Claimed

Nightwind Pack, Book 1

By: Kele Moon, Laurann Dohner

Narrated by: Jessee Foudray

Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's Summary

Kidnapped then released deep in the woods, Brandi is on a harrowing run for her life, hunted by beasts straight out of a horror movie. But there's an even bigger, more vicious creature in the woods - the deadly werewolf who saves her life. Jason is much more than a man, dangerous and intimidating, and Brandi still finds herself wanting every unbelievably sexy inch of him.

When he investigates the desperate screams near his secluded cabin, Jason's shocked to find his own kind hunting a human - but he ends up even more stunned when he accidentally triggers a mating heat in the beautifully lush woman he saved. Overwhelmed with lust, Jason takes her, bites her, binds her to him forever....

Now he just has to break the news to Brandi.

©2016 Kele Moon (P)2017 Kele Moon

Hot and Horny Wolf Shifter

While hot and horny werewolf may seem like an oxymoron, I felt it needed saying. Jason is a "Where's mine?" kind of werewolf and lucky for Brandi, hers was there waiting to rescue her. This is a good first book in what I hope to be another intriguing paranormal romance series by Laurann Dohner. This book has many of the typical tendencies you expect in a werewolf romance but the story is exciting enough to keep you interested. I am truly looking forward to other books in this series.

The narrator was mostly good but I like my strong males to have deeper voices. And what was with the southern drawls in northern California? Maybe that will be explained later.

Definitely worth the reduced price I paid. I plan to purchase other books in this series when released.

Need to Get Me One of Them Wolves

Any additional comments?

Very good shifter romance.

I'm a huge Laurann Dohner fan, fair warning, this review may be biased by that.

This was a different type of storyline for Laurann. It was a more standard story than she normally writes, but it was still a great story. This is a true shifter book, it contains the type of characters and situations I expect in this genre. There are some differences from standard shifter behavior, rules, and interactions with humans. I thoroughly enjoyed the story. It caught my attention and kept it throughout.

The narration by Jessee Foudray was very good. It started out somewhat slow, but that got better quickly. I noticed that this was produced by a different company. Her books are usually produced by Audible. That may have had something to do with the slow reading. Overall, Jessee's voice worked well with the story. I stayed interested through the book and never had to work to listen.

The primary characters in the book have some depth. Near the end of the book, we learn new information about Brandi that was not hinted at prior to that time indicating that we will see more of her in the coming books. In addition to the two main characters, we get peeks at the Alphas' personalities. I expect, based on prior reading of Laurann's books, that we will learn a lot more about the pack and it's members as the series progresses.

Overall, I strongly recommend this book. Worth a credit or purchase.

Thanks
PJ

Enjoyed being taken away with the story

I loved this story and enjoyed every minute of the stories. The narrator was great I loved her tone and speed she was reading. I can't wait for the next book by these authors.

Narration almost ruined it...

This is a classic wolf shifter story, but decent. I did have a few issues here and there but the story is still well worth it. I thought it could have had more action and I that it was too short but the characters are good and I'm curious for stories on some of the co-stars. To me, if I leave wanting more (in a good way), you deserve 4 stars. I will also say that the first love scene between Jason and Brandi was really good and for that alone it would be worth a token.

I do, however, have big problems with the narration; so much so that it nearly ruined the whole experience. All of my problems are wrapped up in two things. First, I do not like her male voices and there are a lot of them in this book. They feel super forced and weak. Secondly, the southern accent was driving me CRAZY. Why do they all have a southern drawl when the story takes place in northern California!? And, it's not a great southern drawl. It, too, seemed very forced. The narration seriously started to grate on my nerves after awhile and made it hard to continue.

I loved it!

I am a big Lauranne Dohner fan so any book she collaborates on has to be good. With that being said I can't wait for Kele and Lauranne to do it again. I like the joint alpha team. I like the element of a BBW /CURVY heroine and the hot passionate mating scenes that are somewhat tender as well as primal. Good narrator too!

Enjoyable Listen

Would you consider the audio edition of Claimed to be better than the print version?

Listened to this book, narrated by Jessee Foudray. I thought she did a fine job. Glad I didn't go by the reviews about the narrator. I enjoyed this book.

Would you be willing to try another book from Kele Moon and Laurann Dohner ? Why or why not?

Hoping for this series to continue. I'm hoping more books are coming. I have many species and all cyborg books by Laurann Dohner, so was happy to add anther to my library.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did listen in one sitting.

good

I wish the final right scene was more climactic... it seemed very rushed, but it is well written!

.....More Of The Same.

May Contains Some Spoilers;
I love all types of romances, and PNR are among some of my favorites, especially shifter stories. Normally shifter stories have a few things in common, a strong alpha male, an instant love connection, matings, pack politics, and Claimed was no exception. What I found unique about this shifter story was the physical reaction between the H/h from an accidental exchange. This physical reaction really enhanced the attractions, and chemistry that already existed between the characters. While their was an instant attraction between Jason and Brandi, I never really felt it as the listener. The sex scenes were steamy, and I liked Jason really protected Brandi from both the rival pack, and his pack. We do get to learn a little bit about pack, and some of it's members, but I really wanted to hear and learn more. If this turns into a series, I would listen to another book.

This is the first time I listened to Jessee narrate, and I thought her performance was good.

Overall, this was a decent, enjoyable shifter story. I would recommend to my friends who love PNR; however, I would suggest buying on either on sale or whispersync deal.

Claimed

I really enjoyed the book very exciting . I just wish there was an epilogue I would like to know what happened to the current characters after they got together . If they have children what happened .

The entire book was about sex!!! SPOLIER ALERT****

Don't get me wrong I'm not a prude, it started off great. Then.....
1. Girl kidnapped by werewolves.
2. Girl rescued by werewolf who killed all but 1 escaped. Then....
3. Sex, more sex sex sex sex
4. Then after all that they werewolves decide to set a trap.
5. They kill the kidnapper end of story.
6. Human goes lives with her werewolf who is now her mate.

Love it!!

Wonderful start for a new series. I love to have Jazz and Dess histories next!! Fantastic narration!!

Amazing.

Loved this book, could not put it down and managed to finish it in a day. The plot was gripping, the main characters loveable and the narrator's voice was perfect . I'm so very glad I found this.

Action-Packed Paranormal Romance

I normally don’t listen to these particular kinds of books but for some reason, I am up for shifters lately. I used my credit because I really enjoyed Laurann Dohner’s Vorge Crew books so I thought I would give it a go. Let me tell you that I was not at all disappointed. This book is great. It is an action-packed paranormal romance served at a very fast pace and I was here for it.

Werewolves in hot scenes of females in heat. If you are a lycanthrope woman perhaps you could be triggered? I thought Jason was a great character with a good character arc. The story was very much a romantic fantasy and as I’ve come to expect from this author, hot scenes between the main characters.

I am definitely going to continue on in the series and I thought the narration was fair. It wasn’t by far the worst I have heard although it wasn’t the best either. Sometimes it just takes time to get used to a narrator and I feel that will be how I feel about Kele Moon, the more I hear from her the more I will get to know her style and like her. Her narration definitely did not put me off the story at all. I still really enjoyed it.

I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of Laurann Dohner and/or who enjoys paranormal werewolf romances.

Loved it

Loved this audiobook 1st by the writer will not be my last was written very well and loved the story I hope book 2 will be soon

Great storyline - really bad narrating

This is a brilliant storyline. I think it was fantastical written. Not too much drama. Just the way I like my storylines.
Unfortunately the narrating let this down for it to be a wonderful listen, especially in the first few chapters.
I will look out for more books written by Kele and Laurann but will need to think long and hard before deciding to purchase if Jessee is narrating.
Maybe with a bit more practice she will be much better at narrating but for this book she let down my listing pleasure

Enjoyable Read

Loved the book. Enjoyed the story and the journey. Looking forward to the next book. I loved the main characters, and look forward to hearing the story of their lives. I enjoyed the book from start to end.
The barmaid and alpha's story, would make for a good follow up books