Bought

By: R. Phoenix

Narrated by: Jack Noble

Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's Summary

When he agreed to take the fall for his pack leader's failed attempts to help the Rebellion, Jace knew he wouldn't live long enough to regret it. However, instead of the noble end he envisioned for himself, the werewolf finds himself at the mercy of a witch and his depraved games. How long can he cling to his pride and conviction that he can withstand anything his controlling new master can dish out? 

Now that supernatural beings have seized control of the world, life has become a struggle for the humans who once held power. Witches, vampires, and werewolves determine the fate of every single human, but their moral compasses have long since been shattered. Rebels, free humans, and slaves all share dreams of hope, mercy, love, and more. But with their fate so uncertain, survival isn't enough... and they may have to sacrifice what is nearest and dearest to them if they want to change their lives. 

Bought, Ravel, and Recoil feature different characters whose lives begin to come together in Owned and Temper. This dystopian series explores different aspects of the world, from utter darkness to the shining lights waiting to emerge. Because of this, the books range from dark erotica to romance to horror to action(ish) to bits of other things in between. 

1. Bought*: Jace & Elias. [Paranormal Dark Erotica.]
2. Ravel: Ashton & Reese. [Paranormal Romance.] 
3. Recoil: Khaz & Noah. [Paranormal Erotic Romance.] 
4. Owned*: Khaz & Noah, Jace & Elias. [Paranormal Dark Fantasy.]
5. Temper*: Ashton & Reese, Jace & Elias. [Paranormal Dark Fantasy.] 
6. Refraction: Khaz & Noah, Ashton & Reese (Jace & Elias) [Paranormal Dark Fantasy.]  

**Please note that the The Fate of the Fallen world has little place for humanity. As a result, content in these works may contain graphic scenes of depravity, cruelty, and violence - sexual or otherwise - that could be offensive and potentially triggering to some listeners.

©2016 R. Phoenix (P)2018 R. Phoenix

Awesome.

This was one awesome, compelling, sexy, fantastic, fascinating, and emotionally charged listening experience. GET IT!!!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Definitely New

This book has new tropes that I'm not used to... Definitely out of my comfort zone. I'm glad it wasn't that long, I got through it because the narrator did a great job.

amazing audio book that i couldnt put down

loved this audio book. couldn't put it down. Five star audio book.
highly recommended this audio book

I loked it

love the accent of the narrator's accent and dead voice. I absolutely love the different voices.

brilliant narration *^*

This audiobook was full of angst and I couldn't be happier than this. Elias is a sadistic bastard, and you will end up hating or loving him, there is no escape xD My love for characters like him made sure I ended up wanting to know more about him. Attending to the ways he used to bend to his will Jace was very interesting, even if at the same time I was cheering for Jace, to never give up. I can't wait to keep listening to this series to know what will be next for our protagonists.

Enter at your own risk

Jace (a werewolf) takes the fall for his lover Spence (also a werewolf) after Spence betrays their pack and someone must pay. Jace is sold to Elias (a witch) who plans to abuse Jace mercilessly and make him pay for foiling Elias's plans. Unbeknownst to Jace; Elias and Spence had been working together to entrap the pack alpha but Jace ruined their plans when he surrendered himself instead. All this leads to Jace being in the hands of a sadist whose rage is only lessened when he subjugates everyone around him. Jace can choose to submit himself wholly to Elias and receive pleasure or suffer unimaginable pain if he resists. This is not a romance. It is a story of choices we each make and where they lead us. Highly recommended but heed warnings. I enjoyed Jack Noble's narration of this audiobook.

I won this audiobook but this is my honest review.

Dark and Delicious!!!

A witch purchases a traitorous werewolf.
His aim: to break him.

Get ready for:

Enslavement
Humiliation
Non/dub con
Forced puppy play

Oh....this one made me tingle!!! Fantastic narration by Jack Noble!

OMG!!

Hot, Hot, Hot.
Perfect narration,
Very interesting premise
Full of nasty fuckery and too short.
This author has my attention now.

Fantastic

Listening to one of my favorite books was quite an experience. The narrator managed to captivate me while listening. As a novice to audiobooks, I wasn't so sure how it will go, but I was blown away. Jack captured every aspect of the various accents, especially Elias who is my favorite character in the series (and also British accent.*swoon*)
Worth a listen

Interesting

It's an interesting story with lots of potential. Can't wait to see where it goes next.
The audio, had a very empty box acoustic. Was distracting and not enjoyable to listen to.

as good as the ebook

The story is always 4 or 5 stars, because if I wouldn't like the story as ebook, I wouldn't listen to the audiobook.

The performance from the narrator is also very important for me. I can't listen to a lot, because my English as a non-native-speaker isn't so perfect to follow a whole story over hours, when the narrator speaks too fast or too sloppy. Normally I have to SEE the person, who is talking to me in English. It took me a little bit, to come into the narrator, but at the end, it worked. I only have to take a few breaks between. I'm just not yet finish with the book, but I listen enough to give a review.

PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!

To my ratings:

5* - very very good
it's like an A+

4* - very good and will be often re-listening
it's like an A

3* - it's more then a one-time-listening.
it's like a B

Dark Domination

I have owned Bought for a while, but haven't got round to reading it. Then I got a copy of the audio book and listened instead. I didn't know what I was missing. I know from reading others of her books that the author puts together a well crafted story, and this is no different.

Jack Noble narrates the story in such a way that someone who has lost quite a bit of her hearing has no problem at all in following it. Every word is clear, so carefully enunciated. If I'm being fussy, I would maybe have liked a little more expression at times.

Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed Elias Ivers' dark domination of poor Jace and can't wait to meet them again in Book 4.

Good first book

I enjoyed this book even though I started it thinking I wouldn’t, but wanted to read and listen to something different.

The story although dark wasn’t as nightmarish as I feared.

Jace is a wearwolf who is sold to a witch Elias, who keeps him as his pet (slave) both characters were believable and I actually want to read book 4 were they apparently appear again, but willow onto book 2 instead!!!

The narrator was good but slightly annoying as he over pronounced each word, and as I read and listen I got annoyed as every page he either missed a word or misread a sentences. However this didn’t distract to much from the overall story thankfully

A dark and gritty supernatural future

Ok, if I count the intro novella, Asymmetry, as being tickled with a feather, this was like a full-on rugby tackle! This is a dark and gritty tale set in a world with a vampire who dominates absolutely, and a werewolf sold to be his slave/whatever-he-wants-him-to-be. The world building is good, both in backstory and in the characters actions, and although it has a bleak outlook I want to know more. Solid 3 stars.

The narration is hard to review. Jack Noble’s voice is to die for - beautiful accent and tone, but the pacing was way too slow. I listened on x1.25 and there were still long pauses between words and sentences - there were only small section of the dialogue that sounded natural, where words bled together as they would in a natural conversation, but the remaining dialogue was rather robotic, with each word articulated in full, and when listening on headphones you could hear the switches between dead air and recording. BUT... his voice was to die for! So, 5 for the voice/1 for the editing, 3 overall.

Like it

New to me author and I have to say the story does not disappoint am looking forward to book 2 Ravel.
If you like a dark twisted storyline then this is for you.
The narrator is English and whilst he sounds good he needs to inject a touch more passion to his words.