Sacrificed

The Rejected Mate, Book 1

De: Bella Klaus

Narrado por: Keira Stevens

Fate made me an outcast. My true mate marked me for death.

As the daughter of my pack’s lame wolf, I’m an outcast, a social reject considered unsuitable for mating. My life is a daily grind of drudgery, humiliation, and abuse.

Then during a ceremony to our god, Fenris-Wulf, fate made me the alpha’s true mate.

My heart fills with hope. This could be the end of my problems, a happy life filled with acceptance, but when I shift, I become a monster.

Horrified at what I’ve become, the other wolves attack. They cast my broken and bleeding body on the altar as a sacrifice, leaving me to die.

But when Fenris-Wulf comes to claim my soul, he sees something in me that’s precious and takes me to his lair.

He offers me the power to get revenge, but in return, I must help him destroy the world....

If you like dark, sexy paranormal romances with adventure, conflict, and a rejected mate, you’ll love Sacrificed.

©2021 Bella Klaus (P)2021 Bella Klaus

Ok I'm Hooked

Help I can't stop listening.
The Damn series is owning me
ok gotta go on to book 2.!!!!!

A must read shifter romance

Sacrificed is a the story of Lydia, the shifter Cinderella who eventually gets her comeuppance. Sort of. I listened to the story in a single sitting because I couldn’t wait to hear what happened next, and the story was too original for me to accurately guess. The combination of obscure Norse mythology, the rejected mate trope, and the quasi-rags to riches archetype is a winning mix. Bella Klaus has out-written and out-classed a whole sub-genre of paranormal romance. She should definitely give lessons because she has ruined the rating curve.

I liked this

I read a lot of reviews that called this book “a fever dream” or “chaotic” and I’ll admit, it was written in a very nonstop way. This author doesn’t do a plot/resolution, new-plot/new-resolution format, she just keeps layering. So her world keeps growing and moving at breakneck speed. The shifter component is just one aspect. The h (Lydia) is lower than omega in her pack, because she’s the daughter of a deposed alpha (though assassination). And instead of caring for the widow and child of a past leader, the wolves (pack rulers) toss the h and her mother to the slums. They also bully them and use them as free labour. Then, in a twist, the h gets fated to the current alpha and things REALLY go pear shaped.

One notable thing: this rejected story has the h moving on with someone else, NOT reconciling with her rejector (that’s a very important detail for me in this trope, since I prefer a heavy grovel and reconciliation). Also note, the world is supernatural with ALL SORTS of beings, plus various shifter species, and a hierarchy of shifters both inside and outside of their species. There’s also magic used and a hierarchy of magic users. There’s also modern tech even though the world feels medieval. The book also incorporates Norse Gods, hell, hell beasts, and ‘pocket’ dimensions. So yeah, it’s a lot, but very interesting.

Unfortunately this was a one-and-done series for me, I tried book 2 but hated the direction the author went. In book 1 the heroine uses magic that is gifted to her. It keeps her alive, and allows her to become very powerful. You get fooled into thinking she’s a badass. But it gets stripped away in book 2 and she becomes a pathetically weak doormat, yikes.

Hidden Gem

Wow, narration was great and I loved to storyline! Spoiler Alert: This ends on a cliffhanger!

Loving it

I Loved this book. I need to read the whole series. I need more kick butt

Gripping action packed romance

I absolutely love all of her books they all go together but you can read them out of order if you want and it all still makes since. These books made me go on a binge of listening to audiobooks. I normally only listen to books on my drive to and from work. I listened everywhere lol

it's a no for me

Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into the book. The narrator was good though. The plot wasn't.

seriously?

I am struggling to get past chapter 10! Slow to go anywhere, overly descriptive, and the narrator is annoying! I don't want to waste the credit so I am trying to finish. I will update IF I can actually finish this mess.

Meh 🫤

Spoilers - kinda

It was interesting for the first 80%…not like WOW interesting but enough that I kept at it.
Then…her love interest in book betrays her (or so she thinks) and she’s all eff this I’m out. Even though she LITERALLY just realized she loved him and was on her way to get married.
She didn’t even ask questions, just jumped to conclusions and peace’s out!
And then, there was not heartbreaking for this girl. She got home and went back to her normal life. No tears, no lamenting, nothing.
I’m sorry but, you’re in love with this guy, on your way to get married and what, 30mins later it’s like “who dat??” Yeah I’m good. Won’t be continuing.
The narrator was good though which is the only reason I bought the Audible after sampling her voice. So props to her 👏🏽👏🏽