King of Battle and Blood

Adrian X Isolde Series, Book 1

By: Scarlett St. Clair

Narrated by: Lilly Drake, Curt Bonnem

From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Clair, the bestselling author of the Hades & Persephone series, comes a new fantasy filled with danger, darkness, and insatiable romance.

Their union is his revenge.

Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him.

But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court.

Except it isn't the court she fears most—it's Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king—fierce, savage, merciless—chose her as consort.

The answer will shatter her world.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 Scarlett St. Clair (P)2022 Tantor

Want to find another book to recreate the feeling

This book grabbed me immediately. The world creation, the story, the steam, all of it - chefs kiss. LOVED the female narrator. She's got a great voice. Thank God we don't hear the male narrator until the last part of the book. Completely wrong choice for the character. It's why I'm reading the second book and not listening to it. I'm trying to find another book to recreate the feeling this book gave me.

Sexy book with equally captivating story

Thoroughly enjoying the adventure, have not read a novel like this that was the best of both worlds. Thanks!

Awesome book!

I absolutely loved it.❤️ Has a great story line. I could not stop listening to it.

Wasted my time!

I swear if I ever hear the words “my people” again my ears will explode. It must have been said 1000 times. The voice for the main make character was awful. I finished it hoping it would get better but it didn’t. Don’t waste your time.

Ehhh

It’s was a lot of sex and not a lot of fluid story telling. It could have been great.

Nice

This was a nice fantasy listen, with sexy vamps. Not the biggest fan of the h 🤷‍♀️ Painfully stubborn and loves to wallow in denial. Yet, I still want the next book for the story ❤️❤️ I'm a sucker for intrigue and the h may change her tune 😏

Enjoyable

Vampires, witches, and monsters. Good listen. I liked the female narrators voice. The bonus chapter at the end w/male narrator was bad. Does not fit w/the main character. DNF’d that part.

Great book! Horrible male narrator for the bonus chapter!!

The story is hood and the voice of the female performer suits the main character very well! However the voice of the male performer is AWFUL ABD JUST WRONG. I don’t understand why he was picked to narrate. How in the world did y’all listen to his voice and thought that he was what the people wanted to hear. I recommend the book and I love the boldness of the main character and I actually love the writing for the male lead , but this is a prime example of a the wrong narrator can ruin everything

Hate this kind of female main character

I want you. I hate you, I'm jealous, want me... and on and on. I got lost in this book and have no clue what was going on.The sex parts were just written badly, i.e., flesh parting??? wth. could have been interesting, but I dislike the lead female

Undecided

There were a few plot points that didn't seem plausible to me. I was hoping that would come together better at the end, but it worsened. I might continue the series, not sure. The word "F---" lost it's poignancy with so much use.