The Dark Ones

Dark Ones Saga, Book 1

By: Rachel Van Dyken

Narrated by: Chris Chambers, Hollie Jackson

To touch a Dark One is death. To talk to an immortal is suicide. Yet, I've been marked by both.

A Vampire. And the King of the immortals. My life is no longer my own. And now I know the truth, my life was never mine to begin with. It was theirs.

It's always been theirs.

Contains mature themes.

©2015 Rachel Van Dyken (P)2018 Tantor

ok

I tend to get hooked on this genre but this story felt underdeveloped and Elementary and its composition. The development of the story as a whole wasn't as rich and full as it could have been. The storyline had a lot of potential but I just felt like that was lacking substance.

I finally understand

OK I'm on Rachelle's reading group fan page and keep hearing about this series oh my goodness so glad it's on audiblescape I am now on to book 2

Worth the listen.

Got this book free with the sign up and at first didn’t like the way the reader spoke but after a while you to get used to it and into the story line. Its a nice love story over unexpected mates.

never given a narrator 5 stars bfore

Except the voice of Stephanie and Alex, who sounded like whiney, rich teenagers, the narrators did an exceptional job. I like how they just basically read out loud in their OWN voices. Listening to a woman imitating a man's voice (or vice versa) is just distracting and annoying! A bad narrator can make a good book unreadable, or makes u unable to listen anyway. If u want a lot of different voices and accents u wont like these guys. But I personally liked them a lot. The book was great. I love fantasy books but cant stand whiney teens who are more interested in talking about how hot a guy is when their impending death is upon them. Not very realistic. The author did a good job in capturing the reality of the situation everyone was in. I'd like to hear more about these main characters, but oh well. Their story ended well and I'll be buying the second book in a moment. Believe me, it's worth the credit and I've never said that in a review.

could be better

I am definitely not a fan of the narration. Very bland, boring to the point of putting me to sleep. The story could be great with a little more development. I did enjoy the potential for the characters, I will not continue with the saga because of the narrators, but I do like the Author.

Good story

I enjoyed the story, but the narrators were not my favorite. I wish it wasn't so monotone.

amazing story

this book was so interesting and the reader did an amazing job reading the story

Loved the story building!

The story was definitely something I invested in pretty quickly. I enjoyed the comic relief as well. I definitely plan to read the rest of the series.

Numb male narrative

I love the story but the male narrative was excruciatingly numb and cold, almost computer like. There was no emotion in his voice and was quite hard to follow. It was like listening to a child learning to read. But.... the book's story itself was very interesting and steamy.

Good Story - Book 1 of 5

I came across this story on Galatea. Found it engaging and decided to purchase it on Audible.

The story was engaging though the beginning is a little confusing, it’s worth sticking it out as the last few chapters tie everything in.

This book series is a story of 5 Immortals who are also friends. Each has a story of sadness when it comes to love. This book tells the story of the Vampire Ethan and his love, Genesis. The Epilogue sets us up for the next book which is about Cassius and Stephanie. All five books are available on Audible or you can read them through Amazon.

The chapters are short and the plot is a mystery that unravels bit by bit with each chapter.

This was a great short read. You don’t really get a lot of detail or description on the characters but it is still quite good.