Taken (Warriors of Hir, Book 2)

De: Willow Danes

Narrado por: Kathryn LaPlante, Adam McLaughlin

Hope MacGowan is a city girl but reeling from a break-up on top of a layoff has her determined to have a weekend away in the North Carolina mountains - even if all her friends have bailed at the last minute. Hope's life is one big train-wreck and getting kidnapped by a tall, blond alien - even a gorgeous one - sure isn't helping. R'har crossed the galaxy to seek a mate on this newly discovered world and this delicate red-haired female is everything he's dreamed of - except happy to find herself mated to him. R'har knows in his heart he's her true mate, even if he's not human. But taking her doesn't mean he can keep her and somehow he has to convince Hope to choose him before time runs out....

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Solid Follow On

This second book in the series offers a different plot line with a twist somewhere I won't tell about. Though I like the novel there are gaping holes in justifications. Even in science fiction romance, the suspended disbelief has to hold together. Sometimes it just does not. If you can get over these gaffs, then I think you will enjoy the series and the second book in particular. Danes links the first book characters with second books character nicely so there it that.

If you look for some light airplane reading I suggest this series. The fall in the solid B camp, B+ if I am being generous.

Good but to long

Great love story, but the story dragged out to long. I did enjoy these Hero's and their love for their heroines.

Heroine Deserved Everything She Got EXCEPT R'har

Any additional comments?

Where do I even begin? I read the first book and I recall finding Jenna very sweet. She was always positive, always grounding in the upbringing her Gramps had giving her. Book two just made me appreciate Jenna even more. I felt sympathy for Hope, our Heroine for the first 5 minutes of this story.

Her finance left her for one of her best friends. They both told her by text. Her other best friend knew about it for months and never said a word. Then to top all that off, her job had her drive out of town to another office just to tell her they had to let her go. The girl was having a really bad day. That is pretty much where my sympathy ended for her. By the end of the book, I could see why her boyfriend ran off with her best friend. Something I would be totally against in real life but this Hope character sets you off that much.

R'har, was a sweet character. Very protective. He just wanted to love her and have her love him. Instead she pretty much kept putting him down for being a Alien. She just wouldn't listen to anything so he made up this story that he had to repair his ship before he could take her home. It was his last ditch effort to let her get to know him and vice versa. That worked, until he nearly died to save her life, thinking he was dying he confessed the truth about the ship never needing repair. They were rescued by his people but he nearly died. When he finally woke up, she wouldn't go see him. She told the doctor to tell him they were done and she wasn't his lifemate in front of everyone. Yes this is the same woman that whined about how her ex broke up with her in a text and she'd just basically did the same thing. This action of hers got his banned from his own home. Think she made any effort to get him un-banned?

And Jenna, she met her and she was just a total bit*ch to her. She even mocked Jenna's southern drawl as they were speaking. This character was completely unlikable. It was so bad even Jenna offered to help R'har find a sweet southern girl that would be happy to have him as a mate. But no, he only wanted b*tchy Hope.

These are just examples of how this character is and she is this way right up to the end of the book. I honestly don't know why R'har loves her. She didn't have any lovable qualities. She was so nasty that they didn't have any chemistry. And I ended up reading this book to see just how much more b*itchy she could become rather than their romance. I can't remember a book where I really wished the Hero had left her than this book. Sadly, I hear Summer in the next book is only slightly better. Why? Jenna was a great character. If WD is trying to make strong women, bit*chy doesn't equal strong. Hope was weak and whiny.

Despite my hate for the heroine, the writing was obviously good to make me feel such hatred for a character. The world building was great and I enjoyed reading more about the Hir universe and the men their. It was great seeing Jenna again and I liked that Kathryn used the same voice for Jenna as in the first book and she gave Hope a totally different voice. I think Adam also did a great job. He does sound older than what you would expect his character to sound, but he is also over dramatic and over the top with his performance and I think that is more to show he isn't suppose to sound like a human male.

Hopefully Jenna one day returns home and not leave that poor Sheriff hanging in limbo. I will continue with the series as I do love the universe WD has created and I'd like to see more of it.

Fantastic

Would you consider the audio edition of Taken to be better than the print version?

yes due to narrations

Who was your favorite character and why?

R'har

What about Kathryn LaPlante and Adam McLaughlin ’s performance did you like?

The bring the characters to life. Adam and Kathryne bring these characters to life.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Warrior of Hir

Any additional comments?

this is the second book in this series. This book has it all. Action and love. I felt like i was on a roller coaster ride. There were ups and downs with the characters. Just when you thought they were getting along fine then down they would go. I felt for each of these characters. Hope felt abandon and felt she always chose the wrong men and had trust issues. Rhar wanted someone to love so bad, he felt he had to tell a little lie in order to spend time with her and to make her care for him. I love the way it ended. i cannot wait till the next book. I will be starting Stolen soon. I recommend this series.

Taken ~ By The Warrior Of Hir!

This is a great sci-fi romance with a unique plot! Willow Danes did an outstanding job on world-building, and developing both the plot and characters.

I really enjoyed both the narration and the story!

I loved every bit of the book!

stayed up till four in the morning,could not put it down. it has action,romance it takes you to another world

Loved Loved Loved it

The audio was awesome. I liked how his words were male an her female. cell phone calls were like listening in to her side an automated was as well. Awesome production. story was way better than the first. Although the first book was more of establishing the series this one makes me want more. But also in audio... :o)

Attention grabbing story

A riveting story excellently performed. The voices of returning characters were amazingly accurate. I was hard pressed to stop listening when my schedule demanded. I finished the final seventeen chapters in one sitting. I look forward to the next book with great anticipation. I will be looking for other books narrated by these performers.

Run R'har! Save yourself!

This is a follow-on to the first book in the series, Captured.

While the first book has you rooting for the romance, the main female character, Hope, this book had me wishing the worst.

Hope is not a likable character and comes off as self-entitled and bitchy who can't take a compliment graciously. Ugh! Throw this one back R'har.

Good second book in sci-fi romance series!

This audiobook involves a story about a woman from Earth taken to be a mate for a warrior on a planet called Hir where they have very few women left after a great infection killed their females. I enjoy this author’s style, the story is fast paced and adventurous and the plot is pretty involved. I liked the two,main characters a lot and felt involved in their story. Narration was well performed. Looking forward to book 3!