🎧Kenneth's Audioslaves Reviewer🎧

Claiming Marcus (Lords of Discord Book 1) by Jocelynn Drake. I enjoyed this book A good start to the series. This story develops nicely. A good combination of world building and character development. Looking forward to the next book in the series.
The Narrator Kenneth Obi did a fantastic job bringing these characters and story to life.

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I LOVE KENNETH!

The story is always full stars, because if I wouldn't like the story as ebook, I wouldn't listen to the audiobook. I can't listen to an audiobook without knowing the book, that's not possible for me, maybe because I'm not a native English speaker.

The performance from the narrator is also very important for me. I can't listen to a lot, because my English as a non-native-speaker isn't so perfect to follow a whole story over hours, when the narrator speaks too fast or too sloppy. Normally I have to SEE the person, who is talking to me in English. Kenneth Obi is one of the top 5 narrators (so far) for me, I can listen without break and have no problems to follow. I'm just not yet finish with the book, but I listen enough to give a review. But as usual, Kenneth did a great job!

PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!

To my ratings:

5* - very very good
it's like an A+

4* - very good and will be often re-listening
it's like an A

3* - it's more then a one-time-listening.
it's like a B

loooove

love this so much.. the narrator is perfect for this author.. the characters are on the head.. the emotions and personalities are amazing.. i loved it all

great series starter

you ever read a book, enjoy the hell out of it, but know the next ones going to be better, and maybe the one after that ever more so? that's what this was like. A lot of it has to do with Marcus not being the most interesting brother, he's the glue that keeps them together, in line, and that's fine, the romance between Marcus and Eric was wonderfully beautiful and yet I want more. I want the other brothers.

the story had me hook from the moment I started it, and i came out wanting more. the world building up enough to know what's happening, which was a pretty simplistic with a politics that just wants to become more involved and complex though I'm not sure that's the direction we'll be going in. but who knows, one for sure I'm going to find out.

the audio was done nicely, there was only one moment where a characters voice changed when he got more air time (i guess) and one part where the tone changed greatly but overall i was able to sink into the story without a problem.

Great Start to Vampire Series!

I thought this was a great start to Jocelynn's new vampire series. Marcus is so shy and unsure of himself that it's fun to see how he acts around Ethan! I can't wait to read Rafe's book next. Each story is about a different brother.

Kenneth nailed it with his great narration! I loved how distinct each voice was and the timing was perfect. Can't wait to listen to more from him. He does a great job at bringing the books and characters to life!

Gripping story

This story gripped me from the beginning. I needed to find out where the journey would take Marcus and Ethan and couldn’t stop listening until the conclusion. Beautifully written by Jocelynn Drake and Kenneth Obi brought the characters to life (well,some of them!) amazingly as usual.

Vampire Romance, Wonderful Performance by Mr. Obi!

The first book in Jocelynn Drake’s paranormal vampire series, Lords of Discord, starts with Claiming Marcus.

Four stars for the wonderful performance by Kenneth Obi. It’s clear to me over and over again how much fun he’s having bringing Claiming Marcus to life! Infusing each character with their own personalities (and there’s an extensive variety in this series), Mr. Obi shows no end to his range. I especially enjoyed the sweetness he brings to Marcus’ character. Old, a bit jaded, and resigned to his fate, Marcus’ gradual realization that he can have a life filled with love comes across beautifully in the audio version of Claiming Marcus.

Believing his desires for men is wrong, Marcus is a complete innocent in the ways of love. Even after several centuries, he’s resisted his urges. But when he meets Ethan, who is completely upfront and comfortable being gay, Marcus opens himself up and these two fall in love.

Jocelynn Drake does a wonderful job with the relationship between Ethan and Marcus, and their love story is the highlight of Claiming Marcus. The second part of the story is of Ethan seeking revenge for his family’s death, and the set-up for the political aspects of the different vampire factions vie for power.

Marcus is the eldest of four brothers, and this tight-knit family of musicians have an interesting rapport. I’m sure Ms. Drake is going to have a wonderful time with the next three novels in the series, and I hope we’ll get to see more of Ethan and Marcus in the upcoming episodes.

an audiobook copy of Claiming Marcus was provided to me for the purpose of my honest review

Great start

A great start to a new series.

I do like a good vampire story, and this is definitely in that category. Ethan faced horror at the age of ten so was obviously going to be sucked in by new friends with an anti vampire agenda. After meeting Marcus and falling for him very quickly, he saw through the preconceptions and lies he'd been told, and aligned himself firmly with the Variks.

There is a perfect blend of romance, heat and danger in this book. Marcus' three brothers play a large part in helping with the latter. They are all fascinating characters, but I am pleased that Rafe's story is next.

The narration by Kenneth Obi is excellent. He had a lot of characters to find voices for; they are all different and suit personalities exactly. I particularly loved Minerva and when it is written that she "cackles", she actually cackles!

This is good!

I like Kenneth Obi but this must be his best performance ever. It is easy to follow every character as usual but when he does the creepy old vampire lady... chills.
This is a good story that is exciting, sweet and sexy. A HFN that can end there but also a start on a new series about family and politics.

Sweet and Deadly Vampires

I really liked this one the only issue I had was I felt like our MC was a little to quick to give up his revenge and not quick enough in his confessions when he did decide but otherwise a great fun story and look forward to other books about these brothers :) great narration :)