Taken to Sasor

Xiveri Mates, Book 3

By: Elizabeth Stephens

Narrated by: Blaire LeBlanc, Marquis du Sad

Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Mian

Don't run. Don't fight. Just hide. That's all we can do against the Sasor barbarian horde—huge megalithic aliens, born to fight, who can shape-shift at will into monsters. We're only human, and me, just a slave among them.

Getting caught is not part of the plan, but when they raid our village, I do the only thing I can think of to spare the whole. I offer myself up to their leader. Infuriating, and strangely funny, I have a lot to learn—his languages and customs, the roles I'm meant to fulfill in his tribe, and how to keep him at arm's length when he's seemingly everywhere, blocking any chances I have to find a mate and keeping me at his side.

Neheyuu

She's funny, this human. A fast learner, already adapting to our language with ease. She's forgiving. Quick to smile, it's easy to smile back. Too easy. She's slipping under my skin, infecting me and my manerak.

The monster that I can become seems more ready to do her will than my own. Like she's controlling it. I should let her go. I should let her find a mate. I should let the tribes that come for her, take her....

My manerak says no. Its defiance is something I've never felt before and I will need to find a way to deny them both—but how can I when my manerak wants her close?

A grumpy alien snake-shifter meets a sweet, no-nonsense human heroine in Taken to Sasor. This is a full-length (100,000 words), stand-alone barbarian-shifter romance and, while part of the Xiveri Mates series, Taken to Sasor can be enjoyed at any point. Yes for fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, world-building, action adventure, extra steamy bits, and an HEA. No for SA, cheating, harem, or love triangles.

©2020 Elizabeth Stephens (P)2022 Elizabeth Stephens

very good Elizabeth!

This one is my favorite! 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍 The characters in here were totally Funny And enjoyable. The whole story was really good.🥰🥰 I love how the female Warriors character behaved in the story. They were really enjoyable and you learned to really care about them also. As well as the heroine and hero.🥰🥰🥰 Can't wait for Elizabeth to release more of her books. I can't imagine any of her books being better than this one. To me this one is her very best. Love how each book has different aliens and they are all different characters❤❤❤ This book is definitely worth the credits.

Need more of Mian and Neheyuu!

Awesome series so far. This one is my favorite for now. Hope to see the complete series on audible soon.
The narration was awesome, lots of spice, interesting storyline, action and of course, HEA.
Would love “Lord of Population” series on Audible. My wish list to purchase.!

I ❤️ this book

This is my favorite of them all so far. It was different in a good way. The heroine becomes more than she ever thought she would. The MMC is awesome once he gets his head out of his butt! I can’t wait for the next book!

Amazing

Oh my stars this story was incredibly written and well performed. I LOVE THIS SERIES

Loved it

This book was so detailed and funny; especially during beast mode. The storyline was original and unpredictable. The narrators were okay but there were several incidents of repeated reading of sentences and brief pause as if narrator lost place while reading.

Double Shifter!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 🙂😀🤩😍🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Mian - She is a slave when the Sasor barbarian horde comes to her village. She hides with a few dozen other slaves who were painting a fence when the horde arrives and lays waste to the gates of the village. The slaves are afraid since they have heard that the horde eats humans. When one of the slaves accidentally gives up their hiding place, they are at the mercy of the horde. So she leaves the others hidden and sacrifices herself.

The Hero: Neheyuu - He is a Sasorian shifter and the leader of his tribe, the biggest and strongest on Sasor. He is tall and brutal and he has a monster within him called a manerak, a large snake-like creature the size of a dragon. It is considered a great success to come across a human tribe and decimate it. The males are weak and the females are compatible with his species.

The Story: Neheyuu comes across Mian when he is obliterating her village and he calls her Reisa when she stands up to him and slaps him. It means brave one. They can’t understand each other but he offers her a deal in that if she gives herself to him, he will leave the others be. When one of his warriors challenges him for Mian, Neheyuu wins the challenge and keeps her for himself.

Neheyuu is attracted to Mian from the start and his manerak wants her even more. Neheyuu feels for her when it becomes obvious that she has been starving and he realizes he has never felt hunger like that. Mian eats heartily and sleeps comfortably for the first time in her life.

The world building is good, though I would have liked a bit more descriptive explanations of the manerak from the beginning. Then later in the book, Neheyuu becomes something different, called a naxem, which is an even bigger (giant) snake shifter, big enough to decimate an entire village of maneraks. It took me a while to be able to picture each type of shifter, especially since the maneraks still had arms and legs, but when Neheyuu became a naxem, his arms and legs fused with his body like a mammoth cobra snake.

Though I do love the fact that each book in this series is unique and the worlds are completely different from the one before. They are basically stand-alone books and can be read in any order. The world building and character development is good despite my having a hard time picturing the snake creatures. Also I loved the scene where they finally get to Neheyuu’s home and his former lover is in his house. It is a pretty awesome scene.

This was told in dual points of view via duet narration. It was narrated by Marquis du Sad and Blair LeBlanc. Blair has a youthful voice which is soft and feminine. She portrays emotions pretty well and is pleasant to listen to. Marquis has a deep voice and speaks in a good tempo. I enjoyed the narration quite a bit as soon as I got into the book.

I Am Feral

This author, this story, this series and these narrators are stupid good. 10/10 would recommend. No notes.

Confusing

I struggled with this book. The book took me forever to get through it. I have listened to the series so far. But this book. This book went back and forth with should I love her no I do love her. the book was so confusing. It was ridiculous. I need my credit back. Hot mess, the characters made no sense. Not good.🤔🙄😕

Didn’t sign up for language course.

If I wanted to learn another language I would’ve chosen Klingon. Half way through and still confused. May or may not finish. If I do will review again.