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The Rycke

Monstrous, Book 3

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Life as a raider in the Wastes, where monsters roam and the military lurks, is as easy as it sounds.

I’ve been out here for a long time, and the fear that courses through my blood every time I step outside our camp walls to scavenge never fades. No matter how many monsters you face—and have to run for your life from—it doesn’t ever get easier.

But when I come across a bound and injured monster in an abandoned military base, I can’t leave him behind. His presence in our camp is causing tension, but I can’t bring myself to care when I get to see a different side to him—when he starts to show me who he is beneath the pain and lingering trauma.

Despite his gentle nature, I soon discover why others are so desperate to own him; why the military, and now this stranger lurking outside our camp, want to put him back in chains and take him away from me.

Something is hiding under his skin, something that threatens to upend my entire life.

There’s a reason why all other monsters fear him.

The Rycke contains explicit sexual content, graphic depictions of torture and violence, and deals with PTSD. It is book three in the Monstrous series, a post-apocalyptic m/m fantasy series that features monsters and human men falling in love. It is best to listen to the series in order.

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I have to admit to mainly listening to them for the performance. it's just so well done.
Aury and Gage were a sweet pairing with a lot of hurt/comfort vibes going on.
That last chapter on Aury's pov was just so lovely

Excellent narration

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I loved this story when I first read it. The sweetness, shyness of the characters spoke to me. I loved the audio version even more.

Michael Lesley keeps outdoing his performance on these series by creating amazing voices for all the characters. They are so unique and he does a fantastic job “finding” the right voices to represent the characters so perfectly. The way he performs the softness in Ghost’s voice and the gentle accent in Aury’s, weaved with the soft tones of old posh British-English is just perfect way to represent Aury’s age. Such a creative idea, we’ll done.

Highly recommend.

Great continuation of the series

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Brilliant series and I have a new favourite narrator. I have listened to the titles available so far on audible back to back this week and I'm going to read the rest on ebook because I can't wait. The narrator is first class, very clear and really gives each character a distinct voice. you always know who is speaking, even the minor characters.

Fantastic book, fab narrator

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I enjoyed this story. It was slower than the previous two books and there wasn’t a lead character overlap which was so perfectly done in books 1 & 2. However, this book does have good drama and endearing characters. Narration was good but slow. I listened at a much faster speed.

Good story

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I really enjoyed book two, but this was just as good. Gage finds the injured Aury and takes him back to the camp. What starts as a sweet romance turns dangerous when Mary appears and provokes the Rycke and Gage to flee. When the true Rycke appears Gage needs to decide whether he can love someone so monstrous.

Monstrously good

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