Noir Reformatory: The Beginning

Paranormal Prison

De: Lexi C. Foss, Jennifer Thorn

Narrado por: Cassandra Myles, Gregory Salinas

"Happy birthday, Raven. Welcome to Noir Reformatory."

Not what every girl wants to hear on her 18th birthday, but I accepted my fate long ago. I was born with black wings, earning me a permanent jail sentence from day one.

A noir angel for life.

That's fine.

I'll own this prison just like I did back home.

Even if it's ruled by two hot kings.

This reformatory isn't all-girls; it's co-ed. Which means I'm outnumbered ten-to-one by brutes with more brawn than brain. Not a problem. I thrive on aggression, and this place is riddled with it. A nightmare wrapped up in an ebony cloak.

Well, bring it on, boys.

Just try and claim me.

Note: This MMF romance novel is part of the Paranormal Prison collection and the start of a brand-new MMF series by USA Today best-selling author Lexi C. Foss and USA Today best-selling author J.R. Thorn writing as Jennifer Thorn.

©2019 Lexi C. Foss & Jennifer Thorn (P)2021 Lexi C. Foss & Jennifer Thorn

Swoon.

Beautifully performed by Cassandra and Gregory, this was an incredible listen! I adore this world so much. Lexi and Jennifer are epic together.

Another amazing start of a Series!

Great story!! I can’t wait to continue listening! As always perfect narrators’. On to book 2!!!

🔥🔥Steamy🔥🔥

This was one hot little number! Steamy doesn’t even begin to describe the burning romance that evolves between Zian, Sorin and Raven all while constantly doing what was necessary to survive while fighting for their lives. It was exciting and intense filled with lots of action.

The narrators did a pretty good job with this story but it was a bit hard to get use to the heavy English accents. I usually don’t have an issue with those types of things but I definitely did initially. I did however get more comfortable as the story went on.

Overall I feel this was an interesting and steamy story and found that my best bet was to listen when after the kids go to bed. 🔥🔥🔥I look forward to the next book. Bring it on!!

Not what I was expecting!

I usually do not gravitate towards paranormal romance novels involving those with wings, but wow!!! This may be the first world of flight that I seriously enjoyed to the point that I could not put it down. It was a little difficult at first to follow the audible due to the British accent, but once I restarted it after a few minutes, I was able to follow along with what was happening. I loved the darkness. I loved the action packed fight scenes. I loved the budding romance between the trio! I loved that they had a bond similar to that of shifters. I also loved that other supernatural beings were intermixed. I would have to liked to have had a few more details on their description to go off of. The night terrors were a little difficult to visualize in my head. I can’t wait to see where these ladies go with the next novel. I’m hooked! I might even have to admit that I had a caramel flavored coffee, because this story was too addicting not to get a taste of that craving they stirred within!

Love the story but…

The narration was difficult to listen to. The male narration was good but the female sounded all wrong and childish. She had me grinding my teeth every time she spoke and it really took effort to overcome but the storyline kept me listening.

Love this new series!!!

Another fantastic collaboration for these two. I really loved the story & can’t wait to see where things go in the next one. Narration was really good. It always takes a little to get used to an accent, but I was soon engrossed with the story telling. ❤️🎧❤️

Good introduction to the series!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚🖤❤️💜
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: ☺️😊🙃🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Raven - she was an angel born with black wings instead of white, so she grew up in Juvie. When she turned eighteen, she is shipped off to Noir Reformatory. She finds out that she is the first female in centuries to be sent there. The Nora was the ruling class, they had white wings. She had to fight for her life as soon as she arrived. She mistakenly tried to kill one of the other Noir angels that had been trying to protect her.

The Heroes: Sorin and Zian - Noir angels that were also moved to Noir Reformatory. They have been together in another prison for over a hundred years along with their friend Novak; Sorin and Zian have been cell mates and lovers. They were close to six decades old before their fall, when their wings turned black, and they were put into prison. Sorin tried to protect Raven in the arena, but she in turn stabbed him.

The story: Sorin and Zian are moved into cell with Raven after the culling in the arena. They try to figure out what is going on, where their friend Novak was taken and why Raven was put in with them. They also didn’t know what to think about the strange feelings they had for her. They hadn’t had a woman in over a hundred years since it took committing significant sins to get their black wings, and they can’t imagine what Raven could have done to earn hers.

Noir Reformitory is a prison for the worst of the Noir, and it is the most dangerous one. From the night the main characters arrived and had to fight in the arena, where a third of the new arrivals were killed, to the weekly “training” exercises where much of the population was culled. They had things like duels to the death inside electrified fences to even more dangerous exercises where fireballs are thrown at them and the ground is covered in moving blades that would grind them to bits. There was also a sadistic fae doctor who liked to experiment on Noir via all kinds of torture, to monsters (night terrors) that appeared in their cells nightly to try and eat them.

This was a pretty good prequel to the series, and at the end it introduces some of the main characters that will be in the next books, though this one had different main characters. I quite liked that this was its’ own standalone in the series. This book let us get to know Noir reformatory and what happens there, though it never really explains why so many Noir are sent there and why so many are culled each week.

This audiobook was narrated in dual points of view via duet narration. It was narrated by Cassandra Myles and Gregory Salinas. Cassandra Myles has a cockney accent and sounds age appropriate for Raven. Gregory Salinas has a nice deep voice and is great at using different voices and accents for different characters, so he is a good narrator for this since he narrates both the Sorin and the Zian characters.

DYING for more in this series ...

Wow, when Thorn & Foss get together, the end result is just: 🔥🔥🔥.

This was extremely addictive, much like the entries catalogs of both authors and as a result, I may or may not have blown off my job and life for a few hours to read it in one sitting. I absolutely cannot wait to read on in this series as there are still some loose ends that seem to promise all sorts of drama, corruption and action. (Not that there was any shortage of these things in this installment.)

I absolutely love Raven and hope to see more of her down the line.
Epic world-building.

Strongly recommend, no complaints, no errors noticed, etc. so …

5 stars.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️


Note:
I listened to the audiobook; a 4-star performance. Both narrators were great.

Amazing world building!

I loved it! Plain and simple!!! ....what's NOT plain and simple?!?!? ...this Noir/Nora world these authors have created!! I can't WAIT for the next installment!!!!!

DELICIOUS

SPICY LEVEL 5/5. Insert drool here!!! This was a special treat that reminded me of a mix between a couple of other books of hers all made even more amazing here. I read this one third (after first and second offense). I flew through all three books!! Now to wait on the third.