The Rycke

Monstrous, Book 3

De: Lily Mayne

Narrado por: Michael Lesley

Life as a raider in the Wastes, where monsters roam and the military lurks, is as easy as it sounds.

I’ve been out here for a long time, and the fear that courses through my blood every time I step outside our camp walls to scavenge never fades. No matter how many monsters you face—and have to run for your life from—it doesn’t ever get easier.

But when I come across a bound and injured monster in an abandoned military base, I can’t leave him behind. His presence in our camp is causing tension, but I can’t bring myself to care when I get to see a different side to him—when he starts to show me who he is beneath the pain and lingering trauma.

Despite his gentle nature, I soon discover why others are so desperate to own him; why the military, and now this stranger lurking outside our camp, want to put him back in chains and take him away from me.

Something is hiding under his skin, something that threatens to upend my entire life.

There’s a reason why all other monsters fear him.

The Rycke contains explicit sexual content, graphic depictions of torture and violence, and deals with PTSD. It is book three in the Monstrous series, a post-apocalyptic m/m fantasy series that features monsters and human men falling in love. It is best to listen to the series in order.

©2023 Lily Mayne (P)2023 Podium Audio

Wrong character voices in an otherwise good story

The book appears to be very good, but I am struggling with it: the narrator (who did a fantastic job with the first installment of the series and performed very well in the second part) completely failed to match the voices to the characters in this book, nor did he handle the reading of many scenes effectively. Both characters have high-pitched voices, Ghost's voice being one of a funny teenager and The Rycke... I don't even know how to describe that voice, but it was truly a very poor choice. It had a high, stifled, and tiresome tone :(. The intimate bedroom scenes, which according to the description in the book and language of the scenes themselves were supposed to be sensual and masculine, are narrated with a wide smile of someone looking at cute little puppies. Mood killer? Yes.

I must emphasize that I greatly enjoyed the narration in the previous volumes (and Soul Reaper's voice is pure mastery). Perhaps Michael Lesley ran out of ideas for this book?

Lovely story

Very touching and adorable story with lots of surprises and cute moments that make me wanna read it again ❤️

outstanding narration

I'm obsessed with this world and the narration is NEXT LEVEL. I loved this story and how unexpectedly soft the rycke was.

<3 Michael Lesley

This is A great writer / narrator combo. I am really enjoying this series so far.

That was amazing!

I couldn't stop listening to this book, As others have said, this part of the story might even be more intense than the first one The Soul Eater. The writer makes me really care about these characters. I can't wait for the next book.