Passion Unleashed

By: Larissa Ione

Narrated by: Renee Raudman

Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Forbidden temptations.
Serena Kelley is an archaeologist and treasure hunter - and a woman with a secret. Since she was seven, she's been the keeper of a powerful charm that grants her health and immortality... as long as she stays a virgin. But Serena isn't all that innocent. And when a dangerously handsome stranger brings her to the brink of ecstasy, she wonders if she's finally met the one man she cannot resist.

Fatal desires.
Wraith is a Seminus demon with a death wish. But when an old enemy poisons him, he must find Serena and persuade her to give him the only known antidote in the universe: her charm. Yet, as she begins to surrender to his seductions and Wraith senses the cure is within his grasp, he realizes a horrible truth: He's falling for the woman whose life he must take in order to save his own.

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©2009 Larissa Ione (P)2011 Hachette

Don't Judge The Series By This Narrator!!!

What made the experience of listening to Passion Unleashed the most enjoyable?

I'm not going to lie, Renee Raudman makes listening to this particular book of the series almost painful. The thing is that I love this series and I love this story!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Wraith is the funniest of all of the Demonica characters. You find yourself just shaking your head at what he comes up with next. He rocks the 'I'm a bad, bad boy and don't give a damn about anything or anyone" attitude as hard as he can, but he isn't convincing anyone, including himself. Gotta love Wraith!

How did the narrator detract from the book?

She made the characters sound like either old men from the wild, wild west or breathy, air-headed saloon girls. Ummm, hello...hot present-day demons not cowpokes from 1815! It was just awful. I find myself seeing her name as the narrator for other books and going right past them.

If you picked this one out of all of the Demonica books to see if you were interested in the series, you may find yourself saying 'never again' just because of her narration. I'm telling you to keep going with the other books and then head over to meet the horsemen because this series has just about everything you could possibly want!

Any additional comments?

The book rocks even though the narration was awful. Don't skip it though...you'll have a huge hole in your storyline if you do.

Great story...wrong narrator...

Please don't misunderstand, Renee Raudman is an excellent narrator. However, her voice comes off a bit too country for this story. Wraith sounds like a hoarse Bubba and Serena comes off whiney and unbelievably annoying and that is not how she is written. I love Wraith's story and would love to hear Hillary Huber take this one on. (Yes, the story is that good that I'd pay for it again). If the story itself wasn't so great...I might not have continued listening because her accent kept throwing me off. I honestly believe that if someone were to sample the series by listening to this title alone, they might walk away from one of the best para romance series I've ever come across..and that would be sad. That having been said...don't pass up this title...you'll need the background before you head into the next one and the story itself is excellent!

i love this book

a great book and love the narrater she was great i cant wait for more more more more

Really really good story

I really liked the storyline and characters. so good that I would listen to this again.

Great book, poor narration

I wish there was a way to rate the narrator separate from the book itself. The narrator had very strange inflections in her voice and the "sultry" sound of it made everything painful to listen to. It was great during the intimate scenes between the main characters but way too distracting during the normal and fight scenes. She would sometimes whisper and slur her words I would have to back up just to make sure I heard correctly.

The book, however, was pretty good. So far, in the Demonica Series, it is one of my favorites. I'm glad I pushed through the narration to get through it. Unfortunately I started the Eternal Rider series first so I knew more about the Underworld Universe Ione created than I should have going into the first three books but she still did not disappoint. I haven't go ahead to look at any of the other recordings to see if Renee Raudman is a narrator, but if so I'm going to have to break down and buy the book. Not that I mind physically reading, but it takes me twice as long with time constraints.

If you truly love the Demonica books you could probably get around the narrator (it took most of part one for me to) but if you're unsure or get easily distracted by narration you might want to skip this one.

Great Book/Awful Narrator

I struggled to get through this Audio book! I have read the book before so I knew that it is one of my all time favorites, but the narrator is just awful! Another reviewer mention that she sounded like the narrator from Cinderella and it's true, but sometimes she sounds like Carol Channing...sex scenes dubbed by Carol Channing are as awful as they sound!

Wow!

Once you pick up a book by Larissa Ione, I feel as though you're going to have trouble not picking up another. She is an amazing storyteller, and this book will not disappoint!

Wraith was the bad boy of every woman's dreams, and it was insta-love for me. He's a half-vampire half-demon. When he's injured, he's left with a decision... he can live if he takes a charm away from a woman... but that woman will die. At first, it seems he will do what needs to be done, but it's not as easy at it seems when he gets to know her.

Serena is amazing as well. She is strong and there's no whining, which I like in a female lead.

Splendid romance, with drama, and an immense about of love.

Lily S. Thomas - Author of the Ice Age Alphas series.

Love!

I love this series and this book is one of my absolute favorites. This is my second time reading this book and the audio version is AMAZING!

Totally addictive lose sleep series

Yikes please bring the old narrator back. I love, love this series and am sad this happened.

Wraith oh Wraith!

Listened for Fun (Audible)
Overall Rating: 4.00
Story Rating: 3.75
Character Rating: 4.25

Audio Rating: 4.50 (not part of the overall rating)

TBRJar Pull Thoughts: Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione just should not have set on my audio shelf for as long as it did! Really enjoyed it!

Quick Thoughts: Love Wraith and Serena (knew that from the other books though--yep I did not read this series in order) but wasn't in love with the story surrounding them. It was entertaining but not my favorite in the series. Them as a couple though, close to the top!

Audio Thoughts:

Narrated by: Renee Raudman /Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins


This is one of those series with several narrators but really Renee, Cassandra, and Hillary are the best of the bunch. Well worth the listen!

TBRJar pull/short review