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Revisado: 02-09-23

I had to switch to reading this because the over acting Savannah Peachwood, was completely ruining the story! Not even Jacob Morgan's delicious voice could keep me listening to that woman's performance. She was like nails on a chalkboard! Thankfully I only paid $1.99 to add the narration to the Kindle version, so I could at least enjoy reading this book. Had I paid full price for the Audible version, I would have returned it. I pray that authors and publishers read all the comments when it comes to performance, because I'm not the only one who will avoid any Audible selection "LIKE THE PLAGUE" that uses Peachwood. I'm not a fan of single gender narration, but Jacob Morgan by himself would have been a better choice here.

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narrator ruined it

Revisado: 12-23-21

Sadly I just couldn't get past the awful narration. If it had to be delivered through a solo
male voice, then it should have gone to someone like Sebastian York. I think I'll try reading it to see if the story is any good but the performance literally ruined the Audible version for me. I lost interest and gave up by chapter 9. Just could not finish listening to it.

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J.A. Huss is an amazing storyteller.

Revisado: 09-25-21

Even though I could have read this through KU, I paid for the Audible version because of the authors choice of narrators. I'm so glad she values her stories enough with voice actors that can give these vibrant characters their due! I stumbled across her work while browsing Audible Escape. I was so thrilled with that first book that I am now committed to reading/listening to everything she has available. These are the 6th, 7th & 8th books I've tried, but wish I had started with these to begin with, as I believe many have an origin here in the R & R series. Regardless, I've absolutely enjoyed every one of them and will most likely re-read many along the way. I fell in love with not just Rook & Ronan, but many of the supporting characters who's stories I look forward to. 5 stars across the board!

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So over the top abusive

Revisado: 08-06-20

I was so excited by the potential of the overall storyline but was soon repulsed by the repetitive abuse and enjoyment of human suffering. Joseph was a one dimensional caricature of a sick sadistic sexual predator. The story itself made no sense. In less than a generation, the only surviving women of a global plague, are rendered as less than human possessions, and owned by men to be beaten, (whether they supposedly deserve it or not), repeatedly raped, tortured and humiliated for their masters pleasure. A simple explanation, like maybe the virus that decimated their society somehow turned all the men cruelly sadistic. That would have at least offered some plausibility for their devolution, but the back story here was sadly missing. Instead the entire story relied on an repetitive beatings, rape, sexual tortue, humiliation, and subjugation.

They claimed to have the intention of breeding but seem completely unconcerned by the high level of miscarriages. Hmm....I wonder if females being denied medical care combined with constant ritualistic abuse has anything to do with it? Even when the rare viable pregnancy does produce a child only boys are valued while girls are unwanted mouths to feed and dressed in rags. They are subjected to female circumcision at birth, and are indoctrinated into the same sexual slavery at some unspecified, unacceptable young age, just like their mothers. Oh...and even son's have dominion over mother's & sisters allowing them to join in on the abuse!

This actually leads me to one of the abundant plot wholes to add to this glaringly implausible tale. How could laws like women not being allowed the knowledge to read and generational abuse supposed to already exist when according to Prima she was college educated before the plague, but she's only in her late 20's? If she graduated at 22 that leaves less than a decade for this screwed up new dystopian structure to form. Again it just doesn't make sense. Was she supposed to forget how to read? The entire thing is completely unsustainable. When a planet has a sudden decline in childbearing age women, they become the species most valuable resource, and wouldn't be given to men with such low regard for their wellbeing. They would more likely be treated like royalty even if their freedom were removed. Quite frankly that would be a better story direction. A

My last conflict is with trying to paint Joseph as being some great catch just because he got Prima medical attention after causing her such grave harm with her scheduled "weekly punishment". The uterus is designed to stretch to the size of a full term baby - Not your freaking colon! His concern was always about damaging his property and not for her suffering he got so much enjoyment from. Oh and by the way...his severity and frequency of beatings in reality would more than likely to have scarred. Just because she was a natural submissive doesn't make any of this acceptable. Don't get me wrong. I've got no problem with a little non-con action or even daddy kink, but this was just over the top unrelenting abuse. I don't even think a consenting masochist submitting to a deserving well matched sadist is a turn off but this just sickened me.

The only redeeming aspect was the narrator. He really has a great Dominant Alpha voice. I kinda wonder how he felt having to act such an evil part. As for myself...I literally shocked myself with the intensity of my own violent revenge fantasy against Joseph. He would need to pee into a plastic bag from a tube before I was done with him!

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