Written by: Cardeno C.
Narrated by: Charlie David
Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:09-22-15
Publisher: The Romance Authors, LLC
A sensitive wolf shifter and a vicious vampire challenge history, greed, and the very fabric of their beings in order to stay together until forever comes. Plagued by pain and weakness all his life, Ethan Abbatt is a wolf shifter who can't shift. Hoping to find an honorable death by joining his packmates in a vampire attack, Ethan instead learns two things: Draining his blood releases his pain and his wolf, and he has a true mate: a vampire named Miguel. More than four centuries old, strong, powerful, and vicious, Miguel Rodriguez walks through life as a shadow, without happiness or affection. When a young shifter tells Miguel they're true mates, destined to be together, Miguel sends him away. But Ethan is persistent, and being together comes so naturally that Miguel can't resist for long. The challenge is keeping themselves alive so they can stay by each other's side until forever comes.
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Until Forever Comes is the second installment in the Mates series. We finally get to read the story of Ethan and Miguel, the mysterious couple who made a short but interesting appearance in volume one.
Ethan has always been the weakest in his family. Not able to shift and being always sickly, he’s completely aback when his life changes unexpectedly during what was supposed to be a suicide mission.
Miguel is a loner, has always been during all the centuries of his existence. He’s strong enough and vicious enough to have earned everyone’s respect or, at least, have them fear him.
He doesn’t need nor does he want a mate, especially when that mate is a shifer. Vampires and shifters don’t mix. Ever.
To be together they’ll have to face one danger after another and, while Miguel is powerful, they might never make it out alive to face eternity together.
As much as I loved Wake Me Up Inside, this volume was a bit slow. I found myself skimming a little bit over the sex scenes since they were quite a few. It dragged and I couldn’t quite feel the connection between the characters.
But, there was enough action and intrigue to keep me glued to it until the end, though. I can’t say it was a waste of time. It’ll give you a glimpse into the past and how things happened, how certain feuds started and why so, you’ll understand better the events mentioned in volume one and those that will probably happen in volume three.
The narration is great. Charlie David did a wonderful job, as always. I love his voice. He definitely makes my “favorite narrators” list. He knows how to convey every emotion, every aspect of a character’s personality. The easiness with which he switches from one character to another, from one emotion to another makes him such a great choice when it comes to narrating an audiobook.
So, if you’re into shape shifters, you should definitely give this book, actually, the entire series a try. Totally worth it.
Happy reading!
Cardeno C. - CC to friends - is a hopeless romantic who wants to add a lot of happiness and a few "awwws" into a reader's day. Writing is a nice break from real life as a corporate type and volunteer work with gay rights organizations. Cardeno's stories range from sweet to intense, contemporary to paranormal, long to short, but they always include strong relationships and walks into the happily-ever- after sunset. Cardeno's Home, Family, and Mates series have received awards from Love Romances and More Golden Roses, Rainbow Awards, the Goodreads M/M Romance Group, and various reviewers. But even more special to CC are heartfelt reactions from readers, like, "You bring joy and love and make it part of the every day."
