Lord of the Vampires

By: Gena Showalter

Narrated by: Genvieve Bevier

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Once upon a time… the Blood Sorcerer vanquished the kingdom of Elden. To save their children, the queen scattered them to safety and the king filled them with vengeance. Only a magical timepiece connects the four royal heirs - and time is running out.

Nicolai the Vampire was renowned for his virility, but in a twist of fate “The Dark Seducer” had become a sex slave in the kingdom of Delfina - stripped of his precious timepiece and his memory. All that remained was a primal need for freedom, revenge - and the only woman who could help him.

In her dreams, a wanton vampire called to Jane Parker, drawing her to his dark sexuality and his magical realm. But for a human, all was not a fairy tale in Delfina. Jane was the key to Nicolai’s memory… but exploiting her meant dooming the only mortal he craved.

This is the first book in Royal House of Shadows. The Quartet features new books from some of the biggest names in paranormal fantasy romance: Gena Showalter, Jill Monroe, Jessica Andersen, and Nalini Singh. Listen to a new book in the series every month, from now through November.

©2011 Gena Showalter (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Another Good One

I love Genas work! Thought this reader did a good job, she is not my favorite to listen to.

read don't listen to this one

I love Gena Showalter's books and this story was action packed, fresh and new. Yet I didn't enjoy it as much as I know i would have if i read it. The narrator just didn't know how to do different voices and the main Male character sounded robotic 97% of the time while most the others sounded like tiny tim😬 Do yourself a favor and read this one

Narration ruined the story

Narration of male lead was horrific. Physically cringed every time the narrator played the role of the male lead. Could hardly get through the book. Highly recommend you read the book vs listening to this horrible narration. If I was Gena Showalter I would demand a remake.

Really hot!

While I love the Lords of the Underworld series, this was pretty great. Although really, anything Gena writes is worth reading (listening, whatever!).

Good story (part of a series written by 4 authors)

I don't know what everyone is complaining about? We are well aware that these stories are not literary works of art. These are stories we listen to just for fun. Since I listen to these stories for "FUN" I say job well done! Very entertaining. I do like other narrators mu ch better, but this narrator didn't ruin the story for me.

Good story but...

The voice of Nicoli is horrible! The narrators voice of Jane is great but the voice of the male lead in a racy novel HAS to be alpha, sexy, and sweet when needed. The male voice here greatly took away from the narrative. Again, good narration of all characters except male lead.

Story would have been good ,but

The story was good or I would have enjoyed it more , but the narration was really bad
if the narrator can't do the voice then fine , don;t try it ruins the book
the male voices were real bad and the accents if that what they were suppose to be were even worse
I liked the story and and Gena Showalter is one of my favorite authors, it just wasn't the enjoyable listen it could have been

Enjoyable listen

I'm a big Gena Showalter fan and enjoying this new storyline. My only note would be that the narrator's male voice for Nicolai is a bit flat and devoid of emotion. Hopefully she will improve that as the series continues.

Not the best Gina book

I didn't like some of the wording used at all. It took away from the story. I won't be listening to anymore books by this narrator. She made the hero sound less than intelligent and a lot of the times her nuances didn't match the emotion of the sentence. There were also times when the voice she used for the narration was the same as the last character so it was trying to figure out they'd stopped talking.

Steamy

Would you try another book from Gena Showalter and/or Genvieve Bevier?

Absolutely! However, this is not Mrs. Showalter's best work. This book was lacking in plot. It was sexy but I was looking for the depth of character I am so used to finding in her novels.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Had some semblance of a plot line.

Which character – as performed by Genvieve Bevier – was your favorite?

Nicolai

Do you think Lord of the Vampires needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I know it has a follow up, in fact, it has several. I am not as eager to pick them up as much as I have been about her other works.