace. His voice lends the perfect balance to not only the female characters (not whiny or nasal), but excells with the male characters (deep voiced, dark and hypnotic). The fact that these deal with preternatural characters just ramps up the 'yummy' factor- shapeshifters(Therian), sorcerors, vampires and werewolves.
In each novella-Kept, Claimed and Mated- the stories while seperate were connected by intersecting characters from each one and expanding their own evolution of their romances. Greta and her friend Charlie (Charlotte) in Kept led to Charlie befriending Jane in Claimed which led to Jane's story in Mated. Their respective lovers, Dayne in Kept needed help from Anthony whose story continued in Claimed introduced Paul who traded Jane to Cole and their story continued in Mated.
The stories kept me involved. None of the characters were over the top or corny. The heroes had the right amount of inate protective instincts with strong senses of responsibilities-with a 'bad boy'rep. What's not to love? The women were strong, although I did find that Jane was more of a survivor than Greta or Charlie. I didn't like her at first -but she showed more dept in her character than the others. Can't wait for more stories from this author! Glad that I purchased this on a whim!

Blood Lust is a fun listen. There are 3 separate novellas, Kept, Claimed, and Mated. Each story revolves around a different paranormal theme. Yet the author ties them together seamlessly.
Ms. Winters is a talented writer and I hope Audible will soon be adding more of her books to their collection.

Also, Chet Williamson does a really great job as the narrator.

I was pleasently surprised by this book. Publishing rights limit the urban fantasy titles available in Australia and I've consequentially suffered through more than few disasters. With some trepidation I decided to give this unfamilar author a try and I'm glad I did. The short stories maintained a good balance between fantasy/romance and avoided being either too dark or too soppy. Definetly worth a listen.

The narrator's talent and voice was enjoyable yet, in my opinion, not suited to the material. I found all 3 stories choppy and just not engaging. I found my attention wandering. The world created in these stories just fell flat for me. I don't believe I will try this author again.

Absolutely! It's an awesome read, and has gotten me hooked on Paranormal Romance.

He's an excellent narrator, and helps the characters come alive even more so than they would if I was reading the book without his narration.

The book had me hooked from the start, and I look forward to enjoying more of Zoe Winters' work.

Interesting listening

I really enjoy it when readers with similar reading interests list their favourite authors and series. It really helps me find new authors too follow. Mine are Charlaine Harris, Jeaniene Frost, Jennifer Estep, Faith Hunter, Molly Harper, Ilona Andrews, Kresley Cole, Deborah Harkness, Nalini Singh, Coreene Callahan, Stacia Kane, Kelly Medding and Sherrilyn Kenyon.

Happy Reading