• Lustful Claws

  • Tigeran Tales, Book 1
  • By: Cyndol Rivers
  • Narrated by: Joshua Needham
  • Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Lustful Claws

By: Cyndol Rivers
Narrated by: Joshua Needham
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Exiled by his Pride for "unacceptable" desires, Ritnar lives alone. Until one day, he finds a strange and fascinating, furless creature washed up on the shore. He nurses him to health and determines to gain his trust and, perhaps, his heart.

But a terrible misunderstanding drives the human, Tristan, away and right into the dangerous, lustful claws of Ritnar’s former Pride leader.

©2018 Cyndol Rivers (P)2019 Cyndol Rivers

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Fun & Sensous

Good introduction to the story and the characters. definitely left me wanting to know more. I look forward to more installments and I do hope that the next one will be longer, including more personal history of both main characters. Good visual descriptions and some delightfully humorous moments, too. I very much enjoyed the narration, too. Joshua Needham has a wonderful storytelling voice.

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Entertaining, but would've liked more

I have mixed feelings about this book. I like the premise, I like the style, how we get to see each character's point of view, rotating each event, as they see things from such different perspectives, & going a bit forward in the story each time. I like the general plot itself.
BUT I think this could've been a full novel, if we'd been allowed to see more of the two characters being able to communicate better & spend more time before falling so in love - it really was more lust than love, though there was some caring & tenderness. They didn't really KNOW each other. There are some loose ends in a subplot & although there are 2 more shorts in the series, they're not going to focus on the same two characters.
One other minor complaint is that their internal monologues included slang & turns of phrase that just didn't fit their world or life experience, especially the Tigeran, Ritnar, who had had no contact with humans prior to Tristan. I'm not positive of what time period this is supposed to be taking place, but I also thought that it was likely Tristan's speech was too modern as well. However, this aside, I did enjoy how their personalities & perspectives came through, even if the exact words might not have been realistic.
The narration for the audio was pretty good - because most of the book only has interaction between 2 characters, it was easy to tell who was speaking/narrating, with the two very different accents the narrator chose. (Though I'm not entirely sure why a Russian type accent was chosen for Ritnar. I might've missed/forgotten something along the way though).
All in all, I did like it & I will probably read the next 2 books - I just wish this one were longer.

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Wonderful short fantasy M/M story! 👍👍👍

First time author and narrator for me. I’m so glad I gave it a try. Saw it from the M/M Audible group.
It’s a story about Tristan (human) and Ritnar (Tigeran). These two are perfect and their story just made me happy.
For a very short story of a little over 2 hours, the story did not seem short. Don’t get me wrong, I wished it was way longer because I wanted more of Ritnar’s and Tristan’s story. I didn’t want it to end.
Joshua Needham, the narrator, did an awesome job to bring this book to life. He’s added to my favorite narrators of all time! I just love his voice and how he made this story so great to listen to.
I definitely recommend this book. I can’t wait for more of this author and narrator!❤️❤️❤️

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excellent

this stort was very easy to follow and really well written. Joshua Needham really brought the story to life. more please!

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Mom doesn't know best AT ALL!!!

I hate Ritnar's mother.. Too little too late!!!! What an ignorant idiot mom was. She knew Tristan wasn't a threat, because he was too small and she could smell her son on Tristan. I'm furious with that dingbat! Ritnar wasn't a very good mate when he can't protect Tristan and only feed and bed him !!!! Not much of a man, but look at his senseless mom!! The narrator did a great job. I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this story and am giving an honest review.

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