Dukes of Ruin
Royals of Forsyth University, Book 4
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Dukes of Ruin
Narrated by:
Lula Larkin, Troy Duran
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Narrated by:
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Lula Larkin
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Troy Duran
About this listen
The crowns of Forsyth Royalty aren’t built with jewels. They’re forged in blood and sacrifice.
The Lords never expected Story Austin to walk back into their life.
They certainly never thought she’d rise to be their Queen.
But they aren’t the only Royals in Forsyth.
The Dukes are known for winning with their fists, but transforming Lavinia Lucia from the Kings’ captive to their unwilling Duchess will be their biggest match yet.
The saga continues in book four of the contemporary, dark, reverse harem romance Royals of Forsyth series, where the Duke’s reign will be one of Ruin, Fury and Madness.
©2022 Angel Lawson (P)2022 Angel LawsonTHE GOOD: I've always been a bit annoyed by the 'almost all the women other than the protag are bitches' troupe and Lords definitely fell into that category, so I'm happy to say Dukes address that. There are still some token bitches but the broader representation of women was more well-rounded and I appreciated the solidarity,
Also, I loved Lavinia's revenge moment, absolutely a great 'good for her' moment.
NITPICKS: The one area Dukes lacked something the Lords had though was in the k*nks. Don't get me wrong, the spice is still fantastic, but I loved that Lords was brave enough to include some more taboo and niche k*nks. Other than the dubcon/noncon, and a couple other kinks that are basically just staples in the Royals series, I feel like Dukes lacked some fun and specific k*nks like what we got in Lords.
One other thing that sort of bugged me is a character writing thing. Simon's 'all women are whores' attitude and treatment of Lav doesn't quite make sense to me given what we learn about him. The misogyny and shitty behaviour of the men in Lords is explained pretty well by their upbringing, the culture of Forsyth and their influence from Daniel. Simons is somewhat explained by his issues with women but the fact he has loving parents, including a mother who's a damn sex therapist, and that he had a close female friend, kind of conflicts with it and makes it hard for me to believe he would've formed an attitude that extreme.
Other than that I don't really have any complaints other than one very campy moment in the 3rd book that was just very cringe for me personally, but some campy moments are to be expected in college romance and easy to overlook.
THER PERFORMANCES: I always enjoy Troy Duran's voice so no complaints there, the female narrator wasn't my favourite voice wise and I didn't love her voice/characterisation of one of the guys in particular but overall her performance was good and once I got used to it I enjoyed it just fine. I really wish this series used duet narration but it's not a huge deal.
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