Some Kind of Monster

Friends with the Monsters, Book 2

By: Albany Walker

Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen, Lucas Webley

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's Summary

Naughty girls need love too.

A beautiful monster, that’s what I am. My packaging is just a little nicer than the creatures you hear about dwelling in your closet. With three baddies for my mates, things are definitely getting interesting. I think I’ve even convinced them not to kill each other. 

But I have a new purpose, someone is hurting our kind. Stealing Charmed magic in arcane rituals that leave my friends drained and dead, and I won’t allow it. It’s time for them to find out why even the Monsters fear me. I am the bad guy.

Companion novel to Friends with the Monster, this is an RH story with adult themes not recommended for those under 18.

©2020 Rhonda Beyer (P)2020 Rhonda Beyer

MC got annoying fast.

If you are walking down a street and you run into an a-hole, then you ran into an a-hole. If you are walking down the street and everyone is an a-hole, then maybe YOU are the a-hole.

I feel like that saying best applies to this book’s MC. She is obnoxiously belligerent in this second book. I’m only half-way through and I’m having a hard time getting through it because of how lame she is.

I LOVED the first book! Sure, she seemed to embody the toxic, patriarchal spirit of competition with anyone else who could compete with her sexually, but I was able to overlook it because she also had some really tender, vulnerable aspects to her. No one is perfect.

Except in this book, she is apparently perfect, because all of the male characters bend over backwards to defend and validate her childish antics.

She shows next to zero self awareness, is petty, jealous to the point of deep insecurity, and combative with SOMEONE in almost every scene, even when no one deserves it. Especially when no one deserves it. I really hope this is a character arc thing and not a permanent fixture of her personality, because, again I LOVED the first book. But if this is how it is going to be from here on out I’ll be done with this series.

I should be rooting for the MC but instead I find myself desperately wishing someone would slap some duct tape over her mouth or teach her some humility.

Gonna finish this book. I’ll change my review if anything changes, but, like I said. Half-way through. Not terribly optimistic. WHY, Albany Walker?? Is this the type of person you think is reading your work? It’s almost insulting to the reader. How am I supposed to relate to this?

Sex and Monsters

Book 2. I like the basic plot of this story. Our heroin shows emotional growth and continues to be direct and funny. She treats her relationship with her men in a healthy way finding balance and one on one time. This books character development was good but the story wasn’t as good as the first. It felt rushed at the end. I did enjoy seeing the quadruple grow into a functional family. But the story was really only the last 2 chapters.

Such a great conclusion!

Some Kind of Monster picks up where the first book left off seamlessly, with all the hijinks of the four characters intact. The search for the evil witch (with a great plot twist at the end), the friction between the men settling into more like sibling rivalry, Dami maturing and dropping some her her annoying habits all makes this a book I couldn’t put down. Then add the depth of Dami and her harem and friends becoming one integrated family and you have a true HEA all around.
The performance is spot on, with the voices and emotion of a on-stage play. I hop there will be more!

PERFECT DUAL NARRATION

I LOVED that the male narrator only read the guys’ lines, and the female narrator did the rest.
🙌🙌🙌
I wish more audiobooks used this narration style!!So we can avoid listening to grown men trying to do girly flirtatious voices, or ladies making male love interests sound like grandfathers that smoke a pack a day.
(Not that there’s anything wrong with either..
I just find it distracting during romantic scenes. Lol)

The plot was lacking.

There was so much potential for this book, but it lacked imagination. The sex scenes were super spicy, but there is no purpose for the characters. The heroine is all powerful but she does nothing with it. She is fated to three amazing supernatural lovers, but it doesnt make it clear why? She gets pregnant, but the baby doesnt seem to have a purpose either. Its just one big happy orgy.

Baby makes 5

This story was Wonderful I love the Narrators the characters Were full of humour romance lots of supernatural Beings Intriguing awesome!!!!😊

Series Finally

2nd book in the series:
Damiana will not take anyones' sh#t
Her journey of protecting her friends and all monsters comes to an end with a sweet gift finishing up the series.

Grim is still my favorite.
Gunner isn't brought up as much in this book.
Calix is still a sweet flirt
Sadly this series has ended, but I am looking forward to reading more from Albany Walker.

The book covers are amazing and Vanessa & Luca's narrations are perfect.
I read both through audible.

Fantastic

That was one of the best stories I have had the pleasure to listen too. It didn’t follow the same path as most and didn’t disappoint. Love Albany Walker, a truly gifted writer.

Excellent paranormal smut + plot.

The narration was good. The pacing of the story was nicely done. Overall a satisfying sequel. Thanks.

Less raunchy more story

There is definitely less Sex and more story but it's enjoyable. Kinda feels like a sequel for the sake of sequel. I think Albany did a decent job of wrapping up the stories.

Another great story

What another great story, I love how Vanessa Moyen and Lucas Webley brought the characters to life and I love how the male characters are actually read by Lucas with his sexy voice that you'll just love and I think they both did a great job. I loved everyminute with Dami and her men and there antics through out the story but also the love they have for Dami as they go searching after the witch who has been killing charmed one's but also loved not knowing what would happen right up until the end and I'm also a little sad that it's over as I loved it so much.

Yawn

Gosh, that was hard work. How did such an exciting start in book 1 turn out so boring?

I’ll tell you how: by making the action so few and far between that there’s barely any plot. And no, the gaps aren’t filled with hot scenes. There are a bunch of those, but there’s also so much filler that I completely lost interest.

I won’t give anything away, but there’s a big section at the end that describes a major event that loads of people go through. It’s not written in a way that’s exciting or entertaining — it’s just boring as hell.

Epic

Outstanding loved every minute of this book. Your there too.
This is my favourite audio book by far.

Enjoyed the first ....

I enjoyed the first installment of this book , but thus one let me down. the story line seemed rushed and the plot was neglected. Big positive? Lucas Webley's narration.

Great Listen

Brilliant story loved the ending, really like both the male and female narrators. Aisin is my favourite

Absolutely loved it 😍

Wow, just finished this one which is book 2 and loved it all. The story is great, not too taxing, the characters are really gorgeous snd fun, I just love them all. I’m giving no plot away but if you like RH paranormal romances then this will be for you. Highly recommended

Fantastic narrators to a brilliant book

Once again a fantastic book from Albany, I LOVED the twists and turns and those HOT scenes .... the narrators are perfectly matched to the characters and I can’t wait to listen again .... just wow, thank you!

more more

well I just loved this book the chars were all perfect for me I just could not fault. and I laughed. just to sad it ended plz give us more. please