Ruins of Temptation

The Corium University Series, Book 4

De: J. L. Beck, C. Hallman

Narrado por: Marlaina Garrett, Liam DiCosimo

Duración: 9 h y 46 m

Resumen del Editor

I’ve spent years trying to be someone I’m not. Controlled and humanized.

Still, the darkness lurks inside me, waiting for a chance to break free.

As the headmaster at Corium University, I must maintain professionalism and keep myself in check. I manage to do that until the day I discover I have a daughter and all the carefully constructed walls I’ve built around myself start to crumble.

I know I need an outlet, a way to shut it off, and then she lands in my lap.

Delilah.

I want to punish her, humiliate her, and hurt her in the best ways.

It’s nothing but a cat and mouse game till I discover the secrets she’s hiding …

©2022 by J. L. Beck and C. Hallman (P)2022 by Blackstone Publishing

Too much repetitive inner dialogue.

The author has a great storyline in most of these books. I can not help but feel there is far too much filler in all the books. Inner dialogue that is repeated over and over again. Like the length of the book is more important then just telling the story. I would rather buy a shorter book that doesn’t make me want to skip ahead. Longer in this case is not so good.

This was a great listen!!

I enjoyed this one so much! Cliffhanger so no spoilers but I'm reading the next one right away!!

Dark and twisted

Loved the book. Great portrayal of a young naïve disillusioned and manipulated girl. Main female character Delilah written wonderfully to portray an annoying girl who kept making poor decisions and put their trust in the wrong person. It’s easy to imagine a girl her age behaving this way and being so susceptible to manipulation and gas lighting which is why she put her trust in Nash and misplaced hate of Aspen. She was slow to mature. Main character was cruel and insensitive many times because it was easy to dislike her because of her behavior. Great story. Did not think the male Narrator portrayed the male character Lucy’s well. His voice was boring. His voice did not portray the necessary anger or sexiness. Poor choice of Narrator. I do think the female narrator did an ok job of sounding young and a bit innocently naive. She does need more inflection in her voice so it doesn’t sound the same all the time. The Audible story would be enhanced bringing this book more to life with different narrators and preferably a duet version where the narrators work together in each chapters instead of the female trying to have a male voice and the male having a female voice.

Terrible narration

Tbh i couldnt get past chapter 12. The narration was awful. The part of the story i did hear sounded ok but i just couldnt listen any more

Not my favorite female narrator

Lot the world the authors have created. The female narrator’s intonations are a bit wooden for my taste but not quite to a degree that prevents me from enjoying the story.

Dark Enemies To Lovers Romance

Ruins of Temptation by C. Hallman and J.L. Beck is a dark enemy to lover's romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Marlaina Garrett and Liam DiCosimo. This is the fourth book in The Corium University series.

I was pulled in from the first chapter and couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. I am loving the messed-up relationship between Lucas and Deliliah. I really enjoyed getting both of their points of view throughout the book. It really brought the story to life.

The book ended on a great cliffhanger that left me begging for more. I can't wait to jump into the next book Reign of Freedom to get the rest of their story.

Marlaina and Liam did a great job on the narration. I look forward to listening to more of their work in the future.

I would recommend this book if you're looking for a dark romance, enemies to lover's romance, forbidden romance, or romantic suspense.

really good!

I enjoyed it ! Delilah doesn't think things through and I hate mcs like that. it's so simple she could of asked the right questions to better understand everything but she decided not to, which shows her age but not only that just her stupid Ness🤣. over all I liked it and the spice is 🌶🌶🌶🌶.

Dark and Beautiful

I loved this dark and beautiful story. Lucas and Dalilahs story is dark, twisted and full of suspense. I loved having Aspen and Q in this story as well. This book leaves you on a cliff hanger that has you dying for the next part.

Too dark and misogynistic

I have not read books1-3 but the protagonist in this story vacillates too much and is very weak. The female narrator is awful and the male narrator just slightly better. That said, they left on a cliffhanger and my curiosity has to see it through, Lastly, Lucas is too damned old for this 19year old

Lucas and Delilah

it was ok. it was interesting enough to finish and listen to the second book. however I've listened to a decent number of books from connected series and this was not the best in comparison. the female narrator wasn't completely awful but not really good either.

the most interesting part to me was that it involved Xander's kid Quintin all grown up. I didn't listen to his book which apparently starts this series because it's not in the plus catalog. the school was a creative concept and they tired to enter some mystery elements. there's a lot going on with the characters in the overall story but I just wasn't feeling a connection between Lucas and Delilah. the second book was kinda better and it does give them a HEA and sets up for the next book for Ren and Scarlett. also kids from the previous series of the Rossi family grown up but gone rogue apparently.