Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court

Dark Companions, Book 1

De: K.A. Merikan

Narrado por: Jamie Treselyan, John Hartley

"I am yours, and I can be your prince as well as your beast."

Luke

I'm your typical small-town loser stuck in a dead-end job. Single, because dating is for well-adjusted human beings, not traumatized gay boys with trust issues. All I want is to leave my past behind and finally start living.

My wish comes true in the most bizarre way imaginable. One evening, a beautiful man with pointy ears and flowing dark locks appears out of nowhere. He proclaims I am to be his 'Dark Companion' based on some stupid deal I made in a dream. Oh, and apparently he's an elven prince, the Lord of Shadows, Protector of the Nightmare Realm, and Knight of Grief Ocean.

Which is a weird way to ask me out, but okay.

It's a hard no for me, but this absolute psycho abducts me to his palace in a moonlit realm populated by vicious beasts and backstabbing courtiers.

If I am to ever get back home, I need to adapt, because our full moon wedding is approaching fast. I can't allow myself to buy into his seductive kisses, poet shirts made of spider silk, and bouquets of sapphire roses. They hide poison and deception. A gilded cage is still a prison.

But…

What if I just never realized that what I need is a man with a cruel smile and a sword dipped in midnight? A man with secrets, scars, smoky eyes, and a past filled with darkness, and… have I mentioned he has a big d—

Taken by the Lord of the Nocturne Court is a standalone, scorching hot, dark gothic M/M romantasy filled with snark and dark humor, but also violence, peril, jealousy, and angst.

This book is a darkly romantic escape into the shadows where love and destiny collide. Listen to discover if a gilded cage can become a home when shared with a seductive elven prince devoted to his Dark Companion's every wish. Includes enemies to lovers trope; fake relationship; an obsessive hero; isekai; shadow magic; and monsters and fantastical creatures.

Intended for mature listeners.

©2024 K.A. Merikan (P)2024 Podium Audio

Great character development!

This title was an unexpected surprise and absolutely delightful! It grabbed my attention right from the beginning and kept it to the very end. Definitely earned a place on my favorites list for continued listening enjoyment!

Great narrators

The story was great. Lots of adventure and twists and turns. The narration really made this for me. Super good voices and fun to listen to.

Good Story, frustrating MC

The story itself was pretty good. I liked the complicated political background and the over all vibes reminded me of the masquerade scene in the 2000s Van Helsing movie.
The MC, Luke, is very frustrating. He's constantly doing things that are obviously going to get him into trouble. At first, it was a realistic sequence of events but then he was just plain naive/thoughtless. The MC is always saying that he doesn't trust anyone and that he wants freedom and blah blah blah but then trusts people that are obviously don't have good/honest intentions while also not thinking things through. Like at all. He's just cruising along while complaining and second guessing himself a lot. This, unfortunately, makes him annoying.
The other characters are well written, though. I L

A good listen

The story was great, a good balance of spice and plot. You should get this book

Very good story with good narrators.

I really enjoy the story and the narration, except that the man who narrates Luke's chapters says "against" like "uh-gain-st." So annoying.

Stunning

I loved this from start to finish. Awesome audiobook, thanks. Definitely a recommendation. The writing style was different from the usual KA Merikan biker worlds. I loved all those as well, but this was something unique.

Luke

I hated Luke for the first 11 or so hours. But it gets better as the story develops

Amazing!

The story was really fun and the voice acting is phenomenal! I highly recommend it!

Goth fae with mer vibes

So many times ready this I was afraid KA was pulling a Tamlin with the hot too good to be true fae. I thought first “he’s going to turn out to be evil and he ends up with the other twin”. Then I thought “uh oh is the cousin rescuing him and going to be the love interest?” But no, he’s just a hot goth fae who wants to shadow shag.