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  • The Bargainer Series, Book 1
  • By: Laura Thalassa
  • Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
  • Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (44 ratings)

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Rhapsodic

By: Laura Thalassa
Narrated by: Chelsea Stephens
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Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she’s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she’s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear. Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He’s a man who can get you anything you want … at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects. But for one of his clients, he’s never asked for repayment.

Not until now. When Callie finds the fae king of the night in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first it’s just a chaste kiss—a single bead’s worth—and a promise for more. For the Bargainer, it’s more than just a matter of rekindling an old romance. Something is happening in the Otherworld. Fae warriors are going missing one by one. Only the women are returned, each in a glass casket, a child clutched to their breast. And then there are the whispers among the slaves, whispers of an evil that’s been awoken. If the Bargainer has any hope to save his people, he’ll need the help of the siren he spurned long ago. Only, his foe has a taste for exotic creatures, and Callie just happens to be one.

©2016, 2021, 2022 Laura Thalassa (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

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Wish I'd read this earlier.

I've been sitting on this book for years but something was holding me back. Maybe it's just the Title wasn't catching me enough. Any way, I lived it. I loved the fact that it was set partly on The Isle of Man- if I had've known that, I would've read it sooner. I enjoyed the past and present POV. I wish there had been some chapters by Des, you just don't get to enjoy his wrath like you could have if it had been from his pov. But it is definitely not finished yet, so onto book 2 we go.

I loved the narrator l, she was great!

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I want to take Desmond home with me

I absolutely adored this book, ploughed through it within a day. Call me a sucker for a sweet male, but I am ready to take Desmond as my bookboyfriend. The dedication he shows towards Calli is so sweet, I loved reading the prgress of him winning her back. There was just enough suspense in the story to give the undertones for the next book and I always prefer the second book to have the couple fighting side by side. I have already started book 2 and am loving it, can't wait to see how it progresses.

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Nauseating

The plot and characters have been based on pathological personality disorders. A heroine who is devoid of personal agency continually at the mercy of rotating psychopaths. Okay, the main love interest is kinda cute but lacks imagination. Cheap plot devices instead of genuine character development. Use your imagination to reframe the characters and rewrite the plot and it will hopefully make getting to the end worthwhile.

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Persevere past the first few chapters. Worth it!

The first few chapters were really hard to get through an I almost considered giving up. But I’m glad I didn’t. It started to make sense after a while. However I did find the budding relationship with a 16 year old a little creepy. Looking forward to the next book

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thank God it was free

had potential but dragging and lots of plot holes. I'm glad I didn't waste a credit for this one

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An intriguing paranormal world

This book was not what I expected but I found I couldn’t wait to keep listening.

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Yawn…

I couldn’t get through this. The writing is woeful, the story is boring and all over the place, the editor should be fired (honestly, the publisher should be fired). I am disappointed I spent money on this.

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Not my cup of tea

Narrator was fantastic but I went through 2 hours of this and couldn’t shake the thought that the love interest is a groomer. I know ages shouldn’t really matter where fae are involved but Desmond has made comments about not dealing with minors and alluded to the fact that he has seen her lingerie when she was younger as hers has apparently improved with age. So uh… to each their own but I was so uncomfortable with their touching that I really couldn’t stomach past her third bead disappearing.

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soft porn

no substance and wasted credit. it was like listening to a drawn out trailer of a 90s supernatural series. disappointing

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Disappointed

I started listening to this book, as I love another book series by Laura, so I thought I might love this one too. But 5 chapters in, I’m not convinced, and honestly a little unsettled by the relationship between the main characters (due to the age of them both when the “relationship” started, and the power factors at play). Think I’ll be giving the rest a miss unfortunately.

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