The Warlord Wants Forever

I am a huge Kresley Cole fan and have been waiting forever for her books to be released in audio format. And, when I saw that there was a male and a female narrator, I was over the moon!To say that I was disappointed in the finished product of The Warlord Wants Forever is an understatement. While the story itself is fun, sexy, and sweet (with Cole's trademark humor), the audio version is one of the worst I've ever heard. Problem #1: The story is told completely in third person but the narrators take turns reading each chapter and doing all the voices within that chapter. So, the fact that there is a female and a male narrator is completely wasted. The two narrators never interact with each other. Problem #2: Because the narrators voice all the characters (male and female) in the chapter they're reading, there is no consistency with how the characters are portrayed. The result is choppy narration. Problem #3: The male narrator does a good job with the male characters; he has a great accent. The female narrator rushes her lines and sounds more like she's reading than narrating a story. Her portrayal of the male lead is so different from the other narrator as to be unbelievable. I remain a huge fan of Cole's Immortals After Dark Series. However, if the other books in the series are narrated just like The Warlord Wants Forever, I won't waste my money or my time listening.

Loved the story and can't wait for more audio books from Kresley Cole. Sadly the two readers weren't great. Wroths' character was very overplayed by the actor and the person who played Myst had a tendency to rush her lines and never really get into her character. I do love all these books and own them all. Maybe for the full length books they'll get new actors. I can't wait!

I love Kresley Cole. I have every book in print and on Kindle. I was very excited to start the audio collection. These narrators are AWFUL - especially the man. The woman was barely tolerable, she just couldn't do another accent consistently. The man was just....there are no words for how bad. It was ironic that he didn't understand the temperament of the characters and kept voicing Myst as timid and weak. Obviously he doesn't understand the Valkyrie. He just sounded too old and breathy. I won't be ordering more KC if they keep these narrators...I just can't make it through. Better narrator options: Female: Khristine Hvam, Johanna Parker. Male: Anyone besides this guy. Actually, either of the female narrators I listed could do all parts successfully.

From other reviews I'd read, I honestly expected the worst from this audiobook, but I'm happy to say I enjoyed it. Although I agree that I wasn't the biggest fan of the two narrators, I'll admit it did lend a little something to the two points of view. The narrators weren't bad, I just felt it unnecessary to have two.

The short book was a fun listen, and I loved finally getting the background story on Nikolai and Myst. Her antics gave me a giggle, and Nikolai's reactions to her just made it that much better.

If you're into paranormal romance and have a few spare hours, give this one a whirl!

The decision to switch the male/female narrators at the end of each chapter, rather than by the characters speaking, resulted in two different voices for each character which was distracting and at times confusing. I listened to the end only because the story was so interesting. More books by this author please and use the narrator for the next installment - who did a fantastic job on both the male and female voices.

I've read and enjoyed the rest of Cole's Immortals after Dark series, so I was very surprised by how much I didn't like the The Warlord Wants Forever audiobook. I'm not sure what was different about this one. The rest of the series takes place in the same world, some of the same characters, the same themes, etc. But for some reason TWWF had my inner feminist's hackles up. It could be the few scenes that stradled the fence between erotic/ kinky and skeevy/rape-y. The narration didn't help matters. They each read Nikolai and Myst and had a different interpretation of each. At the very least they should've agreed on Nikolai's accent.
If the rest of the IAD series is going to be produced in audiobook, I suggest they find the right narrator (one who can do m/f voices). I'd love to hear Gabra Zackman or Nicole Poole narrate the rest of the series.

Narrators if you want to know how to narrate correctly with two voices, listen to one of Christine Feehan's audio books with two narrators. Female does ALL female voices no matter if it's in hero's point of view. Male does ALL male voices no matter if it's in heroine's point of view. Get a clue!

Individually the narrators are good, but they switched narration based on the POV being written....and at least for this story it did not flow well, as I said individually both narrators were great and had one or the other been narrating the story this rating would be higher. Hagan should have narrated the guy characters and Simone should have narrated the girls it would have flowed much better.

I stopped listening about 1/2 way through and just read the rest of the story it was easier that way.

Being that this book was short, I think the book was dammed good. Luved the story line of feuding species and the forbiden friut concept. The sexual contant of the story was great. Again let me point out, for not being a long book.

I love Krestley Cole. But this audiobook is terrible. It takes is a shorter story about a Vampire and a Valkyri- two races that hate one another. It is a very poor example of the writer's talent, and also a bad narration duo. The bedroom scenes were numerous, which doesnt bother me, but they dragged on. The male reader sounds like he's Count Chocula. It's just not good when he starts panting like the Sesame Street "counting Count".

I would read a summary on GoodReads or Amazon, then start the series with Hunger Like No Other, which is a spectacular audiobook.

This book is not a necessary to enjoy the series. If you've never read K.C, this might keep you from her work altogether. Skip this and read the rest!! :)