Monster's Bride

By: Stasia Black

Narrated by: Brian Meslar, Kelsey-Ann ODowd

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

I went in search of miracles…and stumbled upon a monster instead. In return for the healing I was so desperate for, I just had to make one teensy weensie promise….

To be his consort for, uh…forever.

To say I wasn’t exactly thinking things through when I said yes was an understatement.

And now I’ve been whisked away to a castle in a wintry wonderland with a ginormous, ferocious chimera. You know, lion-like head, goat horns, big freaking wings. Yeah.

And he’s just deposited me on his bed, ready to start making good on that whole consort promise. Apparently forever starts now.

Gulp.

©2023 Stasia Black (P)2023 Stasia Black

not worth it

I love this author but this book was definitely not worth the credit. this is 8 hrs I'll never get back.

Bit Choppy

I liked the plot line but the dialogue seemed a bit choppy. I wish there was more background in the exposition.

Lots of bugs in audible version

The editing on the audible version of this book leaves a lot of noticeable issues, usually at the end of the chapters. In addition to that I think the kindle version has some editing done after this was recorded as I noticed the female narrator saying a line that didn’t exist in the KU version - and it was cut off in the middle with bad editing.

The male narrator was pretty flat and monotone. The idea behind the story is solid and unique and I enjoyed it but stick to reading it instead of listening.

Mad Scientist’s Monsters!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍
Character development: 😊😅😟🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Hannah - she is a tiny woman who is deformed, in pain and dying. She uses a walker and sometimes crutches but knows within a few months she will be confined to a wheelchair. She has a crooked spine, a club foot and other ailments. She has a single mother who is an alcoholic and thinks she should just accept what she gets out of life. Though she was engaged to a nice and handsome man, she broke of her engagement and spent her life savings to go on a trip that she figured she might never return from.

The Hero: Abbadon - he is a bit of a Frankenstein monster, part lion, part angel, parts of other things. He has short fur, a leonine face, horns, claws and black angel wings with a light in his chest at times. He was created by a man he knows as “Creator/Father” who mistreated him and considers him as a failure. He also has brothers that are even worse than him whom he keeps in the dungeon of his castle.

The Story: Hannah has been traveling the world to go to three sites where miracles have been known to have occurred. She is on a quest to cure herself and is willing to die trying. She went to a temple in India, a church in Mexico and she just heard about a mountain in Alaska where a monster is known to be hidden in a cave, and a handicapped little boy went and came back cured. Though many have gone up and never returned.

Hannah makes her way up the mountain and finds Abbadon who has magic that can fix her, though he makes a deal with her to become his consort if he will fix her. He fixes her and takes her to his castle. This was a really odd story, and I liked it in some ways and didn’t like it so much in others. I have a bit of a problem with non-shifter supernaturals that look too much like animals. It is just a bit gross to me. Though I did like the characters especially the brothers. I also liked Hannah and how she changed so much in their lives.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Brian Meslar and Kelsey-Ann O’Dowd. The narration was good. Brian has a nice deep voice and does different characters in different voices pretty well. Kelsey-Ann has a great voice and was good at showing emotions through her voice.

Audio needs work

The story for the most part is good except parts are missing. It cuts off the chapters or repeats the words. The voices seem to change in the middle as well. Different voice thrown when in thought and different voice thrown in speaking lines. Voices not consistent. Half way through the books the steam is written well and plot thus far is good. I think I would enjoy it more if the bugs where fixed. I might go rent the book to read and see what was missed. Not worth paying for all the audio errors.