Obsession

De: Jennifer Armentrout

Narrado por: Alexandra R. Josephs

He's arrogant, domineering, and...To. Die. For. Hunter is a ruthless killer. And the Department of Defense has him firmly in their grasp, which usually doesn't chafe too badly because he gets to kill bad guys. Most of the time he enjoys his job. That is until he's saddled with something he's never had to do before: protect a human from his mortal enemy.

Serena Cross didn't believe her best friend when she claimed to have seen the son of a powerful senator turn into something...unnatural. Who would? But then she witnesses her friend's murder at the hands of what can only be an alien, thrusting her into a world that will kill to protect their secret.

Hunter stirs Serena's temper and her lust despite their differences. Soon he's doing the unthinkable ,breaking the rules he's lived by, going against the government to keep Serena safe. But are the aliens and the government the biggest threats to Serena's life...or is it Hunter?

©2013 Jennifer L. Armentrout (P)2015 Audible Inc.

Holy Alien Hotness

After reading the YA series Lux, I had no idea the author was writing a more adult spin-off book set in the same timeline/world as Lux. I never cared for the Arum in that series but I did enjoy Hunter. And Holy Alien Hotness Ms. Armentrout gave him his own book. He was so cocky, ruthless and deadly but he had a soft side and it was smoking hot.
If you liked the Lux series, chances are you will like this one too. However, it’s a stand alone listen so you don’t have to read the Lux books to understand Obsession. My only complaint was with the narration, it should have been read by a male for the dual POV. I had a hard time distinguishing who was speaking at times (the narrator did a poor job with it). Otherwise, the story and writing were outstanding!

Fun book... not so much love for the narrator

What didn’t you like about Alexandra R. Josephs’s performance?

I don't need a dramatic interpretation of the text. Just read the f****** book. This is killing me.

OH MY..... MY, MY, MY YUM!

Who could have thought aliens could be this intense! Jennifer Armentrout has my vote with this book!

The basic of the book is Earth has more than just human inhabitants, the government knows this but the people don't! Serena (lead female) discovers the existence of these other races when she happens to watch her best friend murdered in an unnatural way. When she runs to the cops to report this, like any normal human would, she finds herself placed in the safety of one of these aliens. In comes in Hunter (lead hero), of the Arum race. The best words I have to describe him is cold, scary & sexy .

As the two are forced to stick by each other, a bond is formed. This is despite the fact that Hunter almost lost control of himself and 'ate' Serena not once but TWICE! There is a lot of story telling in this book, both Serena & Hunter piece together what is happening in the world as Hunter does what he does best and protects Serena and on the other hand Serena does what she can as a human and wiggles her way into Hunter's soul. She becomes his light when all he has ever known is darkness.

The book has very interesting characters... I will give away this wee bit of info: Hunter has brothers! who, well, I look forward to seeing how much trouble they can cause....

I like Alexandra's narration but I think they book would have been a lot more entertaining with a dual narration.

Overall I think this is book worth a credit, even better if there is a sale!

great story but need different reader

excellent story but we use a different person to read it next time. her voice isn't deep enough to do the male voices

Bad narration

What can I say? The story is great, but I was forced to find the print version because the narrator absolutely wrecked this book. She left huge pauses between sentences, sometimes even in the MIDDLE of sentences. Example: “Blah blah blah” FOUR SECOND PAUSE (yes I actually checked) “he said”. Seriously? Who could tolerate that? Even speeding up to 1.5x speed the narration jerks around in weird stops and starts. And it’s not just here and there. It is a consistent verbal gaffe that the narrator makes for nearly every sentence. It’s awful.

Add that to the poor separation between characters, unfortunate male voice and the fact that she reads both the male and female POV and the audiobook is just ruined. It is unlistenable.

However, as I mentioned earlier, it is a good story. It will appeal to “grown up” fans of Twilight, as it has that feel of the antihero who wants her but constantly has to fight his nature around her. It is, however, very steamy and not at all YA. I recommend you find the print version and skip the audio.