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Vampire Kings #1
Predators
Will has served three years of a life sentence for crimes he did commit.
According to society he deserves to never see the light of day again.
When a mysterious man named Maddox gives him an opportunity to be free, Will takes the deal.
Maddox has a special use for Will.
He needs someone he can bend until they break.
Someone he can make in his own image.
Maddox is not a man.
He is a vampire.
And Will is his next pet.
Will is about to learn he knows nothing about the world in which he lives — and nothing of his own true nature. Finally embraced for all he is, Will finds himself kneeling at the feet of the one he must call master, compelled to serve as a pet to the beast who stalks NYC.
But can Will truly be tamed?
And what happens when a monster falls in love?
Predators is a dark MM paranormal romance set in a contemporary urban fantasy world. Reader discretion is advised.
According to society he deserves to never see the light of day again.
When a mysterious man named Maddox gives him an opportunity to be free, Will takes the deal.
Maddox has a special use for Will.
He needs someone he can bend until they break.
Someone he can make in his own image.
Maddox is not a man.
He is a vampire.
And Will is his next pet.
Will is about to learn he knows nothing about the world in which he lives — and nothing of his own true nature. Finally embraced for all he is, Will finds himself kneeling at the feet of the one he must call master, compelled to serve as a pet to the beast who stalks NYC.
But can Will truly be tamed?
And what happens when a monster falls in love?
Predators is a dark MM paranormal romance set in a contemporary urban fantasy world. Reader discretion is advised.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 18, 2022
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Loki Renard
254 books1,096 followersAmazon Top 100, USA Today bestselling, and #1 bestselling author in multiple Amazon categories, Loki Renard writes sizzling hot, occasionally dark and twisted stories of dominance, submission and discipline.
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February 26, 2022
Good idea, but poorly designed. Very rushed development. Everything was played out too fast for the readers and that detracted from the story going deeper. Author wanted to make interesting plot wist, but none of them impacted me. All because the characters didn't have a good development.
A pity, initially it seemed to be promising, but was hampered by the author's anxiety to deliver an impactful story, it had the opposite effect.
It could have been told in a deeper and better way. It would be a stars 5 story if the author knew how to use the plot she created.
A pity, initially it seemed to be promising, but was hampered by the author's anxiety to deliver an impactful story, it had the opposite effect.
It could have been told in a deeper and better way. It would be a stars 5 story if the author knew how to use the plot she created.
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June 9, 2023
MM Romance
Vampire/Pup
NOT a stand-alone
2 Stars ⭐️
This book is weird and I can’t figure out if I want to keep reading the series. There are 5 parts to it and needs to be read in order. The gist is that vampires exist in the modern world but some of them are feral and kill/turn humans with no remorse so this ancient vampire picks a natural predator to train as his pup to take out the ferals. However, things don’t really go as planned and a bunch of wild shit happens.
This says dark but besides some murder I just didn’t feel the darkness. There’s some vamp characters that were just ridiculous and they made me laugh even though I think it was supposed to be scary? The thing is though I read this super fast and I enjoyed most of it. The ending made me super curious to see what happens to “the pup” but the fact I can’t remember either of the MCs names and I finished this yesterday doesn’t bode well. 🤷🏻♀️
Note: Despite this mentioning a pup, this is not pet play. And 3 stars was probably way too generous so I lowered it.
Vampire/Pup
NOT a stand-alone
2 Stars ⭐️
This book is weird and I can’t figure out if I want to keep reading the series. There are 5 parts to it and needs to be read in order. The gist is that vampires exist in the modern world but some of them are feral and kill/turn humans with no remorse so this ancient vampire picks a natural predator to train as his pup to take out the ferals. However, things don’t really go as planned and a bunch of wild shit happens.
This says dark but besides some murder I just didn’t feel the darkness. There’s some vamp characters that were just ridiculous and they made me laugh even though I think it was supposed to be scary? The thing is though I read this super fast and I enjoyed most of it. The ending made me super curious to see what happens to “the pup” but the fact I can’t remember either of the MCs names and I finished this yesterday doesn’t bode well. 🤷🏻♀️
Note: Despite this mentioning a pup, this is not pet play. And 3 stars was probably way too generous so I lowered it.
April 14, 2022
jaw cracking yawn 🥱
It's not like there was anything wrong with the book, I like the events and the plot and basically the whole of this book, but there wasn't... there wasn't any ZEST in the book. No THROBBING. No UGK I WANNA EAT THIS SHIT UP y'know?
There was just a lack of... a bit much of everything and add in how the book ended up becoming more plot heavy thus boring did not appeal to me at all and I had physically force myself to continue.
And what a shame y'all. Because that collar in that cover? I WANT IT AROUND MY NECK 🤌🏼
It's not like there was anything wrong with the book, I like the events and the plot and basically the whole of this book, but there wasn't... there wasn't any ZEST in the book. No THROBBING. No UGK I WANNA EAT THIS SHIT UP y'know?
There was just a lack of... a bit much of everything and add in how the book ended up becoming more plot heavy thus boring did not appeal to me at all and I had physically force myself to continue.
And what a shame y'all. Because that collar in that cover? I WANT IT AROUND MY NECK 🤌🏼
June 23, 2022
dnf-ed at 61%
I thought the blurb of this book seemed really interesting - the execution however was seriously lacking. I found the writing tacky, disliked all characters and the plot wasn't following any perceivable logic.
This was just plain bad and there is nothing more I have to say about it.
I thought the blurb of this book seemed really interesting - the execution however was seriously lacking. I found the writing tacky, disliked all characters and the plot wasn't following any perceivable logic.
This was just plain bad and there is nothing more I have to say about it.
March 23, 2022
2.5 stars
might be too generous cause i just didn't vibe with anything going on in this book 🤷🏻♀️
might be too generous cause i just didn't vibe with anything going on in this book 🤷🏻♀️
May 21, 2023
Story 3/5
Narration 4/5
Narration 4/5
February 12, 2025
3.5 stars
I liked this well enough though there were a few inconsistencies in how the characters were written — nothing major but sometimes there would be leaps in emotions / thoughts that didn’t quite connect. The writing could’ve used some cleaning up too, I found myself having to reread multiple sentences to make sense of them.
As for the plot, it was engaging on paper (human captured by a vampire to become his pet and do his bidding) but its execution was missing… something. The twist at the end was alright but could have been explained more creatively — there are some aggressive humans out there.
Expect
- Forced proximity
- Powerplay
- D/s dynamics
- Vampire x human
Kindle freebie: 26.12.24
I liked this well enough though there were a few inconsistencies in how the characters were written — nothing major but sometimes there would be leaps in emotions / thoughts that didn’t quite connect. The writing could’ve used some cleaning up too, I found myself having to reread multiple sentences to make sense of them.
As for the plot, it was engaging on paper (human captured by a vampire to become his pet and do his bidding) but its execution was missing… something. The twist at the end was alright but could have been explained more creatively — there are some aggressive humans out there.
Expect
- Forced proximity
- Powerplay
- D/s dynamics
- Vampire x human
Kindle freebie: 26.12.24
June 13, 2022
This was said to be a dark mm romance with BDSM. It was a silly farce that wasn’t the least bit dark. I’m not really crazy about vampire books, but I thought I was going to read something exciting. It wasn’t. It was ok.
June 22, 2022
Was this dark? Not really. Was the story itself good? Debatable. Did I enjoy ever word of it? Most definitely.
I generally do not read and do not enjoy dark romances, but picked this to read for a reading bingo… it might not have checked that square, but it offered up plenty more. I found this to be one of the most amusing books I’ve read this year.
I generally do not read and do not enjoy dark romances, but picked this to read for a reading bingo… it might not have checked that square, but it offered up plenty more. I found this to be one of the most amusing books I’ve read this year.
March 30, 2025
4.0
This is a little dark and it’s not over yet. This is only book one. There’s five in the series. But I feel like their love was very violent. I don’t even know if it’s love. Anyways, the ending wasn’t like a cliffhanger, there is more to come. I felt like the story was a little dark and they have a pain kink that was very present. A love hate relationship I guess you would say. I did enjoy it. And I do feel like it’s a good read.
This is a little dark and it’s not over yet. This is only book one. There’s five in the series. But I feel like their love was very violent. I don’t even know if it’s love. Anyways, the ending wasn’t like a cliffhanger, there is more to come. I felt like the story was a little dark and they have a pain kink that was very present. A love hate relationship I guess you would say. I did enjoy it. And I do feel like it’s a good read.
March 14, 2022
Fascinating and well written. The humor was just the kind I like.
January 18, 2023
Meh. The last bit picked up. But I do not think I'd be returning to this series for a while.
March 7, 2022
Phewweeee!
Like many of LR's work, its hot...bordering on non-con. This is no exception...
Hot sexy times with vampires & shhhhh...its a secret ! LoL...
Like many of LR's work, its hot...bordering on non-con. This is no exception...
Hot sexy times with vampires & shhhhh...its a secret ! LoL...
abandoned
March 5, 2022Feel free to ignore this as it is less of a review and more of food for thought for those who might be interested in this book. Also spoilers I guess but considering how I only got to the 20% mark before I bowed out, I don't know how spoilery this truly is.
Anyways, so Maddox and Will. They're fine I guess. There was even a moment that would have been cute and quirky had I cared about them, but there wasn't enough to establish either character to make me care. Especially Will. I'm sure he gets better but he's kind of awful in the beginning. Like, he's not a dynamic character at all nor is he someone I really want to read about or root four. Maddox is whatever. People are going to find him hot and stick around for the smut. I need more than that these days.
Here's why I dnf'd it. It is revealed that Maddox has acquired Will not just because he wants a pet/companion, but because he needs someone to hunt his own kind... I'm going to let that sit with y'all for a moment and when you're ready you can tell me how this makes any sense. And the more Maddox explains the less sense it makes. Why would the government hire a vampire to hunt other vampires? Except he's not actually hunting other vampires, he's using humans to hunt them. And he's hunting them because they are young and overfeeding. Wouldn't that be most vampires? And why pick a human for this job?? Mama, miss ma'am, if you can find the logic, please share the coordinates because I am all kinds of Lost.
I am sure this all starts to make sense later on, but this one Isn't for me. I like when paranormal books focused on either paranormals coexisting together or monsters beings monsters who use humans. And if it's going to stay in an urban fantasy setting, I need some logic. I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy this. It's pretty short and the writing isn't bad (it ain't great either but I digress). Tl;Dr if you're expecting depraved monster smut, this isn't it.
Anyways, so Maddox and Will. They're fine I guess. There was even a moment that would have been cute and quirky had I cared about them, but there wasn't enough to establish either character to make me care. Especially Will. I'm sure he gets better but he's kind of awful in the beginning. Like, he's not a dynamic character at all nor is he someone I really want to read about or root four. Maddox is whatever. People are going to find him hot and stick around for the smut. I need more than that these days.
Here's why I dnf'd it. It is revealed that Maddox has acquired Will not just because he wants a pet/companion, but because he needs someone to hunt his own kind... I'm going to let that sit with y'all for a moment and when you're ready you can tell me how this makes any sense. And the more Maddox explains the less sense it makes. Why would the government hire a vampire to hunt other vampires? Except he's not actually hunting other vampires, he's using humans to hunt them. And he's hunting them because they are young and overfeeding. Wouldn't that be most vampires? And why pick a human for this job?? Mama, miss ma'am, if you can find the logic, please share the coordinates because I am all kinds of Lost.
I am sure this all starts to make sense later on, but this one Isn't for me. I like when paranormal books focused on either paranormals coexisting together or monsters beings monsters who use humans. And if it's going to stay in an urban fantasy setting, I need some logic. I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy this. It's pretty short and the writing isn't bad (it ain't great either but I digress). Tl;Dr if you're expecting depraved monster smut, this isn't it.
March 16, 2023
1.5
I really wanted to like this. First chapter, I would have said I would. And then it slowly but surely fell apart. I think it had a LOT of potential but just kept not following through.
I wouldn’t really say the romance is anything. I felt like the authors writing style was good, but I just generally felt like the story was dull. Even when it came to the big reveal it kinda came out of nowhere and was wayyyy too easy. The sex scenes weren’t detailed enough to really be hot, plus there was really a lack of emotion other than maybe submission and dominance.
I really wanted to like this. First chapter, I would have said I would. And then it slowly but surely fell apart. I think it had a LOT of potential but just kept not following through.
I wouldn’t really say the romance is anything. I felt like the authors writing style was good, but I just generally felt like the story was dull. Even when it came to the big reveal it kinda came out of nowhere and was wayyyy too easy. The sex scenes weren’t detailed enough to really be hot, plus there was really a lack of emotion other than maybe submission and dominance.
January 4, 2023
Predators by Loki Renard is a dark MM urban fantasy paranormal romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Theo Sinclair. This is the first book in the Vampire Kings series.
This is the second book of Loki's that I have read, and it won't be my last. I am intrigued by the relationship between Will and Maddox. I can't wait to see how it will progress over the course of the series.
Theo did a great job on the narration. I look forward to listening to more of his work in the future.
I would recommend this book if you like MM romances, paranormal romances, or urban romances.
The Flock Team
This is the second book of Loki's that I have read, and it won't be my last. I am intrigued by the relationship between Will and Maddox. I can't wait to see how it will progress over the course of the series.
Theo did a great job on the narration. I look forward to listening to more of his work in the future.
I would recommend this book if you like MM romances, paranormal romances, or urban romances.
The Flock Team
January 28, 2023
I went into this one completely blind.
3 star listen
M/m dark romance
Our mmc is taken from jail by his vampire master.
Short listen with a lot of arse play and dark tendencies.
I enjoyed the narrator is was one I havnt heard before and he really fit the story.
Gifted audio.
A few twists that I enjoyed too.
3 star listen
M/m dark romance
Our mmc is taken from jail by his vampire master.
Short listen with a lot of arse play and dark tendencies.
I enjoyed the narrator is was one I havnt heard before and he really fit the story.
Gifted audio.
A few twists that I enjoyed too.
March 7, 2022
Maddox frees Will from prison. Will is a murderer.
Will is to be a pet to Madds beast and so much more. He was a bad guy, now he's food.
There are secrets to be revealed and much more s@x, which for me, is hot as can be. I'm looking forward to the next book!
Will is to be a pet to Madds beast and so much more. He was a bad guy, now he's food.
There are secrets to be revealed and much more s@x, which for me, is hot as can be. I'm looking forward to the next book!
April 17, 2022
This is my first read from this author and I was not disappointed. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series!!
June 27, 2022
Loved the idea of this book but it wasn’t executed well, the first 50% was very rushed and not that enjoyable to read but I did enjoy the last 50%.
June 27, 2022
I don’t think I was supposed to laugh this hard! Captain Candy😂 Bert & Ernie🤡 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was dry. Literally.
This was dry. Literally.
May 25, 2022
DNF at 51%, I was going to struggle on with this one but, upon reading a few fellow goodread reviews I don't see this book getting any better. The sex scenes are short and dull, I mean come on, with that cover you expect a little more. This book doesn't read at all like what this is marketed as, I feel tricked. I'm halfway through this book and there's nothing to look forward to. I feel no connection to any of the characters and not much happened. I don't think this is the series I'm looking for which is sad because the blurb sounded so good.
April 26, 2024
I think it's because I listened to the audio book, but when he compared his dick to a hot-rod that already made me want to decompose myself
February 21, 2022
While the storyline has potential, the book itself is... lacking.
Renard is unable to really connect with Their characters in order to bring them to life. The characters' personalities and behaviours are severely contradictory to how they are repeatedly described to actually be -something that is very evident almost immediately. All of this is only exacerbated by it not being done in First Person.
Renard comes across less as an author of several books, and more like a girl in her early teens who has no real concept of the Darkness within some People.
Moments of brutality showed only surface comprehension of the acts without any real intimate understanding. In Reality, they were merely shallow attempts to convey things far more Sinister.
This book proved to be a disappointment almost straight away and never managed to rectify that -even as expectations got lower and lower.
Renard is unable to really connect with Their characters in order to bring them to life. The characters' personalities and behaviours are severely contradictory to how they are repeatedly described to actually be -something that is very evident almost immediately. All of this is only exacerbated by it not being done in First Person.
Renard comes across less as an author of several books, and more like a girl in her early teens who has no real concept of the Darkness within some People.
Moments of brutality showed only surface comprehension of the acts without any real intimate understanding. In Reality, they were merely shallow attempts to convey things far more Sinister.
This book proved to be a disappointment almost straight away and never managed to rectify that -even as expectations got lower and lower.
March 5, 2022
Cansado de las sinopsis prometedoras con desarrollos meh. Este fue uno de ellos, un inicio bueno y decente que me tenía ahí, el problemas es cuando empezó a perder el hilo del desarrollo. Y los demás capítulos terminaron siendo contradicciones sin sentido, personajes planos, y sin un rumbo fijo
March 18, 2022
Refreshing, cheeky, entertaining, interesting and exciting - a bit fast at times and not as Dark as expected - really very good and so delicious, almost devourable in one go if the real world wasn't always vying for attention!
January 11, 2023
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙤𝙭 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧𝙨. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.
Predators is the first book in the Vampire Kings series by Loki Renard and is Maddox and Will's story.
Maddox has been watching Will in prison for the last year and has an ultimatum for him, stay in jail or come with him. Will decides to take Maddox up on his offer but is unaware of the deal he made with the devil.
Predators is my first book by Loki Renard and unfortunately, I think it will be the only one. The blurb for this book sounded so promising but just did not match how I thought the book was going to play out. Things were going ok until a side character was introduced and basically took over the story.
This was also my first narration by Theo Sinclair and I did enjoy him as a narrator as a whole but his inconsistency with Will's accent really got to me by the end of the audiobook. I will give Theo another shot as I did enjoy his voice.
Get ready for... mm, paranormal, dark, urban fantasy, BDSM, dual first-person pov.
3 Maple Leafs with a heat level of 5 Flames
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Predators is the first book in the Vampire Kings series by Loki Renard and is Maddox and Will's story.
Maddox has been watching Will in prison for the last year and has an ultimatum for him, stay in jail or come with him. Will decides to take Maddox up on his offer but is unaware of the deal he made with the devil.
Predators is my first book by Loki Renard and unfortunately, I think it will be the only one. The blurb for this book sounded so promising but just did not match how I thought the book was going to play out. Things were going ok until a side character was introduced and basically took over the story.
This was also my first narration by Theo Sinclair and I did enjoy him as a narrator as a whole but his inconsistency with Will's accent really got to me by the end of the audiobook. I will give Theo another shot as I did enjoy his voice.
Get ready for... mm, paranormal, dark, urban fantasy, BDSM, dual first-person pov.
3 Maple Leafs with a heat level of 5 Flames
*A copy was kindly provided to Canadian Girl Book Blog*
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March 31, 2023
Don't be fooled by the blurb and the cover.
Plot: 👌
Characters: 👌
Spice: 🌶️
Plot: 👌
Characters: 👌
Spice: 🌶️
May 25, 2022
Dnf@32%. Wow, this was not what I expected from the amazing blurb. The characters were pretty meh and made random choices and decisions that didn't seem logical for what was happening.
Like The vamp training a human to hunt other vamps? How and why? Why don't more powerful vamps just hunt these humans or why doesn't the vamp turn will into a vamp and then make him hunt vamps? And the whole puppy thing gives me werewolf vibes that just never really clicked.
Also, will jumping out the window to escape even tho the drop is deadly and he has a tracking collar around his neck. Is he suposed to be impulsive or stupid? Because everything he's done, from beating the guard to jumping out the window makes him seem kinda dumb.
Finally, the smut is super lackluster. Its short, boring and nondescript. For how dark the premise and blurb, I expected a lot of build up, steam and mental games. But the smut just seems smacked in there just to say its there and Maddox is way more bark than bite since he's pretty light handed with Will and Will doesn't even seem to care enough for it to be dubcon.
Yeah, idk. I thought this looked awesome by the cover and blurb. Very disappointed in what it really was.
Like The vamp training a human to hunt other vamps? How and why? Why don't more powerful vamps just hunt these humans or why doesn't the vamp turn will into a vamp and then make him hunt vamps? And the whole puppy thing gives me werewolf vibes that just never really clicked.
Also, will jumping out the window to escape even tho the drop is deadly and he has a tracking collar around his neck. Is he suposed to be impulsive or stupid? Because everything he's done, from beating the guard to jumping out the window makes him seem kinda dumb.
Finally, the smut is super lackluster. Its short, boring and nondescript. For how dark the premise and blurb, I expected a lot of build up, steam and mental games. But the smut just seems smacked in there just to say its there and Maddox is way more bark than bite since he's pretty light handed with Will and Will doesn't even seem to care enough for it to be dubcon.
Yeah, idk. I thought this looked awesome by the cover and blurb. Very disappointed in what it really was.
May 24, 2023
I loved this book! I read a few other books by this author and enjoyed them, but as soon as I saw this audiobook and that it was a MM romance I was beyond excited. Great world building. I really loved all the characters. Their personalities were all different and it really made each one stand out apart from each other. I loved the dynamic between Maddox and Will. As a vampire with an overall calm personality, Madd easily drew my attention. But I found I was completely enthralled with Will, too. There was violence in him, but also loyalty, and I liked how he was with Madd. I also really liked Lorien. He was a sassy thing, and a lot of fun.
I listened to this on audiobook narrated by Theo Sinclair. This was my first time listening to Theo and I am in love. All the characters had distinct voices/accents and were easy to differentiate between. I loved his use of different tones. I will probably hunt around for more books he's narrated just to hear more of his voice work.
I am beyond excited for the next book! I looked them up and discovered the the entire series has concluded in ebook. Now I'm at war with myself if I should read them all or if I have the strength to hold out so I can listen to them first.
Overall: 5 stars
Performance: 5 stars
Story: 5 stars
I listened to this on audiobook narrated by Theo Sinclair. This was my first time listening to Theo and I am in love. All the characters had distinct voices/accents and were easy to differentiate between. I loved his use of different tones. I will probably hunt around for more books he's narrated just to hear more of his voice work.
I am beyond excited for the next book! I looked them up and discovered the the entire series has concluded in ebook. Now I'm at war with myself if I should read them all or if I have the strength to hold out so I can listen to them first.
Overall: 5 stars
Performance: 5 stars
Story: 5 stars
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