House of Vampires and Flame: Brides Selection

Shades of Ruin and Magic, Book 1

De: Meg Xuemei X

Narrado por: Victoria Mei

They say monsters are made. I was born one.

With an angelic face and a cursed talent, I eat magic and ask for seconds. When I pass through the land, flowers wither, earth scorches, and colors bleed out—all at the command of my father, the God of Ruin.

I escaped his prison, only to stumble upon a dangerous school ruled by five heirs. Girls fight to fall into their laps, even though they’re all hot mess assholes.

My name is Barbie, but the vampire prince calls me “Little Bob,” mistaking me for a boy. I roll with the punches and pose as a servant boy in the House of Vampires to hide from my father. I try my best to fly under the radar, but the Fates keep tossing me into the path of the cruel princes.

That’s how I bump into Killian, the dark, enigmatic, and most powerful heir. I want him, but he’s the forbidden fruit. He’s drawn to me too, like a moth to a flame.

When he doesn’t like the burn, he rips off my bodice to betray my secret in front of everyone and forces me to enter the cutthroat game of the Brides Selection.

©2023 Meg Xuemei X (P)2023 Meg Xuemei X

Vampires and flame

I really enjoyed this book. I think Meg Xuemei X has a fantastic yet wicked sence of humor. Meg keeps it fresh and exciting and is able grab you from the begining. I highly recommend reading, or any of her books. You a fantastic writer Meg.

I need book 2 now!

When is book two dropping because I need it now! Btw that America girl is soooo annoying!!

Good beginning

What exactly is little bob? Interesting listen, fast paced, interesting world building. I have lots of questions hopefully the next book has some answers. On to the next

So much more than I expected!

I was absolutely blown away both by the storyline and the narration. Smartly crafted wordplay delivered with snap! I expected a fantasy version of the royal bachelor but got so much more entertainment. Loved every minute and can't wait to listen to the next book!!

incomplete,

it's a good story with a good setup, but it's slow. the book ends before any of the real story begins.

entertaining with fabulous narration!

So I'm a weirdo that listened to book 2 first and realized I missed out on way too much by not listening to this book first.

Victoria Mei is truly amazing with how she portrays Bob/Barbie and her alter ego, Sy.

I found this book to be highly entertaining and taken is it's meant to be, whimsical and also outrageous.
Am I looking forward to book 3? Hell yes, I'm invested at this point!

Characters and wit

Really enjoyed this story it was entertaining,with a little of everything mixed in.
Love littleBob.
Voluntary reviewed

Craziest start to this fantasy series.

HOUSE OF VAMPIRES AND FLAME: Brides Selection Shades of Ruin and Magic Book 1 by Meg Xuemei X
Narrated by Victoria Mei

First off with the combination of Meg Xuemei X’s writing and Victoria Mei’s narration I knew this was going to be an adventure.

There’s so much happening in this fantasy world that has a FMC who stars in this book and is pretending to be a boy. Bobby/Cy share their entity in one body. Barbie or rather little Bob has come to the last realm hiding out of her demented cruel father’s path. He is the God of Ruin and ever since they (Barbie/Cy) escaped him they have been on the run.

Hungry and tired they come upon a school full of super naturals who are vying to find a one true mate amongst the students who will marry one of the princes to stop the fates from ending all magical realms. Hiding as a misfit and outspoken boy who every house wants to be with n control of him is proving to be a difficult place for Barbie/Cy to hide out.

There so much laughter filled goofy moments that occur in this book. And with so many characters to keep my interest I believe this series will be amazing fun.

Victoria Mei is such a talented voice actor. All of the characters are played by her. Each character with a distinctive voice and personality which Victoria is amazing at. I can’t wait to see where these two take us in this series. So much fun and intrigue in this start to the series. Bring it on!

has potential

it took till the very last paragraph to get to the point. I suppose this is all just a build up for book 2. I kept waiting & waiting for the point, "that lil' Bob is actually a girl" to be exposed so we could get on with the meat of the story... but that is the ending. I "MIGHT" chance book 2 if it's a great price, if not then no. this is one of those stories that has great "potential" and the idea of the story is great, but it's executed so slowly, with repetitive acts like picking on the squire over and over to where I wish I had skipped through at least half the book and it wouldn't make a difference.
however, now that it is FINALLY out in the open that the squire is indeed female, I hope it takes off, but I won't chance it if there's not a good sale on the book.

Awesome storyline

Good story, great characters, was over too soon. Hopefully this will be a long series.