struggled

Balan is a Reaper that has fallen for Jordan a half human half fae which is a death sentence for both of them. When Jordan agrees to be bait for the Reapers group they find a former ally isn't who they think they are.

I struggled through this book. I wanted to like it, but couldn't connect or visualize the story half the time.

Perhaps the reason why I couldn't connect was I felt the narrator was all wrong for this story. Donna Grant doesn't grab me as a romance narrator. She executes the accents with precision, but I felt no sultry, sexy moments and when she describes a sexy man, it felt less like eye candy and more like listening to someone read Dr. Seuss.

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This story claimed my attention

Wow...although this is a shorter read/listen it has all the elements needed to have me not wanting to hit pause. This is a fresh take on the classic of the fae. There was enough gripping action and heated scenes to keep wanting to hear more of the reaper's story and ready to download the next.

As to the narrator...I know there were some complaints...I don't agree. There were probably better choices, but the voices were not the worst and I found that it did not distract from the story (which a lot of Narrators can do and ruin the listen).

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When a hobby turns into an obsession

Dark Alpha’s Claim is the first of the Reaper series which is a spin-off of the Dark King series. This book takes place at the same time as Passion Ignites. The Reapers are new cast of characters that enrich the Dark King series and the greater Dark World.

Jordan is a halfling that knows nothing about her heritage and is fascinated by the Fae. When she is targeted by an ex-reaper her world is turned upside down and she becomes bait to capture the renegade… the only thing she captures is her very own Reaper.

As with all Donna Grant books in the Dark World series once you get in… it is hard to get out.

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Nice start to series

Death has formed the Reapers to protect humanity from annihilation. She set rules on them to keep them constant to the Reaper cause. One rule is no love mates. Balan finds half fae Jordan and enlists her help in trying to defeat the dark fae. Balan and Jordan become lovers. Very good world and character development. This series ties into Grant's Dark Kings.

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Goos start to a new Series

Have you listened to any of Victoria McGloven’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No this is the first book I have listened to narrated by Victoria McGloven.

Any additional comments?

This is a spin off from the Dark King Series by Donna Craig and as such I would have thought that Victoria would have listened to that series to ensure she was pronouncing the names that are duplicated between the 2 series the same as Anthony Ferguson did in his narration of that series. Whenever names I was familiar with from that series were pronounced in this book I found myself correcting Victoria in my head because she did not pronounce them the same as Anthony.

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Disappointment

The story was mediocre, and the narrator was horrible. I struggled to finish this story, even though it is very short. Donna's Warrior series and her Dragon King series are so much better than this, and Antony Ferguson is a much better narrator.

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Great story

I actually was into this book from the first pages normally it takes a few chapters but this was such a good book I got right into it the only reason why I gave it 4 for overall score is because the author states in the book Death has a beautiful lilting voice but this annoying narrator made her sound like an Old Hag that kinda annoyed me when I was listening to this audible I recommend finding a new narrator who won't ruin the story. What I love about the heroine is she knows what she wants and goes for it I hate the annoying girls who are so unsure of themselves and won't jump on the hot hunk who likes them

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I like this book it's just awesome 👌.

I like this book. it's is just amazing 👏. I will listen to it all over again.

jumped around

It went from one conversation to another without a pause. I kept having to go back an find the transition.

For lovers of the Dark Kings--a must read

I am soooo kicking myself. I have devoured the Dark King Series. I knew of the Reapers. Yet silly me hadn't bothered to check out the Reaper Series. The Dark Kings now makes more sense. Don't get me wrong, you don't need to read the Reapers to understand the Dark Kings, but it sure was enlightening.

The Reapers weren't allowed to have relationships. They were not to expose themselves to the elves. They were only to have one time with a human. Things changed when Baylon, reaper, meets Jordyn, half-fae.

She is soon in danger for being a half-fae. Someone wants the all dead. Someone wants to call out the Reapers. Someone wants to call out Death, leader of the Reapers.

Dark Alpha's Claim has lots of suspense as they discover who is behind it all, but fail to contain him. On to the next book.