Possessed

Raider Warlords of the Vandar, Book 1

By: Tana Stone

Narrated by: Addison Barnes, Marcio Catalano

Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

I sacrificed myself to save my sister’s ship. Now the raider warlord owns me.

It was my own fault. I was the navigator of our ship, and I’m the one who led us straight into Vandar territory.

We’d heard rumors about the Vandar raiders — everyone in the galaxy had. Terrifying and ruthless, they were a scourge on the Zagrath empire and destroyed everything in their path.

Few had actually laid eyes on the Vandar or the notorious warlords who led their fleets of warships — and survived to talk about it. So, when the ruthless aliens boarded our ship intent on destroying it and killing the crew, I did the only thing I could do.

I gave myself to the dark and menacing warlord. In exchange for allowing my sister’s ship passage out of the Vandar territory, I must share his bed and travel with his crew of deadly raiders. Even though the sight of the huge, battle-scarred alien terrifies me.

But as I adjust to my new life on a savage warship, I discover that the dominant alien warrior wants more than just my body. He wants to possess my soul. And he’ll make a new deal with me to get it.

Possessed is a full-length sci-fi romance novel with a HEA and no cheating. It features steamy scenes on a raider warship, alien horde space battles, and some serious enemies-to-lovers heat.

If you like dominant and dangerous alien warriors, alien abduction to seduction romance, and hot scenes with a happily ever after, you’ll love Possessed, the first book in Tana Stone’s sci-fi romance Raider Warlords of the Vandar series. Each book can be listened to as a standalone.

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Goff storyline

I like book one of this series and hope the next book is released soon. Narrators did a good job bringing characters to life. The tail trick is different than other books I’ve listened to.

Possessed

Loved this book. The narrators were awesome. It was not long and drawled out. The hole book kept your attention. Excellent.

Awesome

I can't wait for the rest of the series to be recorded. Until then I will read them on my kindle. Amazing narration. Awesome story.Well writen. Highly recommend. Fans of this genre will not be disappointed.

Great narration and a Good story

I am really enjoying this series! the narration is really great and the story is fun. I wish it was longer but honestly the story was fairly well paced as it is.

The first of many credits used.....

I accidentally fell upon Tana Stone's books when I ran out of " new" this to listen to. This book kept popping up in my feed so I figured why not! I quickly found myself having to buy more Audible credits so that I could get the next book then the next..until I had purchased every book she had available on Audible.

At first it sort of seemed like every other paranormal/alien romance I've read lately. But as I continued reading I realized this was not at all the same, and the world set up kept me going. There are some components that are not new here..but the world building was a lot of fun for me to read. It's also great to read an alien romance book where the planet Earth isn't a crap hole, Each book build the world more, and each male main has a distinct personality that you just kind of swoon over. Not gonna lie there are a few things that made my eyes bug out and I had to re-listen to to make sure I heard correctly.

I have bought every audio book she has available and I will continue to do so. They bring me a lot of reading joy. It's doesn't hurt that it's male/female narrated ( LOVE THIS) and that the narrators are very good.

Very enjoyable

With few exceptions I usually don’t enjoy female narrator but Addison Barnes is one of the exceptions; with this story both narrators did a fantastic job. Story plot was sweet and uncomplicated, looking forward to the next one in the series. These kind of stories are right up my alley yes well worth the credit, I like low drama but entertaining.

Hot Aliens in battle kilts with tails!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💜🖤💚
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎🌎
Character development: 👤👤👤👤

Re-read via Audiobook

The book was told in dual POV with narration by Addison Barnes and Marcia Cata and I loved it. It was done in what I recently learned is called “duet narration” where one voice actor narrates all the male-sounding characters in all chapters, and another voice actor reads all the female-sounding characters. This is my favorite type of narration so props for that.

I found myself wondering how the battle Kilts work with the tails. Do they have a bare backside? Is there a tail hole? Or is there a slit down the backside which gives peeks of their butts as they walk? Just something I was thinking about.

Original review

The Hero: Raas Kratos – A Vandar Warlord and the head of a horde of warships that fight against the Zagrath empire. The Zagrath are humanoid invaders who are trying to take over the universe. The Zagrath pushed the Vandar off of their own world and now the Vandar strike back whenever possible. The Vandar have stealth technology that make their ships invisible which the Zagrath and other ships don’t have so it gives them an advantage.

The heroine: Astrid – She was the navigator on a ship that her sister won in a card game. They used it to bring Zagrath supplies from one world to another, but they are human not Zagrath. When the ship is caught in Vandar territory due to a navigational error of Astrid’s, her sister was about to be killed by the Vandar leader. Astrid steps up to take her sister’s place since she was at fault.

The Love Story: The ruthless Vandar leader decides to take Astrid instead of putting her to death. So she ends up a prisoner on his ship.

I thought this would be a good break from all the mafia romances I have been reading lately an I was right. It has been a long time since I read an alien captive romance and I really enjoyed this book. It had a terrific back story of the war between the Vandar and the Zagrath as well as a great love story between Kratos and Astrid. One thing I like about alien romance is that they can have different bodies than humans (the Vandar have very sensitive tails).

Another thing I like about these books is that they can have different technology than we have. They can have baths with four colors of water that are different heat levels and other fun things like that. They can have different food and medical technology. It is just fun to read in different ways than your standard romance novel. I really enjoyed this book and I will be reading more alien & sci-fi romance in the future.

enjoyed this one!!!

I really enjoy this book, I normally do not read scif. I am glad i made an exception. can't wait to start the next book.

Lacking

The story was too shallow and needed more development. Primary focus was on sex scenes.

The absolute BEST Audio!

So I thoroughly enjoyed this story, Tana is a talented author and I’m so glad to have discovered her books; I’m hooked! But beyond the hot AF alpha male lead, the strong, smart female and perfect mix of action & sexy times, lemme talk about this in audio... I am picky yet still own over 150 dual narr titles and was an Escape fiend (oh, how I miss you Escape!). I’ve heard the dual narration switch chapters by POV, some have the respective genders speaking their lines intermittently; THIS ONE HAS BOTH formats seamlessly and it was the absolute BEST! The narrators were great, no doubt, but this style is priceless. I can’t wait til the next one is published and will be sad to have to go back to the “normal” way audiobooks are done, hint to all authors: please use THIS audio format! Thanks Tana, bravo.