Claimed by the Horde King

Horde Kings of Dakkar, Book 2

By: Zoey Draven

Narrated by: Lia Langola, Aaron Shedlock

She broke their laws. Now, he has come to punish her...

In my human settlement on the hostile plains of Dakkar, I am an outcast, a strange girl orphaned since birth, alone, and dreaming of a life I don't have. I hunt to survive, though it is forbidden, though it breaks the strict Dakkari laws that we all must follow.

When my desperate actions catch the attention of a Dakkari horde king - a cold, powerful, and merciless warrior leader, with eyes like flint and a body like steel - he seeks to punish me...and he succeeds.

But then he does the unexpected.

Instead of taking my life, he claims me as his own.

He steals me from my village and brings me back to his battle-bred horde. There, I warm his bed. I make bargains with him on starry, cold nights. I look into his grey eyes and see not a monster, but a demon king who captures my soul.

But demons have a way of never letting go...and as the cold season descends upon Dakkar, I begin to wonder if I even want him to, even when it hurts.

Claimed by the Horde King is a full-length SFR novel with an HEA. It is the second book of the Horde Kings of Dakkar series.

©2019 Zoey Draven (P)2020 Zoey Draven

I loved this audible!

I have fallen in love with Zoey Draven’s books. I loved this one and the first book. This is definitely a good listen. I highly recommend these books, they won’t disappoint.

Omg!

My gods these books are amazing. And this one. Sh*t this one hurt. But give me more. Please never stop!

More emotion.. So good

This one had me yoyo-ing in my feelings. Serin really did have the push pull thing going on. But the grovel was worth it. The fact Nelle didn't give in right away sealed it, Plus faithful from the start.

I have been waiting for this audio!

I freaking adore this book and was super bummed when it wasn't available on audio yet. It feels like Christmas! :)

Holy horde king!!!

I enjoyed the first of this series and now this one too! I cannot wait to see what this series will bring next. It is entertaining and so vivid in its imagery that it brings the otherworldly to life, it creates a new world that you can see. I highly recommend this book.

I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for and honest review.

I love this story ❤

I have been in love before, this reminds me of that time. I laughed, cried. got really, really angry. but through it all I could not stop listening to this book. The humans need some work, they were the monsters, again!

fantastic

story is great, characters are well written and the emotions come though as genuine and believable in the situations. the world of Dakar is interesting and well developed. both narrators were great really bringing the story to life and adding to the storyline with their emotions.

“The Horde always comes first!”

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚❤️💜
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 🤓😉☺️😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The Hero: Seerin - he was a Dakkari Horde King, and he watched the girl hunt. It was illegal to hunt, and she was good at it, she had created her bow and arrows with skill. He knew he must take her since she broke the law of their world. He had to make an example of her and could not grant her mercy. Hunting was punishable by death.

The heroine: Nelle - she was a human on the planet Dakkar, she hunted for food in the dark forest, so that she didn’t starve. She knew it was against the laws her people were supposed to live by, but it would be the only source of meat for her village, but she didn’t know that a Horde King was nearby watching her. When humans wanted to settle on the planet, they agreed not to hunt, though farming hadn’t worked, and they were starving.

The Story: Nelle sold the grounder she caught for one credit which would get her a bowl of broth. The man that made the deal, told her a way she could get an extra credit. She was a woman alone, but declined, reminding him what happened to the last man that tried to get with her. The following morning, Nelle finds out that a Horde came through and saw her out hunting and wanted her. She walked to what might be her own execution and just felt numb.

“This was the only life I had, the only one I’d known. I mourned that now. I’d dreamed of other things, things I knew I would never have…like family, a safe home, companionship, love. I wanted to laugh at that foolish dream. Love didn’t exist in a place like this. It never could.”

The Horde King stood in front of hundreds of Horde warriors, all of them massive and scarred. His chest was bare and sculpted and had gold tattoos, blonde hair and grey eyes. He sentenced her to five lashes, but only one if she would tell who else from the village had been hunting. She wouldn’t talk and got sentenced five lashes. After 3 lashes, Nelle decided she would let go of all her worries, angers and fears so she could find peace and die, then she dared the Horde king to give her the last two. He did not. He took her with him instead so she wouldn’t die of her wounds.

The story was good, and I liked that the two main characters got to know each other before things got steamy. They spent a lot of time together talking and asking each other questions. The world building was terrific. Nelle walked around the camp for a few days, just noting everything she saw. I liked the fact that she gets a job with the weapons maker and kept busy during the cold season. Seerin had a lot on his shoulders and there were a few side storylines that were interesting.

This book was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Lia Langola and Aaron Shedlock. Lia is a good narrator with a low, but soft voice which is very pleasant, and she does a terrific job. Aaron has a soft, masculine voice and is one of my favorite male narrators.

🌻Boy, this was an emotional book!🌻

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻V from Kansas🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

This was a well written book, although there were a lot moments that tugged at your heart strings. Both the Hero and Heroine grew up feeling like they were outsiders, in their communities. She was an orphaned infant and he was a bastard son of a prostitute. There love was a hard fought battle, due to emotional scars, and when they finally begin to find happiness, prejudices, in the Horde, force them apart. It’s a tough road to a reconciliation, due to mistrust and crushed hearts.

This book wasn’t the lite, fun listen, that book was but, I did enjoy it and am looking forward to the next book, in the series!

Sooo good

So good. You will not be disappointed with the balance of sex, drama, romance and adventure. Had to restart it once I finished.