Sold

interesting read

I was gifted this audio ARC from the author for a honest and unbiased review
Amira Rain did an ok job at this book few editing mistakes but ok.
Meghan Kelly does a great job with tone variations. Her female voices rock. Meghan keeps you listening even when you want to give up.
These books are adult only for sure. Not that I mind but there are a lot of "Sex Scenes"
I didn't listen to this book in one sitting it actually to me awhile to finish them.
I found a lot of the writing was repeated almost like there was a template and words were filled in. I know it's not so. So in saying that the editor must take more care on the editing.
I do recommend this book to those who really love erotic works

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Couldn't put it down!

Loved it! Once I begun listening, I just couldn't stop until the end! I would recommend it.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Enjoyable

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Overall an entertaining, engaging and enjoyable set of stories. They are paranormal so don't expect believable. There is a slight explanation to the situation the world and characters find themselves in now. Is it believable? No, but it's a paranormal so they don't have to make complete sense. Just sit back, let go of reality and enjoy. These are basically a little story to go with your hot & heavy steamy ménage love triangles. If you don't like ménage in your books than skip this one.

This book is listed as Romance on Audible. I would classify it more as Erotica.

These are all stories where the hot & steamy comes first, the romance comes second but each has a HEA. At least for some of the participants. You can't help but feel bad for the ones who don't get a life partner out of the deal. Especially Steven the Dragon. He deserves a HEA.

These are not complex stories and each can be listened to as a standalone book.There are no cliffhangers. While they are entertaining there is not anything really new or unexpected. All of the stories follow the same basic setup/plot. Only the characters and species of shifter changes. Even though they are all set in the same world a little more difference in each couples set of circumstances would have made each story more interesting.

I did get annoyed with the constant repeating of lines. Saying something in one line to say it again in the next sentence with only a slight change. Or ending one sentence and starting the next sentence saying the exact same thing. It got annoying fast. This happens in each of the stories but it was really noticeable in Sold to the Alpha's.

Meghan Kelly did a really good job with the narration as usual. She has a very distinct voice. It's a voice that some people really like, others really dislike. In this story her voice seemed a little softer and higher pitched at times than in others I have listened to in the past. Still she has a pleasant voice that's easy on the ears. Clearly spoken with a nice pace. Some really good character voices. Of coarse her female voices are great. Some of her male voices are really good and others need a bit of work. She does bring the characters and story to life through her narration. Very enjoyable

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Sex Scenes

This collection of books is for listeners who don't need a complicated story line interfering with the sex scenes. The narration is ok but I stopped listening after 9 hours because I didn't think I could stand hearing her say "slick feminine folds" one more time. I tried really hard to finish the collection because I agreed to do a review and it is not fair to the author not to do so. The last half of the collection may be excellent.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

7 of 8 people found this review helpful

Good listen.

Would you listen to Sold again? Why?

I have enjoyed listening to this book. Its starts out early with sex scenes. The story isn't really believeable but its fiction! Its a easy listen. The females are dumb as rocks but whatever. The story flows well. The narrator did a very good job of narrating. Overall its a good listen and worth the credit. Each story relates to the last story which I like.

What did you like best about this story?

I like happy endings. I like that sex scenes start early in the stories. If sex is going to be highlighted as a content warning, then it should be full of sex scenes and this book is.

What about Meghan Kelly’s performance did you like?

Great job!!!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I cold have but time did not allow.

Any additional comments?

I was given this book free of charge for a honest review by the author. Thank you for allowing me to review this book. I try to give the most honest review I can, good or bad.

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

loose main characters

i like books with heroines with some attitude and backbone, but you get sold into sexual slavery basicly, before this you want to escape, then you see this shifter and then you think ohhh i can bounce on his dick atleast... dear god make some character development

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Blah . . .

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I found myself skipping forward with this series, by the end of book 2 I had enough. I skipped all the way to the final chapter of book 3 and felt like I understand most of the book without even listening to it. The narrator did an okay job but the writing was just under whelming. For what my opinion is worth save your credit on this one.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Loved this!

Where does Sold rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's up there. I love the stories and the world they're set in.

What did you like best about this story?

I really liked the world building and the characters are great.

What about Meghan Kelly’s performance did you like?

She brought the individual characters to life, each having a different voice. Made it very easy to track who was speaking.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The interactions between each woman and her mate or mates when the decision is made of who show will choose is very moving.

Any additional comments?

I was gifted a copy of this audio at no charge from the narrator in exchange for an honest review via Audiobook Boom

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

Same plot in every book, with tiny changes.

Rod is the new moist for me with these books. I had high hopes for these books thinking they'd be a good series. In reality I felt like I wasted my time. Do you remember those, "Choose your own adventure!" books from when you were younger? That's what these books feel like. I felt like each one was almost the same story but instead of one shifter group it was another. You first had the Dragons, then the Bears, then the Wolves. They were all so similar that I predicted quite a few of the outcomes.

I can't say that I would in retrospect use a credit on these stories. I had high hopes for them and in the end, I was let down. It was ok, but after the second short story, I kind of lost interest. The summery of the book sucks you in, but once you start listening to the books you realize that things are really repetitive and disappointing. If you don't mind the same concept being reiterated a few times, then these are the stories for you. Its a really good deal.


This book was given to me for free at my request and in exchange I provided this honest voluntary review.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

UNPOLISHED WORK BUT APPEALING ROMANCES

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I was provided this audiobook through Audiobook Boom at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator in exchange for an unbiased review.

Disappointingly shallow and undeveloped writing. Even the editing was done poorly having multiple repeats. And that was one of the writing problems, too... repeating a phrase from last sentence to start the next sentence. Drove me nuts. The cute romances and characters (however underdeveloped) are the only things going for the stories themselves. By the time I got to the Wolf Shifters, it was pretty much predictable. In enjoyment order: (1) Bears, (2) Wolves (3) Dragons.

Meghan Kelly does a great job with tone variations. Her female voices rock. I can't say that she hits the male voices as well. Her tone is perfect — low and gravely, but the inflection is too-much and it ends downward; they sound snooty, vain. They should lean more to monotone with a different cadence than the female voice.

A Waggling Thumb, only.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful