The Naga Next Door

Possessive Monsters, Book 3

De: Maggie Mayhem

Narrado por: Michelle Sparks, Troy Duran

The naga next door has perfect pecs, washboard abs, and the world’s sharpest jawline, but that doesn’t mean he’s off the hook for disturbing the peace.

But this time, when I stomp over to give the my noisy neighbor a piece of my mind, I find Zayn’s front door ajar and his groceries scattered on the ground. What the—

The sexy serpent has been hiding a curse. On a whim, I offer to help him break it.

The more time we spend together, the more I realize he’s a lot more than a pretty face. Our chemistry is off the charts, he can cook, and more importantly, he loves my familiars. Very soon, breaking the curse isn’t about him anymore; it’s about us.

But Zayn’s not the only one with something to hide, and I’m beginning to suspect someone out there knows my secret. And if that gets out, I’ll be in big trouble.

The Naga Next Door is a sweet and steamy stand-alone paranormal romance featuring a naga with special "parts" and a mouthy witch. HEA guaranteed.

©2023 Maggie Mayhem (P)2023 Maggie Mayhem

Good story

The over arching storyline is engaging. The narrators are immersive and easy to listen to. I like the characters in general. I do feel like the naughty parts could be written differently, but I think that’s more of a personal opinion and what I generally prefer than a flaw. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series!

Didn't have as much pizazz as the first two.

wasn't bad love the characters. the annoying wizard was the right amount of annoying and coward. all an all I'll read this again

Terrific monster romance!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙💜❤️💚
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏🌍
Character development: 🙂🥰😎😄😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The Hero: Zayn - he is a naga shifter, which means his true form is a Naga, where his upper body is human looking and his lower body is a huge serpent, and he can shift to a human. However, his grandfather was cursed when he was a young man, and the curse is on his entire family line. The curse showed up in his grandfather in his early thirties and at that time, he lost control of his shifts and shifted into a huge snake instead of his naga form and had no control over the snake. His grandfather killed someone and was put to death. When it happened to his father around the same age, his father left his family to protect them.

The heroine: Sybil - She is a powerful witch who has a business where she maintains magical wards around certain homes and businesses. She took over the business from her great-grandmother who died recently. She also inherited a cabin in the woods which she has to clean out since her great-gran was a hoarder of magical items.

The Story: Zayn is in his early thirties and his curse is in full effect. He knew it was coming, so had been saving for years to be able to buy a house far away from everyone where he can shift into the uncontrollable serpent in peace without fear of hurting anyone. However, the curse came sooner than he hoped it would and he didn’t have enough saved yet, so he has been stuck moving from town to town and shifting in his apartment, where his serpent destroys pretty much everything he owns and makes so much noise, the neighbors complain. After moving in next to Sybil, who works from home, she is always there and hears him banging on the walls all the time.

I liked the fact that Sybil had been hating on Zayn for quite some time for being so noisy and she is about at her wits end when she discovers his secret and offers to help him. It doesn’t hurt that she finds him attractive. She is able to help him enough that he feels safe enough to go with her to clean out her gran’s house with her. The storyline about his curse was terrific and I really liked both characters.

This audiobook was done in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Troy Duran and Michelle Sparks. I like both of their voices quite well and they both are very good at doing different voices for different characters. They are expressive and natural sounding, and I liked the narration quite a bit.

Fast pace of the story. It kept my attention.

This was not a true duet but appreciate the effort. It also kept my attention to the story.

Loved it!

Another great book in this series. A sassy witch and a sexy monster. Both have their problems and secrets. An HEA with humor, spice, and just enough drama.

Fun, warm-hearted, goofy, snarky goodness!!

If you're looking for something with tons of heart, emotion, and humor -- this is one such novel. This story does contain a slightly higher amount of angst in comparison with the previous 2 novels but not so much it overshadows the plot (and the higher percentage is necessary for character arcs as well -- not just angst for angst's sake.)

While my favorite Troy Duran narrations tend toward extremely dark and brooding MMCs, my next-favorite is his misunderstood-hidden-cinnamon-role-inside MMC -- such as the ones in this series. Troy does such justice to every single character he narrates -- even when prior characters make cameo appearances, he'll adopt the previous canon-characterization of said character(s). It's always such a delight when a duet narration clearly understands their characters and can consistently portray their arcs throughout the book.

Curl up with your hot cocoa and listen to this story and be prepared to laugh your @ss off and d'awwwww to your heart's content. Make sure to listen closely to Chapter 30 and the eiplogue -- lots of loose ends are tied up and I wouldn't want you to miss anything. ^_^

Aw! So sweet

I loved the narration and could listen to Troy all day long! I thought the story was sweet and sexy.

Book 3

I never gusted it was a snake making that noise in the apartment. I had thought Salt & Pepper would be the sacrifice, that broke the curse.

A big big

A big bite coz he a big snake🐍 . Let just hope he didn’t get sick for eating something so bad and ugly. If u know you know. Love this book!!!!