Taken to Sasor

Xiveri Mates, Book 3

By: Elizabeth Stephens, Vitruvian Sound

Narrated by: Marquis De Sade, Blaire LeBlanc

He came, he shifted and then he stole...me.

Hiding is the only option against the barbarian horde of Sasor that comes to destroy our village. Hiding...doesn't work. Their leader, a beast of a male capable of shifting into a monster with claws for hands and fangs for teeth, finds me and takes me captive.

But he's...not what I expected–and not just because he's a complete scoundrel and a fool. He's made it clear he won't join with me, but blocks any chances I have of finding a mate, keeping me at his side.

And then, when another rival horde comes to steal me away, he surprises me again by coming for me, this time as a monster of a different kind. One of legend. One never seen on Sasor's soil. One that's mine.

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Welcome to the world of shifters on Sasor in Xiveri Mates book 3! This book features an entirely new cast of characters from previous Xiveri Mates romances, comes with its own HEA and can be listened to at any point. It's also MY personal favorite in the series :P

©2020 Elizabeth Stephens (P)2024 Elizabeth Stephens

Double Shifter!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌎🌍🌏🌎
Character development: 🙂😀🤩😍🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The heroine: Mian - She is a slave when the Sasor barbarian horde comes to her village. She hides with a few dozen other slaves who were painting a fence when the horde arrives and lays waste to the gates of the village. The slaves are afraid since they have heard that the horde eats humans. When one of the slaves accidentally gives up their hiding place, they are at the mercy of the horde. So she leaves the others hidden and sacrifices herself.

The Hero: Neheyuu - He is a Sasorian shifter and the leader of his tribe, the biggest and strongest on Sasor. He is tall and brutal and he has a monster within him called a manerak, a large snake-like creature the size of a dragon. It is considered a great success to come across a human tribe and decimate it. The males are weak and the females are compatible with his species.

The Story: Neheyuu comes across Mian when he is obliterating her village and he calls her Reisa when she stands up to him and slaps him. It means brave one. They can’t understand each other but he offers her a deal in that if she gives herself to him, he will leave the others be. When one of his warriors challenges him for Mian, Neheyuu wins the challenge and keeps her for himself.

Neheyuu is attracted to Mian from the start and his manerak wants her even more. Neheyuu feels for her when it becomes obvious that she has been starving and he realizes he has never felt hunger like that. Mian eats heartily and sleeps comfortably for the first time in her life.

The world building is good, though I would have liked a bit more descriptive explanations of the manerak from the beginning. Then later in the book, Neheyuu becomes something different, called a naxem, which is an even bigger (giant) snake shifter, big enough to decimate an entire village of maneraks. It took me a while to be able to picture each type of shifter, especially since the maneraks still had arms and legs, but when Neheyuu became a naxem, his arms and legs fused with his body like a mammoth cobra snake.

Though I do love the fact that each book in this series is unique and the worlds are completely different from the one before. They are basically stand-alone books and can be read in any order. The world building and character development is good despite my having a hard time picturing the snake creatures. Also I loved the scene where they finally get to Neheyuu’s home and his former lover is in his house. It is a pretty awesome scene.

This was told in dual points of view via duet narration. It was narrated by Marquis du Sad and Blair LeBlanc. Blair has a youthful voice which is soft and feminine. She portrays emotions pretty well and is pleasant to listen to. Marquis has a deep voice and speaks in a good tempo. I enjoyed the narration quite a bit as soon as I got into the book.

Loved it

This book was so detailed and funny; especially during beast mode. The storyline was original and unpredictable. The narrators were okay but there were several incidents of repeated reading of sentences and brief pause as if narrator lost place while reading.

Need more of Mian and Neheyuu!

Awesome series so far. This one is my favorite for now. Hope to see the complete series on audible soon.
The narration was awesome, lots of spice, interesting storyline, action and of course, HEA.
Would love “Lord of Population” series on Audible. My wish list to purchase.!

I Am Feral

This author, this story, this series and these narrators are stupid good. 10/10 would recommend. No notes.

Amazing

Oh my stars this story was incredibly written and well performed. I LOVE THIS SERIES

very good Elizabeth!

This one is my favorite! 🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍 The characters in here were totally Funny And enjoyable. The whole story was really good.🥰🥰 I love how the female Warriors character behaved in the story. They were really enjoyable and you learned to really care about them also. As well as the heroine and hero.🥰🥰🥰 Can't wait for Elizabeth to release more of her books. I can't imagine any of her books being better than this one. To me this one is her very best. Love how each book has different aliens and they are all different characters❤❤❤ This book is definitely worth the credits.

I ❤️ this book

This is my favorite of them all so far. It was different in a good way. The heroine becomes more than she ever thought she would. The MMC is awesome once he gets his head out of his butt! I can’t wait for the next book!

Didn’t sign up for language course.

If I wanted to learn another language I would’ve chosen Klingon. Half way through and still confused. May or may not finish. If I do will review again.

Confusing

I struggled with this book. The book took me forever to get through it. I have listened to the series so far. But this book. This book went back and forth with should I love her no I do love her. the book was so confusing. It was ridiculous. I need my credit back. Hot mess, the characters made no sense. Not good.🤔🙄😕