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Slow Heat

By: Leta Blake
Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
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Summary

A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past. 

Professor Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his mid-30s, he's long since given up hope that he'll meet a compatible alpha, let alone his destined mate. He's fulfilled by his career, his poetry, his cat, and his friends. 

When Jason Sabel, a much younger alpha, imprints on Vale in a shocking and public way, longings are ignited that can't be ignored. Fighting their strong sexual urges, Jason and Vale must agree to contract with each other before they can consummate their passion. 

But for Vale, being with Jason means giving up his independence and placing his future in the hands of an untested alpha - as well as facing the scars of his own tumultuous past. He isn't sure it's worth it. But Jason isn't giving up his destined mate without a fight. 

This is a stand-alone gay romance novel, 118,000 words, with a strong HFN ending, as well as a well-crafted, non-shifter omegaverse, with alphas, betas, omegas, male pregnancy, heat, and knotting. Content warning for pregnancy loss and aftermath.

©2017 Leta Blake (P)2018 Leta Blake

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Globally good

I enjoyed it but at the same time I had several problem with it.
It's called Slow Heat and damn, that book was SLOW.
I was here for the romance and there wasn't a lot of it. It was kind of in the backseat. It also felt more lik a ABO dystopia than a ABO "paranormal" romance.
As for the sex scenes, there were two on-page sex scenes with the alpha and someone else than his omega... And I wasn't there for that! I kinda forgave the first one because the alpha hadn't met his omega yet but there was no excuse for the second one.

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Brilliant audio

Wow!! I have recently read the book, but jumped at the chance to listen to the audio (I will add here that I listened to a sample and decided to try the audio, which isn't always the case, I have other books I would love to have on audio, but the narrators voice just doesn't pull me in) - Michael Ferraiuolo is a narrator that I have heard of, but that I hadn't really listened to. Well, his voices on this audio were superb, and I loved how he did the voice of Rosen. I hope that he narrates the next book in the series too, as he was outstanding on this one.

I must also admit that I don't have a look of books or audio by Leta Blake, but this book was really good. I loved it that the omega mc was older than the alpha mc. For me it made a refreshing change to be this way around.

I think the reason I enjoyed this so much, was that it wasn't a chat and then into bed. You were with Jason all the time as he was trying to court Vale, and you were with Jason and Vale through all the ups and downs.

The book was emotional at times, and I have to say the audio has captured it perfectly, I was listening at times with tears in my eyes, that narration was that great.

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Slow Heat, Slow Hot Burn!

This is a unique and beautifully written love story. It is so totally consuming you can easily forget about the world around you and time just slips away. 14 hours! Never! I’ve listened to audiobooks of half the length that felt like a lifetime, whereas this book, whilst it may not have lots of high adrenaline action to push it along, the world building and trials and tribulations (plus the smattering of hot sex) moves you along smoothly.
Michael Ferraiuolo could not be faulted in any way with his top notch narration and each and every character could be individually identified with different accents and voices. IMHO one of my top 5 narrators.
With Alpha Heat (Heat of Love Book 2) just recently released I hope it won’t be long before this is also available on audio

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Glacially slow narration

I’d have DNF’d if this mpreg story hadn’t been a good story. It was a good story.
This is a slow burn of epically slow mcslowness that bordered on painful, exasperated by the painfully slow narration which at default speed sounded like a record player on the wrong speed. I had to listen at such a fast speed it was crazy and it put me off continuing with this series.

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perfect!

This was perfect! I loved the characters and I love the world building and the story! I couldn't put the book down, I finished it in a day. The narrator did a fantastic job bringing the story to life.

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Such a good book

I'm late getting into this series but catching up quickly.
You become part of the world and believe that you are part of it with great characters and worldbuilding. I liked the slow build-up and the relationship.

The side characters help build the story, and I look forward to hearing from some of them again.

Michael Ferraiuolo did a fantastic job of the audio, bringing the characters to life. I did speed up to 1.40 on audible, but that is usual for me.

Slow Heat
By: Leta Blake
Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
Series: Heat of Love, Book 1
Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins

❤❤❤❤ Overall
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration
📚📚 📚📚 Story
Read at 1.40 speed on Audible

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Long winded

By chapter 12 I was thinking about how bored I was I think the problem was in the narration Michael Ferraiuolo is usually so easy to listen to this book did not suit him . The story was very long winded and did not seem to pick up pace .I like faster paced books .

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Introduction to his excellent series.

This is an excellent book. Leta Blake does a great job with world building and gives the characters depth. I can never say enough about this book and series, so I keep it short. The narration is wonderful and each character has a very distinct voice which make this a great audiobook by Michael Ferraiuolo.

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Hot as hell mpreg!

I love this book! The story, the worldbuilding, the characters, everything! And its hot. Like really hot. The narration was good and especially Vale's voice was just like I thought he should sound like. If you haven't tried Mpreg before, you should listen to this.

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Dramatic and very different

Love conquers all an unusual and very erotic story and narrated very well loved it

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