Ensnared

The Spider's Mate, Book 1

By: Tiffany Roberts

Narrated by: Macie Miller, Marcus Rayne

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

He’s spent years as a hunter, but now he’s the one ensnared in a creature’s trap.

Ketahn did not want a mate. Fate has a different plan for him. When the queen he despises declares her intention to claim him, he retreats into the jungle.

What he finds there changes his world.

Small, delicate, and pale skinned, Ivy Foster is nothing like the females Ketahn has known. She’s not of his kind at all. Yet, the moment he sees her, he knows the truth in his soul—she is his heartsthread.

And now that he has her, he won’t let anything take her away. Not the jungle, not the gods, not the queen and her warriors.

Whether Ivy agrees or not, their webs are entangled. No one will ever sever those threads.
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Book one of three in The Spider's Mate Trilogy.

Warning: Contains darker themes.

©2021 Tiffany & Robert Freund (P)2023 Tiffany & Robert Freund

absolutely amazing

I absolutely love this serious. Hands down one of the best I've read and listen too.

yes spiderman

I love monster and scifi romance and thus is the best of both.
the story showed duality in cultures where the human female was much different than what would be perceived as savage to us of the "spidermans" way of lic8ng but that they both noticed intelligence and appreciation in the other.
I love that they took time to learn each other despite their difference and I cannot waut to start book 2

LOVED THIS!!!

I loved this series so dearly when I first read it and this just brought everything to life! I ate this up just as quickly as I did the first time! My only problem is that the second and third book are yet to be done! 😫😭 What am I to do now?!

Wow - Well done!

Not my typical genre of books and I loved it. Great story, characters and the story just flowed well. Great job bringing us into this new world. I liked the narrators they also did a great job. I hoping the second book is just as good! Worth a credit - I'd say yes!

The voices are... A choice.

The male lead is 100% doing a "i'm batman" voice. And its sudo distracting even if it does make it clear when he is speaking and not narating.

Love this series

I adore this series. it was my first Tiffany Roberts series and I have been wanting it in audio for years.

People may laugh at me, but I actually love this series for its world building. We spend some time with Ketahn on his own, navigating the world for longer than you might expect before we get to the romance, and I applaud this. This allowed time to build the Vrix culture and history before we dropped humans into the mix.

I suggest getting all three books at once because this one does end rather abruptly and picks up exactly where it left off in book 2, and book 2 ends in a very dramatic moment. I read this series as it came out in ebook, but then waited for all three to be out in audio so I could get the whole story in one go and that was the way to do it.

The romance is so good. They start off kind of confused at being attracted to each other and build a friendship before getting romantically involved. That doesn't mean there isn't some exploration before the relationship starts, but you do get some nice yearning for the forbidden before realizing they should just get together.

Yes - the love interest is a sexy aracnataur, spider man. Tiffany Roberts makes spiders sexy successfully, somehow.

Alright, on to the audio itself. The narrators weren't my favorite, but I got used to them. Audio is my preferred format, and I really appreciate being able to multitask, so I was willing to put up with the audio to get my favorite alien spiders and be able to do stuff at the same time. There is a male and female narrator, and both don't really emote well. I also got the feeling neither could do voices of the opposite gender, and that's why they needed to swap out narrators every time a male or female character appeared. The male narrator at least had a different voice for narration versus speaking as a Vrix, but his voices between characters are pretty similar. The female narrator also had very similar voices for all the characters. I will say that when they were playing the main characters, they did a bit better than when voicing side characters. I was a bit distracted by the narration at first, but I got used to it and had such a blast with my spider romance and would still recommend this series to anyone who isn't arachnaphobic.

TL;DR - read this series, try to have all 3 books available for a continuous reading experience, great world building

Amazing!

It was amazing! I loved everything about how they set up the male/female voices which were perfect for the incredible story! I'm looking forward to the next in the series!!!

Loved it Loved it

The narrators take a minute to get used to. The women sounds more stiff when narrating than the man. Loved the story and the details. Author did a wonderful job ☺️

It was Entertaining

I enjoyed the book. It was an impulse download based on some reviews read by other listeners. Someone said they liked the book because of the story building. I enjoyed the story building, but it could’ve been a little less. At times I felt like it was going too far. However, overall great story. Enjoyed both characters will listen to the next book. 

Amazing! 😍

Love this series. Sooo glad it’s finally in audible and can’t wait for the rest to release! BOTH narrators did a fantastic job!!! Duet narration was the perfect way to go!