The Sapphire Scythe: A Reverse Harem Urban Fantasy

The Order of the Red Shadow, Book 1

By: JB Trepagnier

Narrated by: Jennifer Whiskey

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Born in battle, my birth brought peace. But peace is boring, and so is the warlock to whom I’m betrothed.

Real name: Aria Emanuele

Code name: The Sapphire Scythe

Supe status: first vampire/succubus hybrid. Heir to the Aeternae clan.

Military status: Top spy and assassin for the Universal Army.

I’ve been running from my duties as the heir to the supe kingdom to marry Cade, my intended, and create more hybrid children for centuries. I’ve been playing soldier, spy, assassin, or whatever takes me close to the action instead. My parents and my people think I just need time to sow my royal oats, but I love this too much to give it up.

Humans have brought themselves to World War Three. My mission in the Universal Army is to get close to the dictator who caused it. I already suspect he’s got a supe close to him, but I’m keeping it to myself for now. I want to do this myself. I had a mark close to Zimin, the dictator. My mission was simple. Extract information, then kill him. Something went horribly wrong that night. I wake up in a hotel room with a Lycan, a vamp, and a warlock. All trained assassins like me. Seems my dear parents sent them here.

There’s also a little catch in there. According to the men in my hotel, nature has given me three mates instead of one. Nature and my parents expect me to pick. Nature has a sick sense of humor and seems to know my horrible taste in men. There’s Ronric, the huge Irish Lycan, Rainer, the dark Egyptian Warlock, and Kalon, the swarthy Bulgarian vampire. I had a lot of fun in all three countries before swearing off men from any of those places and refusing to go back.

Now, I’ve got three beautiful men in front of me with all the qualities I want in a man, and I have no idea how I’m supposed to pick.

©2018 JB Trepagnier (P)2019 JB Trepagnier

Worth the listen

I enjoy a strong FMC who can hold her own and Aria did not disappoint. The story was good and kept me guessing a few times. The main thing about this book was the matings and markings for me! I'm just going to leave a few Kew words in regards to the steamy sexy times... Jealousy, Alphas, Pleasure, Marking, Biting, Bonding and the all important learning to share.

Had Potential...

Okay/good story, kinda ruined by the narrator. I listened to this whilst multi-tasking, but once I got to Chapter 30, I had to speed it up to finish since there was only 10+ minutes was left. So basically the steamy scenes were boring because of the narrator who had little to no variation with her voices...and it felt like I was listening to a teenager tell me an erotic story. I'm sorry, I just had to laugh through it.

sexy with lots of action

This storyline is sexy with lots of action in and out of bed!!! The narration was great! I would completely recommend this book.

Unusual Storyline

The Sapphire Sythe by JB Trepagnier and narrated by Jennifer Whiskey is the first book in The Order of the Red Shadow series.
We meet Aria, our FMC, who wants nothing more than a man to call her by her given name. You see she's a spy, who also happens to be a hybrid Vampire/Succubus.
Enter the Harem: Ronrik, an wolf, Caellen, a vampire, and Raynor, a warlock. They have been told that they are each her true mate and she has to choose.
I loved the story line and the characters, but the narration left a lot on the table. There were no accents or vocal changes for the characters and I had to really focus to figure out who was talking.
Would I listen to this book again? probably not
Would I recommend this book to others? probably not on audio, but in paperback