Renegade

The Captive Series, Book 2

De: Erica Stevens

Narrado por: Luci Christian

Though she is free of the palace, rescued from her position as a blood slave, Aria is haunted by the memories of her time spent within the fortress, tormented by memories of Braith, the prince that betrayed her and shattered her heart. Every day is a struggle to get through, and the only solace she is able to find is with Max, her best friend, and fellow captive.

Though Max does not understand her bond to Braith, he knows some of what she endured, and helps to ease some of the tattered pieces of her soul. Aria slowly begins to salvage the broken parts of her wounded spirit by throwing herself into the wonder of the woods she had so greatly missed, and the secure and reassuring love that Max freely gives her.

Her world is thrown into a tailspin again though when a marauding group of vampires destroy the caves she had found temporary shelter in. Scattered about the forest, seeking to stay hidden and find her family, Aria is stunned when Braith, the monster that savaged her heart, reappears. Stunned by his sudden arrival in her world, Arianna is uncertain if he has come to recapture her, or to kill her for daring to escape.

©2012 Eric Stevens (P)2013 Podium Publishing

love the series

can't wait to start next book Refugee. Been binge reading for days to finish the first two books

Oh man...

I did not want to like this as much as I did as i didnt want to have to buy the 3rd and 4th books. the first book was soso, mah with soft plot building. This had great build and deveopment of the larger plot that held me. I was hoping for vampire smut and got 900 year old vamp blood bonding with 17 year old forest rebel. The only penetration is teeth in flesh but the scenes are done well. I can appreciate holding off on sex with an 883 year age difference but its going to happen at some point with the blood bond...right!?

Exceptional

This series is absolutely amazing and Erica Steven proves time and time again what a brilliant writer she is

Like previous reviews

Just like previous reviewers, the beginning was the best part. There was more information given in this book I.e the reason behind the war. I agree with others that there is a lot of inward commentary that could be cut. I also am getting annoyed by the redundant description of Ariana's looks or the redundant explanation of guilt about being max into blood slave trade with her, etc.
Overall the storyline was ok.

Nice Paranormal

What about Luci Christian’s performance did you like?

The narrator did a nice job.

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

Not really. I wanted to listen to it, but it was not one that I could not put down.

Love it

As distracting as the music is at the end, I still think it sounds amazing!

narration is 👍🏼 👌🏼 great!

I really enjoyed these books, only issue I had is with aria she is just strong willed but yet so emotional it was frustrating to me! I like strong woman not ones that cry everytime something happens. she cried so much and also she took too long to accept the males need to protect and defend her at all cost also when his life was threatened. it's like she wanted him to spare ppl that shouldn't be spared, it's insane. also why is this such a slow burn they have NOT had any SEX at all it's been 2 books already. I love books with spice 🔥 and this obviously is pg13. I don't think I'd buy the next book just because of this but the plot is cool and entertaining though. Overall 4 🌟

Great story

I really enjoyed this book. And the one before it. It kept my interest and has me wanting to hear more .
Definitely buying the next book.

narrator difficulty

narrator did not make distinct & specific voices for each character. It was difficult at times to tell who was talking and it made it difficult to keep up with the conversation because of that. it was annoying.

Love this series!!

I loved this series way more than I expected to. I was captivated from beginning to end. I don't often listen or read books twice, but I may do that with this series. Not a standalone- you really need to start with book one, but it's worth it IMO. This has everything from extreme suspense, romance, paranormal, drama, adventure and a few laughs too. I loved the underlying plot or theme of the series and wound up thinking about that for days after finishing this series. ---//Spoiler below-----don't read any further if you don't want a spoiler.

----Spoiler----- This one really made me think - yes, if there were all powerful vampires, why the heck wouldn't one or all of them take over the world. Why hide in the shadows. Anyway, interesting plot to me as to how the humans survived and how the vamps did away with things they didn't need like cars, guns, etc.