Soulbound

The Return of the Elves Series, Book 1

By: Bethany Adams

Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki

A deathbed promise.

Arlyn's quest is simple: Find her father and let him know her mother is dead. After all, Arlyn had promised her mother she'd go. The problem? Her father's people are myths and legends, and he doesn't even live on Earth. But despite a long journey through the mysterious mists of the Veil, finding him turns out to be the easy part.

A dream long buried.

After 500 years, Kai has given up on finding his soulbonded. So when he stumbles across Arlyn after returning from his latest mission and recognizes her as his mate, Kai starts their bond in haste. But he never could have imagined that his bonded is his best friend's newfound daughter. Whoops.

A hidden conspiracy sparked to life.

Though the sight of Kai makes Arlyn's heart pound, she isn't sure she can forgive him for starting their bond without her permission. But her love life is the least of her problems. Her father is an elf lord, and his sudden acknowledgment of a half-human heir reignites the same conspiracy that took him away from her mother in the first place. Now Arlyn and her family must face iron-wielding assassins, bigotry, and her newly awakened magical abilities if they hope to come through in one piece.

Arlyn thought she would return to Earth after meeting her father. Now she must fight to save the family she never knew she wanted.

©2016 Bethany Adams (P)2016 Skyboat Media, Inc.

so so

Not a knock you off your feet series starter but it kept grabbing my intention.

I have no problem with either narrator and believe that they portray all characters very well. Narrators tend to get a bit wobbly with the elfin language delivery.

I am moving on to the next book and perhaps I can put into words what feels a bit "so so."

Great world, great narrators, great to good storyline
If you're into fantasy give it a go

mhmm

didnt like the narrator. not the female one at least. she sounds like shes like 60 years old and read way too slow. had to up the speed because I couldn't take it. story was alright. expected a lot more. hoping the rest of the series is better

Great story!

Lots of twist and turns... Enough to keep reader guessing about what is going to happen next. The telling of the story from a feminine point of view makes it makes it easy easy to like.

Warning!

Do not try to use this book to fall asleep to. I tried it and five hours later I was still wide awake. The author has a tendency to catch your attention and not let go. Her characters are alive and draw you in, making you care about what happens to them.
Gabrielle de Cuir, is a talented narrator and keeps your attention.
Stefan Rudnicki - well Mr Rudnicki has a voice that is like a warm fire on a cold night in a rain storm that seeps in and keeps you comfortable and secure. When I noticed that he was one of the readers there was no question that I would select it.

Surprisingly good

After reading a lot of negative reviews I was suprised I actually really like this book. Its true that the narrater definitly lowered the books worth but it was still enjoyable. I really like the concept of the soulbond and I am really looking forward to the next books

I love Kia!

I didn't really care for how the duel narration was set up, there wasn't a clear delineation between the male/female sections. If I had read it myself though it wouldn have been an issue.

Can't wait for the next book!

Loved everything but the reader

Loved this book!! Can't wait to hear the rest of the series! My only complaint is that I didn't care for the female narrator, she makes the female protagonist very whiny when I don't believe that is how her character was meant to be portrayed.

feels abridged

this book has much room to grow. it needs more. glazes over way to many things that should have been elaborated on. so much was introduced but nothing was done with it, I honestly can't say as I remember much even really happening overall. needs more deep character connections. but still a good read. the narrators made it worthwhile.

The female narrator is awful

The story was good, but I struggled to listen to this audio book because the female narrator was not just bad, she was awful. I love audiobooks because I can listen to them while working out, driving, cleaning, etc. I listen to a lot of books because I do t have much time to sit and read. But I eventually stopped listening and switched to a text version. I suggest you save yourself the disappointment and do the same.

Every time the book switched to the female narrator I instantly want to turn he book off. At first I was thinking I hate the female lead, then it hit me, I don’t dislike the female lead, I hate how the narrator is portraying her. She portrayed the female lead as a whiny petulant child. Literally a little girl voice that she whined almost every line. She often made the male lead sound whiny too. She even managed to make the father sound whiny and cold at the same time. Apparently every character was whiny in the narrators mind. I kept having to remind myself that the only reason I wasn’t liking certain characters was because of how the female narrator was portraying them through her vocalization. If I hadn’t, I would have just quit and never listened/read another book by the author. I am glad that I switched to reading the book, it was actually good when I didn’t have the awful portrayal of the characters making me hate them.

Please ditch Gabriel de Cuir as a narrator…just let Stefan Rudnicki narrate the entire thing.

I will not listen to the next book (and I will make sure I never listen to anything narrated by Gabriel de Cuir again) I will read it myself because I like the story, but this was one of the worst narrators I have encountered.

Really good

A surprisingly good book and the narrator was/is wonderful. Part 1 of a few