Entreat Me

De: Grace Draven

Narrado por: Stacey Holmes

Afflicted by a centuries-old curse, a warlord slowly surrenders his humanity and descends toward madness. Ballard of Ketach Tor holds no hope of escaping his fate until his son returns home one day, accompanied by a woman of incomparable beauty. His family believes her arrival may herald Ballard’s salvation...until they confront her elder sister.

Determined to rescue her sibling from ruin, Louvaen Duenda pursues her to a decrepit castle and discovers a household imprisoned in time. Dark magic, threatening sorcerers, and a malevolent climbing rose with a thirst for blood won’t deter her, but a proud man disfigured by an undying hatred might. Louvaen must decide if loving him will ultimately save him or destroy him.

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cute but good

her sister was a bit slow but 🤷🏾‍♀️...... good in all can't complain I enjoyed the book. wish she did more with her magic

Enchanting retell that is imaginative, well written and well read.

Maybe the Best of Grace Draven’s excellent stories. Draven is a wordsmith and eloquent weaver of word tapestries. You can’t get better than Draven.

Fantastic Read!!!

**Spoilers** This book was absolutely fantastic for 90% of it. The characters were all amazing and had distinct individual personalities. The romance between Lou and Ballard was electric. You couldn't help but cheer for them. However, the ending felt rushed. I am still not sure why the curse was broken. I'm glad it was, but I don't know what the reasoning was? Because he got hurt? I also felt that Lou's magical abilities could have been explored more. I guess I just wanted to enjoy a happy ending more, be in the moments after the curse was broken and experience Ballard and company adjusting back to a normal life.

Engrossing

The characters are strong, the story is engrossing, and it had amusing banter. Narration was good. My only issue was difficulty in the beginning of being able to tell what time period the current chapter was in. Perhaps this was by design, but it made the story confusing. Once I was able to figure out what was going on, I found the audiobook to be well worth a credit.

Very Good!

I enjoyed every minute of it! A hint of beauty and the beast but a completely different story line and much more fun and adult.

Good story and excellent narrator

Interesting story with fascinating characters and surprising twists and turns. Stacey Holmes’s is an excellent performer who made the characters alive.

Beauty and the beast retelling

I am always a fan of a good beauty and the beast retelling, I loved this book and it had a really unique spin that kept you on your toes. Characters in this book have amazing chemistry.

A Beauty and the Beast Retelling

This was such a great retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Ballard and Louvane love story is beyond epic. It had everything, angst, chemistry, passion, desire, from strangers to friends to lovers. Both characters had a second chance at love again. With Louvane, losing her husband so young from an illness, and Ballard dealing with his first wife who didn't love him at all and cursed him and his son. The characters were so much fun and amazing to read about. Even the side characters were incredible as well.

Gavin and Cinida were great as well. Even though she got on my nerves sometimes, Cinida's heart was in the right place. She loved her sister very much, and only wanted her to be happy. The same for Gavin, in regards to his father's happiness. They both knew what Ballard and Louvane had to sacrifice, in order for Gavin and Cinida to have. A long lasting love and marriage.

Ambrose and Magda were my favorite after Ballard and Louvane. These two were so funny and kept 100 with the people around them, whether they liked it or not. They never held no cut cards with anyone, not even Ballard. These two characters kept the story alive and funny from time to time. They were so enjoyable and memorable.

The only character I couldn't stand, however was written so good, was Jimin. He's the type of character that you'll love to hate. I particularly didn't like how he treated and hurt Louvane. No man should ever put his hands on a woman, no matter what she says or does. Then tying a rope around, then attaching that rope to the hoof of your horse and dragging along to get Cinida was the final straw. Not to mention how tricked and used Louvane and Cinda's father Mersa as ploy to force his younger daughter into marrying Jimin. I was happy that Mersa ended Jimin by protecting his children.

Grace Draven, once again has captured me into another story of love, angst, passion, desire and suspense. Her writing is so effortless and so easy to read. I love how she captures the readers attention at the very beginning of the story. I love how each one of her stories are different, yet they still have the same outcome. They're amazing stories. Can't wait to read more!!!

If we lived a 1,000 years, I’d still feel cheated

“You can’t be my savior knight forever, Lou”
Louvaen: “Watch me.”
I adored this Beauty and the Beast variation. Grace Draven has a gift for writing truly enchanting tales with unique magic, strong women, and love stories that don’t revolve around miscommunications.
You’d think it’d be easier to find other books with this winning combination, but sadly that isn’t the case. This book also has great family bonds, humor and heart, and two romances (and possibly a smidge more if you count the help…).

“You might want to hide the axe.”
It did take me a while to accept the narrator, who to me sounded as if she had a cold. But, at 1.4x, and with her phenomenal (and varied) accents for everyone down to the supporting cast of housekeeper Magda and wizard Ambrose, she won me over and I got lost in the magic of the story. I was not at all bothered by the very rare mispronunciation of words because I know (1) well-read people “see” words more than they “hear” them, evincing Ms Holmes’ book-smarts and (2) I might have pronounced those few words correctly, but I could not have carried this story off with nearly the level of skill.

“There were rules to curse breakage.”
My only other (slight) criticism is that the writing style caused confusion. First, there are past recollections in the first half that aren’t very well sign-posted; it would sometimes take a few minutes for me to realize I was hearing the tale of Cedric, Isabeau and Ballard from centuries before. Second, the magic system and curse were never satisfactorily explained. Like, why do we go thru 2/3 of the book with the castle occupants unable to talk about the curse and then suddenly they’re able to? Because rules, apparently, although no one explains the how or why beyond this vague assertion. I think I understand what finally broke the curse, but I might be wrong (saying more would be too spoiler-y, sorry).

“If we lived a 1,000 years, I’d still feel cheated”
This contains only period appropriate swearing, three nooky scenes (at 6, 7, and 10.75 hrs) that
pearl clutchers can easily FF past, and Bros Grimm levels of violence and danger. You need to work a bit, think a bit, and feel a lot. But, this is captivating, lush, and heartfelt.

Great read

Don’t care for Cinnia’s up and down behavior. The rest of the story = a complete masterpiece.