Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: The Prince and His Bedeviled Bodyguard
SERIES: Paranormal Princes #1
AUTHOR: Charlie Cochet
NARRATOR: Greg Boudreaux
PUBLISHER: Coffee and Chaos Productions
LENGTH: 3 hppurs, 18 minutes
RELEASE DATE: December 26, 2019
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Prince Owin
Being a fierce predator – not at all adorable, despite my graceful stature – the last thing I needed was a bodyguard. Especially a wolf shifter, whose presence alone was an insult to my princely principles.
As prince of the Ocelot Shifters, I prided myself on my infallible feline instincts, uncompromising dignity, and flawless fashion sense. If having a canine follow me around at all times wasn’t bad enough, I now faced the most important moment of my entire life.
The time had come to prove I was worthy of my crown. If only I could find a way to get rid of the pesky bodyguard…
Grimmwolf
When the king of All Shifters asked me to guard Prince Owin, I admit I had no idea what to expect. Cat shifters tend to be a little intense, not to mention kinda cranky. Owin was no exception, though he seemed crankier than most.
Being his bodyguard was proving to be one of the greatest challenges of my life, but not nearly as great as convincing him there was something special between us.
When Owin was tasked with a perilous quest to prove his worth, I was determined to keep him safe, even if the same couldn’t be said of my heart.
REVIEW:
I didn’t know what to expect when picking up this audiobook. Well, I knew I was going to get a fabulous narration by Greg Boudreaux, that’s always a given. But for the rest I was kind of in dark. The title intrigued me, and Charlie Cochet has written some great stories in the past, so I figured I’d just dive in with an open mind.
Don’t go into it expecting anything serious or too deep, because you won’t get that here. What you do get is a fun and cutesy story about a spoiled ocelot shifter, diva extraordinaire and prince to boot. He’s sent on a quest to prove his worthiness of the crown. With him he has a wolf shifter; Grimm as his bodyguard.
Owin was the kind of character that I normally can’t stand. Convinced of his worth and entitlement and not much sense to him. But he was mostly written in a harmless and oblivious kind of way – and I have to agree with Grimm, he was kind of adorable. High maintenance but adorable.
The relationship between them kind of came out of nowhere, but I didn’t mind that all that much, this being a light-hearted shifter story and all. I loved their banter and interactions and in a strange way this cat and wolf really did fit together.
Greg Boudreaux was as predicted fabulous. He really, really, nailed Owin, the beyond spoiled prince. He was a diva personified and Boudreaux showed us that with every reaction Owin had to everything from hellhounds, mud and the lack of amenities in the forest. He also really got Grimm, and how he reluctantly started to care for Owin. How he tried to keep him from doing stupid things, trying to keep him alive. You could feel his protectiveness in every word Boudreaux spoke and it made you connect to him much more. There’s no doubt in my mind that Boudreaux’s narration enhanced my enjoyment of the story, I don’t think I’d had loved it as much if I’d read it.
The Prince and his Bedeviled Bodyguard was a fun little adventure and an interesting start to a new series. It’s the perfect book if you only have a moment but feel the need to get away.
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