Radakk's Mate

Worldship Brides, Book 2

De: Sue Lyndon

Narrado por: Tor Thom, Heather Firth

Claimed by an alien emperor, made to submit night after night...

I didn't mean to catch Emperor Radakk's eye. As a reluctant spy aboard the human worldship, my life depends upon my ability to go unnoticed, to be nothing but a lonely shadow moving about the ship as I collect intel for my mutinous father. But when I'm caught spying on Emperor Radakk, the huge muscular Darrvason takes an immediate interest in me. He prevents my arrest, but his help comes at a price: me. Turns out, the Darrvasons are low on females, and I'm soon selected as his mate.

Not only does the handsome, seven-foot-tall royal think he owns me, but he also believes it's his right to punish me. When I defy him on our wedding night, he's quick to turn me over his knee.

As time goes on, I try not to let myself feel anything for the brutish male, but it's difficult to think clearly when his savage kisses and rough coupling leave me breathless with desire. Maybe we can find happiness together. Or maybe not. His obsession with me borders on madness, and I'm starting to worry I'll forever be his captive bride.

Radakk's Mate is a dark romance for mature listeners.

©2023 Sue Lyndon (P)2024 Podium Audio

I loved it!

Dark sexy and a great listen. The narrators were fantastic. If you like your romance on the dark side step right in. On to the next book which should be more of the same. Yum yum!

Great story

I liked the story line overall and the happy ending. Some forced mating was hard to hear because I prefer some female worship even in an uneven power dynamic, if that makes sense. But again great story!

A good listen

Same kind of premise as the first book but with a less BDSM kind of steamy scenes. Still a lot of heat throughout the book and a good plot easy to follow. This is the emperor of the aliens and she is the first female to be found and chosen as a mate. The audio from both readers is good the man still sounds a little like a radio voice but still a good listen. Enjoyed the book.

Radakk’s Mate by Sue Lyndon (book 2 of Worldship Brides)

Warning; This series books have very dark, dominant, rough, explicit sex scenes. Book 1 is about Tornn and Ellie. Book 2 is about Radakk and Thalia. I think I would’ve liked this book a lot better without some of the explicit rough sex things going on, since the story in itself was very interesting.

Not as good as the first book

This book was difficult to get thru as rape is never okay with me. B&D and “rough play” is acceptable and can be enjoyable when all parties are willing, even in fiction. Describing the violent sex moments went on monotonously too long, and by the end of the book I felt sad for the female; similar to how victims fall for their abductors.

I didn’t like the incessant repetition of storyline bits. It felt like “beating a dead horse” after a while or like the author thought the reader forgot the “why” of things.

The male narrator’s portrayal of the female bordered on condescending or stereotypical whiny-female.

Diminished

At first I cheered on the defiant woman with nothing to lose but her own sense of self and she would not go down without a fight. Then, she was weakened by promised news of a mother she hadn’t seen since she was four. Out comes the abuse and she buckles under demeaning treatment. Why make her eat that?! The aliens are sadist. The ruling human males are despicable and women still can’t get a break. A cautionary tale.