Queen Me

Immortal Vices and Virtues, Book 2

By: Amber Lynn Natusch

Narrated by: Kit Swann, Tyler Darby

He corners me in an alley. An assassin. A killer of killers. A usurped king.

The Moonlight Wraith is hungry to regain his stolen throne, and he claims I have the magic he needs to secure his vengeance.

He must have lost his sanity along with his kingdom, because the only true ability I possess is wielding my smart mouth at times I shouldn't. So I do what any drunk human trying to survive in a supernatural world might do—I throw up on his shoes.

Despite my attempts to refuse the sexy fae, I soon find myself sucked into his war—and lost in his penetrating silver stare. The way he looks at me makes it seem like he wants me for more than just revenge. But how could a powerful fae king fall for a lowly human outcast like me?

I'm no queen.

And once he figures that out, my heart won't be the only casualty.

Contains mature themes.

©2022 Amber Lynn Natusch (P)2024 Tantor

Awful female narrator

I liked the story but the female narrator sounded like she was on the verge of tears the entire story. Shrill and on voice constantly breaking. I loved the first story so this one was a disappointment.

Amazing

So good on so many levels!!! Not just another smutty book! Love the emotion.

Moonlight

Very interesting thread of their life and all the revelations to solve the mysteries. Together for ever and love till end of time

Love the second book in the series

Both narrators did an amazing job. Love the storyline from beginning to end. Each character was amazing. This book mainly focused on the female lead who thought she didn’t have any powers and the male lead who was dethroned. And found his unexpected human who didn’t know she had powers.

Great Story But It Could Be Phenomenal with a Better Actress

Overall, I really enjoyed the story. I love the flashes of humor the sensuality and the suspense. The only thing I did not like about this book was the female actress who sounded like she was whining the whole time she was reading every scene.

She sounded like a victim the whole time. A person with low self-esteem which is fine except she could at least sound like she was enjoying sensual time with the male lead, but she sounded like she was whining even then.

She whined when she was happy.
She whined when she was standing up for herself.

The story was so good but I almost stopped listening to it because of how annoying the female reader was but I like audio books so that I can exercise and get entertainment at the same time.

Inconsistencies with book 1

This was my first book from this author and there were things I liked and things that didnt quite hit as hard for me. Overall a 4/5 stars for the story and audio and would definitely reread/relisten when jumping back into this shared universe. This has been my least favorite of the stories so far and I think it probably would have been better if I had read it instead of listening unfortunately.

Let’s start with the audio, I loved the male narrator. I thought he exuded the right stuff for his character. He had an air about him, and the performance was done so well. I could imagine the fallen fae king in my head as he spoke. He made him sexy, dangerous, also pigheaded haha. I enjoyed his rendition. The female narrator on the other hand was not my favorite. I liked her better than some of the other reviewers but she definitely went OTT too much for me with Rowe. Thought she did ok with the evil Queen and she made Adora and Dani sound screechy sometimes. The other side characters were done well, I felt they were believable and got the personalities right, like the coworkers at Rowe’s job haha.

Story was good but wasnt as strong as book 1 in this series of interconnected standalones. I would definitely recommend reading/listening to them in order. It helps keep all the characters straight and the relationships and factions can get confusing with all the crossing between them all haha.
I liked Rowe and her latent power was cool and felt bad with how things went down for her in her past and her family. I felt like not all things weren’t answered but oh well. I was annoyed with our king with how he treated her. I did snort a bit with laughter when he couldnt help himself and stay away. Like try to deny it all you want buddy haha. I know they started their relationship off on the wrong foot but I did enjoy how things came together and their HEA. I liked the Rowe gave it right back to Volker and vice versa. I really wish this series was spicier, I didn’t appreciate how they limit it to slow burn. It didnt even need to be sexy times, it could have been more intimacy to help bridge the long gap til things happened.

I will say I wish these authors talked more amongst each other with the consistencies between books. Two of the main characters in this one were vastly different than their portrayal in book 1. They were vicious in book 1 and then somehow because a father figure and bestie in this one. I mean their ends are rough/unexpected but my brain was hurting trying to forget about some things in book 1 because of how it didnt connect/was the complete opposite of this story/character development.

Overall I would give it 4 stars but there were too many inconsistencies and the audio kept me from giving it a 5 stars.

SHE GAVE HIM THE NECKLACE?! *SPOILERS*

I’m sorry, but I just cannot with this book. The heroine (Rowe) is a klutzy alcoholic (she drinks to numb the pain of life). She’s also human in a supernatural world and has a major inferiority complex about that. One night, she has a not-so-chance meeting in an alleyway with the dethroned, presumed dead, Fae King (our hero, Volker). Turns out that Rowe—who everyone thinks is totally mediocre—is the key to regaining his former power and glory.

The heroine in this book is super histrionic and unstable feeling. Part of that is how the narrator chose to portray her, but mostly it's because she’s characterized as someone who has always felt weak, and who has willingly agreed to let stronger people use her her entire life. Anyway, long story short (and super spoilery) Rowe finds out that she IS a supernatural. And the necklace she’s been wearing her entire life (a gift from her mother who wore a linked, identical 'sister' necklace) is the reason she has no powers. So Rowe and the infamous Fae King strike a deal to: 1) get her mother‘s necklace back 2) liberate her powers 3) kill the usurper— the current evil queen. But Volker completes the first task ahead of schedule and doesn't tell her. They bang, then Rowe finds out, then it all blows up. Because the implications of him keeping the necklace for himself are selfish and far reaching. It's a powerful piece of jewellery. What I couldn't fathom was why, when she kicked him out, she handed him the necklace? smdh. Sure, he could have easily overpowered her and took it, but he didn’t. She just handed it over. It was this small but definitive moment (like a butterfly effect without the ice age or tsunami) just a thunderclap awareness that this woman is absolutely mental.

SHE HANDED HIM THE NECKLACE

THE NECKLACE THAT HAS BEEN SIPHONING HER POWER HER ENTIRE LIFE (LEAVING HER A FULLY HUMAN SLAVE) AND BESTOWS GREAT POWER ON THE WEARER

WTAF

Look, this book is a basic, low fantasy, overly melodramatic, 2 star read (3 at best because I didn’t DNF). But wow. I’ve seen all kinds of weak, self-negating women in romantic fiction but that necklace move takes the cake. That is one helluva gift with coitus. “There you go sir, have fun wielding my powers, cum again soon.” 😭 or “I’m so mad I can’t look at you, but why don’t you *finger guns* go ahead rebuild your empire with my powers.” Jesus. It's like this woman actually believes she doesn't exist. This can't be a romance. IMO Rowe isn't even a person. She's more of the "I fell in love with my dealer/pimp" kind of girl. She certainly could never counterbalance a hero this strong and devious, let alone be his queen. Also, sidenote, for the entire book Volker vanishes (like poof) whenever he wants, has never met any of her 'friends', cannot be contacted or summoned by Rowe, and is somewhere off-page in the ether for a good 75% of the time. That's not even a relationship, forget love. And that ending was the least romantic, most plot holey thing I've ever read.

The Betrayal

This might’ve been better if I’d read it rather than listened. The female narrator made the MFC seem very whiney. She had a decent mimic for the MMC voice, but this was primarily told from the MFC’s perspective. I would’ve liked to see more from him. Following the first book in this series, it was kind of disappointing. The first book was incredible. That said, this is a different author and different writing style. While the MMC oozed sex appeal, the MFC was very awkward and embarrassing as well as very juvenile. There wasn’t much spice and when the spice hit it left much to be desired. The betrayal at the end though. WOW.