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A review by rellimreads
Laurent and the Beast by K.A. Merikan
5.0
1/4/2022 - relisten & updated review.
1/26/2021 - Box set of books 1-5 available on audio!!! Snagged on Kobo.
1/5/2020 - Audio. Also available via KU.
This was my first book by K. A. Merikan (I literally found this book by poking around on my library's site and following "you might likes" from book to book until I stumbled on this. Libraries are awesome y'all!), but I'm definitely familiar with Joel Leslie. Later I purchased the audio box set of the entire series.
I was looking for something completely different and found it. I'm a sucker for age gap, Beast is 32, Laurent is 19 but the idea of time travel, an MC, a tattooed giant of a man and I was totally sucked in. At 15 hours, this was a big commitment - but worth every minute. While dark and serious, there were moments of levity to keep me from being overwhelmed.
While Beast & Laurent have a complete romantic story arc, this ends on an HFN. There’s a storyline that runs through all the books. So you need to listen to them all and in order. I’m excited to move on to My Dark Knight.
Leslie is just phenomenal in this book. Laurent and the devil's voices/accents could have easily come off as caricatures with anyone else. Instead they were dynamic. I was completely immersed in the world and never let out until the end.
1/26/2021 - Box set of books 1-5 available on audio!!! Snagged on Kobo.
1/5/2020 - Audio. Also available via KU.
This was my first book by K. A. Merikan (I literally found this book by poking around on my library's site and following "you might likes" from book to book until I stumbled on this. Libraries are awesome y'all!), but I'm definitely familiar with Joel Leslie. Later I purchased the audio box set of the entire series.
I was looking for something completely different and found it. I'm a sucker for age gap, Beast is 32, Laurent is 19 but the idea of time travel, an MC, a tattooed giant of a man and I was totally sucked in. At 15 hours, this was a big commitment - but worth every minute. While dark and serious, there were moments of levity to keep me from being overwhelmed.
While Beast & Laurent have a complete romantic story arc, this ends on an HFN. There’s a storyline that runs through all the books. So you need to listen to them all and in order. I’m excited to move on to My Dark Knight.
Leslie is just phenomenal in this book. Laurent and the devil's voices/accents could have easily come off as caricatures with anyone else. Instead they were dynamic. I was completely immersed in the world and never let out until the end.