Twisted Heathens

A Dark Reverse Harem Romance (Blackwood Institute, Book 1)

De: J Rose

Narrado por: Bridget Bordeaux, Grant Armstrong

From the bestselling author of Sabre Security and Briar Valley comes a dark, found family why choose romance featuring a self-destructive heroine and the tortured men determined to save her from herself.

WELCOME TO BLACKWOOD INSTITUTE.

WHERE BAD GIRLS COME TO DIE.

Murderer. Unhinged. Remorseless. Insane.

I’ve been called it all while rotting away in a maximum security psych ward, imprisoned for my crimes. When I’m given a chance to escape this hell, it’s an offer I can’t refuse.

I’m transferred to Blackwood Institute, purgatory for the dangerous and disturbed. The deal is simple. Complete the three-year experimental program and you’re free to leave.

I have no such intentions. People like me; we’re born to die. There’s no life for me out there. I’ll do whatever it takes to end my pitiful existence.

This time, nobody can stop me. Not even the four fellow patients with dark secrets and damage that rivals my own.

A tight lipped cutter.

A manic nymphomaniac.

A possessive control freak.

A shadowy ghost from my past.

The clock is ticking. If I’m not careful, the demons that frequent these blood-stained halls will get to me before I can take my own life.

Game on.

Author's Note: Twisted Heathens is a dark, contemporary reverse harem romance set in an experimental mental health institution. This is book one in the trilogy and it does end on a cliffhanger. Set in the J Rose shared universe.

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Twisted and spicy

Duel Narration: Bridget Bordeaux & Grant Armstrong

Male narrator was new to me, Bridget is not both did great as Brooklyn and the main male characters Elijah, Hudson. Kade and Phoenix. All the characters have their own vices and dark past. They all are dealing with something that makes lash out, withdraw and act irrational. Twisted is a good way to describe the things that go on in the Institute they are all in. And this is just the start.

Voice actors

The Actor that voiced Brit did an AMAZING job. That high pitched voice is Irritating AS HELL 🤣

Amazing narration

This story keeps you on the edge of your seat. I love some good jaw dropping moments and this has them.

Grant Armstrong and Bridget Bordeaux did a PHENOMENAL job narrating this audiobook! To maintain all those voices and personalities is tough. Absolutely loved it!!!

What a ride 👀

I went into this audiobook completely blind, and I’m so glad I did. I was captivated from chapter one. I HAD to know more about the characters. The way the author wrote their pain was so raw. Their reasons for being in Blackwood are dark and disturbing, but it was honest and real.

Each character was different in their own way. They were going through their own pain from tortured pasts and the way they dealt with it was a lot to take in.

My heart broke for these characters. The more you learn about their pasts, the more you understand why they react the way they do.

I’ll be honest, I enjoyed that ending to book 1. Good riddance in my opinion 😮‍💨

The narrators did a wonderful job of bringing this story to life. To give these characters a voice. I was so sucked in and felt like the audio really gave me a better understanding of the pain and suffering these characters went through every day, whether it be physical or mental.

Blackwood Institute, Book 1

This is an intensely dark and twisted story. Please check your trigger warning before listening to or reading this book.

The story takes place in Blackwood Institute, an experimental mental health hospital. This is a RH and is in-depth and entrancing with complex characters. Eli, Phoenix, Brooklyn, Hudson, and Kade slowly get to know and rely on each other as the story progresses. Each character has their own issues and traumas that you learn about, little by little, as the story goes.on.

It does end in a cliffhanger and waiting on the next book to come to audio will be a hard wait.

The narrators, Bridget Bordeaux and Grant Armstrong, did an amazing job on this book and all the different voices.