Cute and funny!

The history of how totally wrong a matchmaking agency can be in the sup(ernatural) world and where AI isn’t what you think!

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Very welcome endeavour into something different

I looked for a change in listen and chose this on a whim... and really enjoyed it. All my comments are subjective other then that I listened to it in one day and will now be starting the second book.

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Brilliant narration on an entertaining romance

What an enjoyable story! I loved the characters, their connection and the story that they go through in this book. Shockingly this is my first read from E.J. Russell but I cannot wait for the next in this series and will be looking into her other work.
Ted is a lonely bear living in the woods. He's been causing a bit of trouble so in order to help settle his life and move forward he's signed up to Supernatural Selections to find him a husband. He's looking forward to their arrival but unexpectedly, Quentin, an incubus, turns up looking for his new husband, who is not Ted!
The two men try to sort out the whole mix up but the time it takes allows a friendship to grow for the men from very different backgrounds.
The supernatural element of this story is great! I love when we have all different supernatural creatures come together and this series involves several different kinds. We have a shifter and incubus relationship here and it's entertaining, enjoyable and heart warming to see what happens to our MC's.
I love our characters! Ted is just so adorable, you can't help by want to hug him and make him happy. He's shunned by his kind as he's weirdly sociable for a bear and loves being around people and his eagerness comes across really well. Quentin was brought up in upper society but doesn't fit in as an incubus. A past near death experience for a donor leads him to near enough stave himself of "food" but his meeting with Ted shows him what else can be found in life.
The connection between them shines through in the author's writing. I was drawn in right from the start, eager for their HEA and interested to see how they would make it through everything. The setting of the story, in the woods by a lake for Ted's home with a trek down to the local town of Dewton, is wonderfully described. I found it so easy to imagine myself in the location and definitely is a place I'd love to visit.
We have some great secondary characters, both supportive friends and one or two people we love to hate.
I highly recommend this book! I'm really looking forward to the next book in the series to see what happened to our missing spouses.
Greg's narration is perfect for these characters. I fell into the story so easily right from the start and was eager to listen to the story as quickly as possible.

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Loved it

What a lovely book, funny, shifters and marriage, what more could we ask for? Oh yes, supernatural marriages that go wrong.

Ted wanted to marry a Beaver shifter to help him finish a cabin in the woods. Being a bear shifter himself, it seemed that would be ideal. However, paperwork was amiss, and he ended up married to an Incubus who was destined for a Vampire. So yep, we get to meet all sorts of shifters and sups.

I really enjoyed E.J. Russell's style of writing. It keeps my brain occupied all the time, and having it narrated by Greg finished it perfectly. Great book.
I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

Greg Boudreaux was a pleasure to listen to, clean and concise. I speed this narration up to 1.20 on Audible, which is usual for me.

Single White Incubus
Supernatural Selection, Book 1
By: E. J. Russell
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
Series: Supernatural Selection, Book 1
Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

❤❤❤❤ Overall
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧Narration
📚📚📚📚 Story
Read at 1.20 speed on Audible

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What a gem!

This book was a wonderful surprise. Great worldbuilding, riveting story, some snarky humor and interesting characters. I love Quentin and Ted. I’ve listened to other narrations by Greg Boudreaux, and liked them very much, but this narration is superb! The way he uses different voices, giving life to each character, is just… Wow! I bought the next two audiobooks before I even finished this one.

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A nice story, but not my favourite in this series.

This is the first in the Supernatural Selection series, but fourth in the overall Mythmatched universe. I will quickly list the reading order here as it is not obvious on Audible, Amazon or Goodreads that they are all related:

Fae Out of Water (Kendrick brothers)
1. Cutie and the Beast (also available on Audible)
2. The Druid Next Door (also available on Audible)
3. Bad Boy's Bard (also available on Audible)

Supernatural Selection
4. Single White Incubus (forms a duology with Vampire with Benefits)
5. Vampire with Benefits
6. Demon on the Low-Down

7. Howling on Hold (also available on Audible)
8. Possession in Session (a free ebook download from the author's website when you subscribe to the mailing list)
9. Witch Under Wraps (also available on Audible)

You could enjoy the Supernatural Selection series without having first read the Fae out of Water trilogy, but there is a lot of world-building that happens in those first three books, and all of the main characters are recurring through the rest of the books.

I first read the whole of Mythmatched just over a year ago, and I remember being delighted that the world had been continued beyond the Kendrick brothers' stories. I am similarly happy that these books are now being brought to audio.

This was my first MM paranormal/fantasy universe, and got me hooked on the genre, and MM in general. I have a fondness for the universe as a whole, but enjoy some of the books much more than others.

The premise of Single White Incubus is a fun one, and I love that it forms a duology with Vampire with Benefits, with the events in both books occurring concurrently. However, for a romance, I have to really love the main characters and the couple together for me to be truly ecstatic about the book, and that is not how I feel in this case.

I'm not a huge fan of Ted in this book - although I have to say that he redeemed himself considerably in my eyes in Howling on Hold. In this book he is really very childish, selfish, and - aside from what he can do for him physically - I can't feel that he's a very good partner for Quentin.

The things I really enjoyed in this book are how much Quentin loves Ted, and how fiercely protective he is of him. I was also really struck by both characters' use of the word "husband" as though it was a magic word, a dearest dream. It is such a treat to spend more time with the characters beloved from the Fae out of Water trilogy. I would certainly recommend this book if you enjoyed those three books, and also to set up the scenario for Vampire with Benefits. One of the MCs from that book - my dear, sweet Casimir - is one of my absolute favourite characters from the whole universe!

Greg Boudreaux's narration is, as ever, flawless. I am a big fan of his work, so I feel like my next words are a blasphemy.

Ideally I would have rather Joel Leslie narrate the whole of the Mythmatched universe.

It has been a while since I listened to the Fae out of Water series, and so gave this recording as fresh as ear as I am able. The truth is that had I not listened to the previous three books, I would be absolutely over the moon with this narration. However, I did listen to them, and Joel Leslie's work on those audiobooks are some of the best I have ever heard. Joel is particularly talented with the numerous nuanced British accents, and this was on full display in Fae out of Water, His accent work is exquisite in those books, and absolutely faithful to the text. Considering the number of recurring characters, I imagine it would be very jarring if I ever wanted to listen to Supernatural Selection straight after Fae out of Water.

Greg has done a brilliant job with this book, but it is difficult to have a change in narrator at any time, even when going from one exceptional narrator to another.

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Single White Incubus

Loved every bit of this couldn’t stop listening to the story and the narrator so good

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Really good

So glad I found this author. This is the first book I've listed to by them but will be getting the next in the series. It's got a good flow, comedic moments and is just a lovely easy to listen to story about an unexpected couple.

Greg is always a great narrator, and this is no exception. A narrator can absolutely make or break a book but he did a brilliant job so thank you to him!

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However Imperfect You're Perfect For Someone.

MM, Paranormal, Shifter, Urban Fantasy Romance. I laughed so much listening to this story, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I was cheerleading from the start. I loved the narration from Greg Boudreaux, he really did justice to the characters. There are a few angsty moments but overall it's light and sweet. Guaranteed HEA.

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Refreshing and original outlook on supe love.

I couldn't stop listening. This little gem I nearly didnt buy thinking it would be samey! But no I was pleasantly supprised, and vesry glad i did!

Instantly bought book 2!!

As always Gregs performance was excellent.

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