Beast
Beast & Beauty, Book 1
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Beast
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Narrated by:
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Tegan Bourke
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By:
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Clarissa Wild
He has a beastly instinct to devour everything in his path...until her.
I am the giant, menacing monster, known only as the Beast.
Sold to the mafia as a kid and trained to hunt, my life revolves around brutality and carnage.
My home is a cell made of concrete and iron bars.
And there is nothing I won't do to be free.
Until her.
The innocent black-haired girl with pretty pink lips, whose father I was supposed to hunt, dares to get in my way.
But when I grab her and look into her eyes, I can't bring myself to finish the job.
She makes me feel hope. Greed.
And a frenzied desire to touch her.
Taste her.
Make her mine.
I was supposed to destroy everything in my path.
Instead, I took her...and consumed her whole.
Beast is a smoldering new Dark Mafia Romance by New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Clarissa Wild. Warning: This book includes scenes that may be disturbing to some listeners.
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The story was pretty good. The writing was ok, but just not perfect. The character-building aspect was missing something. I just couldn't put my finger on it. And I wish the writer had opted for duet narration since the chapters switch back and forth between characters.
It ends on a cliffhanger, so beware.
3.5 stars rounded down. And perhaps the next book will be a little better?
A duet narration would have made this much better.
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PAINFUL
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The main characters, though- a strange mix of naïve and yet using language that someone of their education/experience level would never. For the male lead in particular it gives the feeling of swinging back and forth between a dark brooding protector figure and a feral preteen, though I think what was intended was more like a Tarzan figure (raised to be wild and strong, but is a quick learner with a good heart)
Once I started viewing it as a spicy dark comedy, it got much easier to finish. I did actually laugh aloud several times at the absurdity of some moments, even when they might not have been meant as comedic.
Choices that would've been obvious to accomplish the protagonists' goals were completely ignored in favor of more dramatic options, which left me laughing and shaking my head.
Like in a horror movie, when the character sees a scary shadowy figure and comes out of their hiding place to call out their friend's name, effectively painting a bright red target on their forehead.
The voice actress isn't bad, but the voice chosen for the main character does make her sound like a child (the voice wouldn't have been out of place in an actual children's cartoon) and that's mildly off-putting.
The voices for the characters were different, though, so there was no issue of characters blending together or their genders getting mixed up, which has happened with some other books I've listened to.
Overall, I'm not sure if I'd listen again, but I did finish this book and I'm not left upset about it.
Made me laugh
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Will Try the Book
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Ummm
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