The Replacement

A Culling of Blood and Magic, Book 1

De: K.M. Rives

Narrado por: Simon Dornet, Lauren Ezzo

She was never meant to be a member of the Culling. He was never supposed to find his mate. Fate stepped in to ensure both.

There was only one reason the bond would choose Emery Montgomery. Her twin was dead. As soon as the silver band of the Culling appeared on her wrist, binding her to the vampire prince himself, her world turned upside down.

Forced to compete for the heart of her enemy in an archaic version of The Bachelor, Emery had only three things on her mind: Keep her witch heritage a secret, find her sister's murderer, and above all, don't fall for the sinfully handsome prince.

August Nicholson wanted nothing to do with the pompously groomed women in his Culling, that was, until Emery showed up. She was unlike any other, calmed the dark twisted side of him few knew existed.

Instantly drawn to her, August must struggle against her intoxicating presence, because while he may want her for himself, he needs her to play her part to protect his family more.

Together, Emery and August must fight their feelings and find the culprit behind her twin's murder, because if the Montgomery women were being hunted, Emery was next.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 K.M. Rives (P)2022 Tantor

One of my favorites

This is only the second time I have fallen so in love with a book, I bought the second to actually read because it's not on Audible yet. it's absolutely amazing.

Great story

story was great but the male narrator was soo dull I wanted to forward through his part! the female narrator was great. hope the second book comes out soon

Immediately bought the second!

This story was really interesting and kept my interest. I immediately bought the second when I finished this book.

Excellent Storyline!

I was actually impressed with this book! The whole story is on another level. I'll definitely be waiting for the 2nd book! Great job, narrators!

WHY have I never heard of this series? IT'S SO GOOD!

No one in my book girly group have ever heard of this series, yet it's better than any of my recent reads.. I'm telling everyone to read it, the hard part is waiting for SOMEONE to get to it so I have someone to talk about it with..

spicy!

I loved the story, plot and characters. Lauren's narration was amazing! Simon's was not as amazing sadly.. It was hard to tell what character he was speaking for unless it was a woman's voice he was doing. the spice was great! I enjoyed the book, sans the male narration.

Anime or a comic book

This story would have been better as anime or comic book. Chapter 5 and I’m killing myself here trying to get through it because a friend gave it to me. Chapter 5 and the story has not developed any, still don’t know wtf is going on besides hard d*cas on vampire princes. It’s like porn version of Twilight.

Dear God, Why

This was such dreck! I’m in a book club where we take turns choosing the book for the month, and sadly this book was our January read. The dialogue reminded me of the dialogue between my barbie dolls when I was a kid- over the top and ridiculous. The book was basically a porn story masquerading as legitimate literature. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone.

Let me put it this way : I read the first Fifty Shades of Grey book, and in comparison, Fifty Shades is a masterpiece.

Cookie cutter romance, yet still disappointing

The story was barely enough to keep me interested, and the will she won’t she until the very end was more than frustrating. Maybe one of the adult scenes was good, and the rest felt… repetitive in their lack of imagination. It ends on a plethora of massive cliffhangers in a way that feels like it’s begging for the reader to stay interested, but there’s no substance worth holding onto.
Characters were forgettable. The “secret” that galvanizes the strife between the main characters is so contrived that literally everyone in the castle knows it but August, including his brother and cousin who figures it out immediately.

meh

It was OK. A distraction. But really just porn + twilight. The weak female lead who blames herself for the male lead's total bulkying behavior was too much patriarchy for me. Seemed like a woman who was used to being abused and blaming herself when he was a jerk. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.