Covet Me

Immortal Vices and Virtues: Her Monstrous Mates, Book 1

By: Kel Carpenter, Aurelia Jane

Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, J.F. Harding

In our world, power is king, and I'm the ultimate bartering chip.

I'm the daughter of the Don, but my life as a mafia princess is far from a fairy-tale. Trapped in a pretty cage, my family clipped my wings so that I can fill the role all princesses are tasked: to marry a prince and secure an alliance. My mob boss father would give anything to gain an edge over the rest of the Supernatural Syndicates in New York—including me.

So my dad makes a deal. The terms are simple. Win the election to become the new leader of Earth and Emerald. Win me.

Except . . . I'm not a very good princess and I have no intention of playing nice.

These men want to compete for me? Fine—but no one said I couldn't compete for myself. The trials may be deadly, but I've got an ace up my sleeve they won't see coming.

There's just one tiny problem. Out of nowhere, the very mating call I'd hoped to never experience consumes me, and I go into heat—at the worst time ever. Talk about a sticky situation.

Contains mature themes.

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Kept my attention

It had a good storyline I love the sidekicks (this is a reverse harem. There are no swords crossing however it’s a pretty fast burn.)🔥 the main characters. Made me want more.

Everything

I fell in love with this book but I don’t know if I want to purchase the series considering there is no sequel to this story and all the books are freaking standalones makes me want to cry 😢

Liking how this book started the spinoff series!

I was happy to see this spinoff series included RH standalones where we get more relationships and more interweaving of the worlds and characters. I liked the variety of the creatures in this harem, it made for some exciting twists and turns (the one at the end I totally didnt see coming!!! Loved it so much).

I hated Nikki's dad and one of her brothers, they got their just rewards in the end, if you catch my drift haha. I wish we got more from her other brothers, they seemed awesome. I loved the other side characters, they really got their own time to shine and made for some great scenes (like our one wing friend!). The guys each got their alone time with Nikki but always the authors allowed for the readers to fall for them and also love them all together. Our grumpy/sunshine trope with Niall and his hard past (I loved the connection with our Ringmaster from a previous book!) and when he shifted...OMG hahaha. Loved the friends to lovers with Malachi and his creature/shifted state. He was relentless and didnt give up on her after what her father did. And Adrian definitely provided some comedic relief, loved his flirtiness and him talking Niall down off a ledge.

The storyline felt like a tv show with tasks they had to do to be higher in the running for Chancellor. I liked the cameos from some of the other side characters in previous books. Liked the incorporation of the different creatures/worlds and helping tie in future books/stories as well. The tension and back and forth between Nikki and the main guys was intense at times and super slowburn in others haha. I thought it was a good pace, made us fall for the guys first before we shipped them as couples. Also Nikki is a total BA, esp what she had to endure because of her father with his callous treatment and training but also the trauma with her sister and the kidnapping. She is an epic FMC and loved her phoenix and her abilities too!

Narration was good, Bridget is not one of my top 5 female narrators because she doesnt really differentiate her characters between books, a lot of them all sound the same to me and sometimes OTT when its unnecessary but she always gets a solid 4 out of 5 stars from me. The male narrator did a good job with the very different personalities of the main characters and we could feel the inner turmoil, the hope, the pain, the anger throughout this emotional rollercoaster of like Hunger Games meets Harry Potter and the TriWizard Tournament haha.

I am liking the spinoff series more than the original, I think because the authors were allowed to do RH and not stick to M/F and the stories were spicier. The original series wasnt bad, but it felt too tame and lacking more of their potential, which is why I gave more 4 star reviews for those compared to more 5 stars in this spinoff series.

Love this!!

Good story and spicy!! Kel carpenter has become one of my favorites!! Checkout his other books if you like this one.

good story

good story with witty banter and a talented narrator. look forward to another story of these characters

Way to much dramw

Couldn’t get through the first hour! The teen age antics of this book is hard to listen to! OMG OMG OMG is what the story screams at every turn. If you like “My world just ended” and books like that this will thrill you. As for me please take it back.

Basically bad porn

Gratuitous sex, ridiculous plot, voices for the male characters were strained & hard to listen to.