by J.R. Ward ; read by Jim Frangione ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 11, 2023
Narrator Jim Frangione returns listeners to the world of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, in which vampires, demons, and angels secretly exist among humans. Lassiter, a fallen angel, has found love with the mysterious vampire Rahvyn. Frangione embodies all the emotions Lassiter feels--from despair when he thinks that he and Rahvyn must be separated to joy when they are reunited. Frangione masterfully provides a deep masculine voice for the vampire fighters and is equally adept at the female characters. Threatening the vampires is the demon Devina and her lover, Lash, and Frangione makes them sound appropriately menacing. Frangione takes listeners from pure despair to elation.
Pub Date: April 11, 2023
Duration: 15 hrs, 15 mins
DD ISBN: 9781797150307
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland ; read by Elena Rey ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 13, 2026
Still, fans of the series will want to hear this final installment.
Elena Rey narrates the final audiobook in the Wild Magic trilogy. After spending seven years as a spirit, Sky’s family rescues her. Two years later, the youngest Flores sister is an outcast, bullied by most of her small town. When her neighbor’s grandson Adam moves back to town, she negotiates a fake friendship with him to help rehabilitate her image. As Adam accepts Sky’s magic, their friendship turns into something real, and Sky learns to accept his love. Rey captures Sky’s emotions as she struggles with her place in the world. While she gives all the characters distinct voices, Rey’s tone for Sky tends to sound whiny.
Still, fans of the series will want to hear this final installment.Pub Date: Jan. 13, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9798217163366
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Review Posted Online: March 17, 2026
by Annie Summerlee ; read by Katie Leung ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 13, 2026
Katie Leung's Scottish accent immediately immerses listeners in the Scottish Highlands in this sapphic vampire audiobook. Rebecca, a vampire hunter, goes undercover at a vampire university to find the Book of Blood and Roses, a compilation of ways to kill vampires. After being attacked, her gorgeous vampire roommate rescues her but accidentally makes Rebecca her familiar in the process. Finding the book could break the familiar curse, but their new proximity heats things up along the way. Leung easily switches between accents and tones to enliven a large cast of students, and her precise pacing adds delightful tension to romantic scenes. Leung's Scottish accent and precise pacing elevate this vampire romance.
Pub Date: Jan. 13, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs
DD ISBN: 9798217159215
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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