Yoram and Sal

The fates have brought together these two in order to usher in a new era. Yori's pack is fractured and spiraling out of control and after decades of Sal ignoring and rejecting him he shows up. Together they work to bring peace and prosperity. Yori's strength, wisdom, and mostly his compassion impressed me. Sal just wants to support his mate, fix any problems, and spend the rest of their days making him happy. Yoram and Sal's story brings us full circle. All our previous guys have found their true mates and where they belong. I loved that Ethan and Miguel finally get to come home.
Highly recommended author and series

Audiobook: terrific narrator

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I'll gladly give up forever to touch you.

Salvatore Rossi is on the fast track with his career. He has no time for friends, family or relationships. Then a chance meeting with a 7 year old boy in an alley in Miancarem sets his life on an entirely different course. His only salvation is choosing the long life of a vampire over the decidedly shorter life of a cancer riddled human.

Yoram Smith is a strong wolf, and he's know since he was seven years old that he has a true mate out there. He's even met the man, but as the years go on and Yoram grows into an alpha wolf he begins to wonder if his mate will ever come to him. 27 now, he hasn't seen his mate in a decade with no signs of the man. He feels like he's about to come apart at the seams now that he's the Alpha and he's being pulled in a million directions with no relief in sight.

Salvatore has made it a point to stay away. He doesn't do any kind of relationship and he doesn't understand the "true mate" thing everyone keeps telling him about. What he does know is that the pull to be near Yoram is getting harder to deny. When he can't take it anymore he makes the trip from Vegas to Miancarem. He doesn't expect to find his mate about to unravel at the seams. The stress of juggling pack needs with his own needs are wearing him down.

Sal and Yoram will need to work together to get the pack to embrace change and their relationship while learning to trust each other with their own needs.

This story is amazing. When Sal and Yoram were apart my heart was breaking for Yorry. You could feel his despair and hopelessness as if it were a tangible thing. It made me want to throttle Sal for being so damn stubborn. Once they got it together, hot dog the chemistry was off the charts. If this is where the Mates series ends, it was a great story to end with.

"I'll gladly give up forever to touch you."

How does your heart not melt?!?

I'm a big fan of Charlie David, I will listen to anything he narrates. He brought this story to life in such a great way. I was up until 3 am listening to this one, I just couldn't bear to hit pause.

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4.5 Stars

Charlie David returns to narrate the fourth, and final, book in Cardeno’s wonderful Mates series. Many of the characters from the series also return for this installment making it a reunion for the reader. I love that there’s continuity throughout the series by using the same narrator so you have consistent character voices, which makes this even better to listen to on a binge with all four books.

I really appreciated the dual POV, especially with the audio, because by telling the story from both Yorry and Sal’s points of view the reader gets a better understanding of where each character’s coming from throughout the story. I loved the story, the characters, the cameos, and how everything eventually plays out.

I feel like To Touch You is a really wonderful ending to a truly entertaining series (even though I still hope this isn’t really the end).

“I’ll gladly give up forever to touch you.”

If you’re looking for paranormal stories with passion, humor, multi-dimensional characters, and terrific HEAs, I’d absolutely recommend this series.

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Great Series

I really loved this series, it was different than the usual shifter worlds and I really enjoyed how each story intermingled but really could be stand alone. Narration was done really well and made this a very enjoyable listen.

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Oh the stupid vampires

I take back my vote that Samuel was the worst. Salvatore is the freaking worst. He does not deserve Yoram at all. Yoram is so patient and the best alpha in this series. I really want more.

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Love Waits

Sal and Yoram don't have an easy love story. Yoram loves Sal with an intensity and faithfulness that shakes the cynical walks around Sal's heart. I wish there had been a bit more courting/coming around. Once Sal opens his eyes things progress very quickly. They still have a beautiful love story and their mating has the chance to bring prosperity to a floundering pack with tremendous potential.

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We're headed back to Yafenack

When staunch oldworld traditions come head to head with the reality of ever evolving reality, there's bound to be those that refuse to conform and challenge change.

Yoram Smith met his true mate at the tender age of 8 years old. Of course he had no idea that was what he was feeling. All he knew was the man smelled amazing, he felt a pull to him and he would do anything to keep that man alive. As the boy becomes a man, his true mate, the one who's life he saved, continues to rebuff him. But Yoram refuses to give up on the man destined to be his love.

Salvatori Rossi didn't have the best upbringing. As soon as he was old enough, he got as far away from his family as possible and starting a lucrative business that still strives to this day. The problem is, he's yet to find anyone he wants to share his success with. When a boy begs his uncle to save Sal's life, everything he thinks he knows, he starts to question. And when that boy becomes a man and desperately needs Sal's help, surprisingly, Sal gives it.

This is one of the most well written and diversely characterized Shifter series you can read, in my humble opinion. With each new installment, more of the Shifter world reveals itself. The people, the laws and the stubborn, unyielding beliefs some of them refuse to let go of. I love the way CC weaves the different stories together. This book and the storyline ties directly into the other three books and perhaps gives details and information you were wanting from those books. But mostly, it's a love story about two men, both stubborn as hell, but also loyal to a fault.

Narrated by Charlie David, need I say more. I absolutely love this mans voice. The different tones and nuances he possess and how he brings the story to life for the reader/listener. Definitely a must read series and I would stress starting with book 1 if you haven't already had the pleasure.

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Love this series!

Cardeno C’s Mates series is probably my favorite “shifter” series of all time. I have read and listened to it over and over and over – probably one of them each month.

In this world, shifters find their true mates, but they are often bewildered because the “rules” usually don’t account for whom fate has chosen for them. In this case, Yoram – whom we’ve met in the earlier three books, is only 7 we he meets his “friend” Salvatore.

I don’t want to give away the story – but I was immensely surprised by what ends up happening in this story! I could not have predicted it – at all! It’s definitely not traditional in any sense of the word and I was frankly so psyched to see how it all played out.

Because I’m such a fan girl – I loved seeing Miguel and Ethan so much throughout this story. They are sooooo adorable together and I cannot wait for the audio version so I can hear the sultry Miguel speak to us again!

We also get to see a little of Korban and Samuel as well as Zev and Jonah – so that was a nice little reunion bonus!

To me, this was reminiscent of book one in the series – our MCs met young and have to “grow up” before they can be together and that wait – many, many, many long years of wait is hard. It’s probably hardest on Yoram and that hurt my heart a bit.


If I have any complaints it’s that I never quite warmed up to Salvatore as much as I wanted to. He’s definitely a self-centered jerk at the beginning and for most of the story. Though he absolutely does redeem himself at the end and he and Yoram do finally get their lovely HEA together – I wish they’d had more time in each other’s proximity so we could see them as a couple longer.

(spoiler: When Yoram is delivering his blood for nine years I really wanted to puch Sal in the gut!)

This was a fantastic addition to the series – and can be read as a standalone- but I don’t recommend it. Reading this series in order will let you appreciate all the secondary characters and what it means when they act as they do.

If you’re new to the series, I’d start with book one or two before this – just to get the background.

Highly recommended and beloved!

4.5 of 5 stars

Audio

Charlie David has done all the others in this series, so when we have recurring characters like Miguel (swoon!) it’s all done in the way we expect! I love listening to Charlie’s narrations because he’s so good with emotions, his voice quality is so smooth and he’s great with the accents in this series too.
Highly Recommended!

5 of 5 stars

Overall 5 of 5 stars

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Yoram and Salvatore.

I loved this last book in the series, too! Shifter and vampire couple again, but this time the (recently turned) vampire, really does have a hard time realizing he has a mate.
Granted, there were times I would have wanted to smack Salvatore in the face for how much he was making Yoram suffer, but in the end he comes to his senses and is an amazing mate, so...

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i love this series

this is one of my favorites series i wish it would never end it is that good you will not be disappointed

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