A Monster's Treasure

Kadrixan Mates, Book 1

By: Lynnea Lee

Narrated by: Wen Ross, Kai Kennicott

Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

Clara
Unfairly convicted of a crime, I’m sent to serve the Kadrixan males for their rutting season.

The Kadrixans. Even their name inspires terror. Fiery-skinned and devil-like, they stand head and shoulders taller than any human man. Our colony made a terrible bargain with these monsters. The Kadrixans give us precious ore in exchange for the one thing they need.

Women. Like me.

When we meet our Kadrixan captors, I come face to face with a massive, brawny beast who claims I belong to him.
And not just for the rutting season. He wants me forever.

Krxare
I never expected to claim a human mate, but one look at the curvy female and I know she’s mine.

Hunger claws at my mind and that of every other warrior in my regiment. All of us are on the brink of the rut which makes us more belligerent with each passing day. Without females, we’ll tear each other apart with rage.

We depend upon our bargain. Human females for Kadrixan ore.

The females arrive and there is one who stirs my primitive desire: Clara. She thinks I’m a monster; I see it in her eyes and scent it in her fear. She vows to return to her people after the rut is over, but I vow to claim my mate, to woo her and prove she’s mine.

©2022 Lynnea Lee (P)2023 Lynnea Lee

Delightful

This genre of paranormal romance is new to me and this is the first book I picked up. My oh my, the world the author created is wonderfully unique and loaded with potential. I didn't expect to like this story enough to give it a second listen so soon after finishing the other installments. It was a great introduction piece and I can't help but compare other novels in the same genre to this one. I look forward to reading about the future of the Kadrixan's and the expansion of the world around them. Hopefully we get to read more about their culture and their pasts along with the steamy relationships they have with their new mates. My only criticism is that the dialogue is a little rough around the edges because sometimes the aliens sound a little too much like young humans, Overall, this is a great series to get into. The voice actress is great. The male actor is tolerable however I wish he'd put more actual acting into his voice to sound more like an adult warrior instead of a whiny teenager. Eagerly awaiting the next book!

an enjoyable listen

I enjoyed the story overall, though it felt a bit rushed at the end. The world building was interesting, and the characters had a decent amount of depth.
The narrators were pretty good but the male narrator didn't give the male lead any emotion. His delivery made some moments fall a bit flat.

Terrific Kadraxian / Fated Mate Adventure!!

Clara has a tough choice. Her community sets up each person for failure. There are limited supplies for the general population, you are fined for multiple infractions and required to pay fees for everything. Once you are out of credits - which is tracked through a chip in your arm - you have a choice to go to "Utopia" or if you are female you may go to the Kadraxan rut for a season.

A fellow detainee convinces her that Utopia is a bad idea, so she chooses the rut. Turns out her guards get paid for each person then send to Utopia - sketchy

Once there, she finds a community of females that have chosen to stay and make it their home, many have found their mates. Females are held in high esteem and treated well. Maybe this can work.

Krxare knows Clara is his fated mate, but realizes he must woo her, as humans do not feel the mating pull. When Clara's brother goes missing, she feels she cannot stay.

Love the dichotomy of the communities and how the "monsters" are the "good guys". Entertaining, romantic and all-around enjoyable. The narrations were excellent.

***** I am voluntarily leaving my honest review of this book *****

From Fated Mates To Forever Love

I love the Kadrixan warriors so much 🥰 This story goes to show that just because you’re fated mates, doesn’t mean you don’t have to work together to form a long lasting relationship. Watching these 2 work through so many twists & turns to get their HEA was quite the entertaining journey. Getting to listen to it brought to life by 2 awesome narrators was just icing on the cake. Their voices were well suited to the characters, and it felt like I was listening to real people tell their story. Absolutely loved it, and can’t wait for more books in this amazing series to get to audiobook 😍

A Monster's Treasure

I have read this story and imagined how the Warriors would sound and I didn't even imagine this. I love this series and this book very much. This is very well narrated with good inflection and not rushed. This book is a must and listening to it frees me up to work around the house while enjoying the story

New Planet, New Aliens, Same Problems With Humanity

Clara has been arrested for the most minor of crimes and sentenced to either Utopia (effectively a prison camp) or to be sent to the Kadrixans to support them in their mating rut. Krxare is the leader of the Kadrixans; the first time he lays eyes on Clara, he falls to his knees, knowing she’s his mate. The challenges these two face are difficult, but I loved how they built on their chemistry to create a solid relationship. Another great start to a promising series by Lynnea Lee.

Fantastic

Enjoyed the audio and the story. Narrated by married couples was awesome it was great! Story was entertaining and had a great plot! Recommend!

Meh...

Nothing spectacular about it. steamy scenes seemed to start out steamy...then fizzled out. It ok but could have been better. The cover is misleading when the female character is supposed to be a plus size (big) girl.

Meh

Alot of things in this story seemed to happen due to plot armor or convenience. Possible spoilers: I feel the last 1:30ish hours of this book was completely unnecessary. Honestly I feel clara even having a brother was unnecessary ( unless this was the authors convoluted way leaving a back door open for another book series) I don't necessarily find Clara likeable, though her VA was fine. I could take or leave krixare, didn't find him charming or repulsive just a ML. The VA though... Although he has a great voice he gave krixare a whiny jock inflection rather than his normal speaking voice which was an odd choice. Also sometimes his "I" 's sounds like "my" which threw me off sometimes. I don't really care for the world nor the world building. The steamy scenes started nicely but always fell flat. If you like stories with miscommunication conflicts you will like this title. As for me, I don't think I'll be reading/ listening to any more.