Shattered

Nightwind Pack, Book 2

By: Kele Moon, Laurann Dohner

Narrated by: Suzanne T. Fortin

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's Summary

Betrayed by the love of her life at 16, causing her to flee her home, Amber Daniels’ taste in men hasn’t improved over time. With a bitter divorce under her belt, she returns home to support her sisters and dying mother. 

It takes one day before she finds herself in trouble with the local werewolves and being rescued by her childhood crush. One hot look and the pain returns...overshadowed only by the desire. But Amber’s older, wiser, and unwilling to be burned, yet again.

Desmon Nightwind was an angry youth the night his world exploded and he lost his mate. Now pack alpha, he’s no longer an untried teen, but still wholly unprepared for Amber’s return to Hollow Mountain. He lost her once. No amount of pack politics, family strife, or alpha obligations will make him let her go a second time. 

He’ll do whatever it takes to claim and protect his human mate. Even battle neighboring wolves using anything at their disposal to start a war. They don’t fight fair...and neither will Desmon.

©2019 Kele Moon (P)2020 Kele Moon

A Good Listen Except...

There were several chapters that skipped words. The sentence would start and then a word or two would be skipped. I thought it was a fluke but it happened in (started) Chapter 12 several times and then here and there in the other chapters. It was as if you fast forwarded a few seconds. I went back and did a rewind thinking it would fix it but it did not. I deleted and then downloaded again but it also did not help.

The story was good and I really liked it. I am hoping for more in this series.

Recalcitrant female lead

You know those stories, with the stupid lead female who is told not to go out into the woods in the dark during a full moon? And then she throws a tantrum about being told what to do or where to go? Well, in that case: spoiler alert!
I liked the first book, but not this one - I like strong female leads but not idiots that have little to no self preservation... rubs me the wrong way and ends up being too annoying to make it an enjoyable read.

Technical Issues.

This book has corrupted files. Narration skips throughout. Otherwise a good smutty listen. I am enjoying the series. Although I thought they wouldn't sell books that are faulty. I will have to return this one.

Great Wolf Shifter Book

I’m not that great at writing words as I am with reading them. But this was an incredibly good wolf shifter book to listen to. Not only was the story well written but the narration was done very well. I highly recommend this book!

Amber and Desmond

This was a really good book except for a few technical issues. In parts of the recording, the last word or words of some of the sentences were clippped. Initially Amber tried to come off as tough but she was no match for a shifter. That other pack was something else, especially when they kidnapped her and stuffed a bloody rag in her mouth. YUK! I am so glad things worked out for Amber and Des for now but the door was left open for another book. I loved Miles. He was great! Jaz was good too. Suzanne T. Fortin did a very good job with the narration.

A good read, marred by technical difficulties.

I've listened to quite a shocking number of Laurann Dohner's books. She really knows how to set the stage in a way that a variety of characters can take center stage in individual books. I enjoy the series books because, as a reader, you get a feel for the atmosphere, the setting, and the supporting characters that can't be had in stand-alone editions.

Shattered is no exception in the writing, character development, and setting. Regrettably, it is an exception when it comes to production values. In early chapters, the voices were clearly added later -- the volume, tone, and intonation were not in sync with the storyline. It was off-putting and, at times, made me lurch for the volume control. In too many (three that I can recall) later chapters, the audio cuts off the character's last few words.

While I can fill in the blanks and surmise the conversational intent, it rips me out of the story and back to my reality, which is the last thing I want in a fantasy romance novel. Hello? I'm here to escape, remember? The technical difficulties are such that I hesitate to collect any more of Ms. Dohner's books. I want to cocoon myself in the fantasy, not leap up to adjust the volume.

I can only hope that Ms. Dohner or Ms. Moon read these reviews since I have no way to contact either on their websites. I certainly hope that they find the production company that can provide them with a quality product.

DNF!!!!

Did not finish. I hated every relationship in this book. Zero redeeming characters. I love a good shifter romance, this was not it.

Great story but audio skips

This series is great, but I noticed that this book will occasionally skip like pieces were cut out in editing.

Great story

This had some twists I didn’t expect. It kept me hanging on. The reader did an excellent job.

it's just okay.

Another tale of an irrational woman doing irrational things. They spoon feed the reader and leave nothing left to the imagination.

Awesome

I really enjoyed this book, it's a brilliant story, packed with the right amount of action, sex, family drama and love. The pace was brilliant slow enough to enjoy and quick enough to keep me enthralled and listening

good story Bad sound

liked the storyline.
sone parts were not fully completed.
could have told more about the sisters growing closer together.
other parts the Story was cut off a couple of Times and I felt an important bit was lost.

Technical issue

Half way through the book the audio keeps jumping and skipping so you miss parts of the story.

Good book

I think this book is better than the first in this series. There is plenty of action, good descriptions, strong sex, okay dialogue. The only downer is our female hero she is very predictable and rather deaf to sensible actions, shame.

not bad, not great either

it was a okay book to listen to, story was nothing new. I would recommend if you like laurann dohner books. got annoying when parts cut out on the audio, felt like I missed important parts that would have enhanced the story.

It was alright

It started off well but it kinda fizzled out by the end and I was getting a bit bored, despite the action. Prefer the New Species series by Laurann Dohner, and Kele Moon’s books always seem like they need something more, though there is potential.

good Book xx

If you like sex and fantasy then this a must... I enjoy both Authors so this book was a must for me xx