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The Ritual

Written by: Shantel Tessier
Narrated by: Aiden Snow, Meg Sylvan
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NOW AN AMAZON TOP 50 BESTSELLER

An all-new dark standalone romance from the USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Shantel Tessier


THE CHOSEN ONE

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.

People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, it’s not. My entire life has been planned out for me. I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life. He offered me what no one else ever had—freedom.

I chose to be his. He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie. A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.

After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him. But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival. And the only way out was death.

Things to know about The Ritual
It is MF
TW (Please see the author's note on the inside)
J/P (jealous/possessive) Hero
OTT (over the top) Hero
This is a 150K word standalone romance that contains dark themes that may be triggering to some." Check authors website for TWs. shanteltessier.com

©2021 Shantel Tessier (P)2023 Shantel Tessier

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Narrating is horrible

What is with the narrating? The girl sounds annoyed all the time. It's really hard to listen to. She does better with the male characters. Even the male narrator doesn't sound very good. I guess I should have bought the book on kindle instead. 😒

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Not for me

Not for me. I tried outside my comfort zone and even read triggers. Not my cup of tea.

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Amazing book

I love every moment of the book but how do you say Ontario wrong? XD

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The narration isn’t very good

The narration made me dislike the story, The cadence and enunciation of both narrators voices is strange, I wasn’t able to finish the full book because of it.

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This wreck real life for me in a good way

This was my frist book series I was told to read and now I can’t stop thinking about these men I want them so bad but everything else I read can’t compare to this men. Great job

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Love it

Love that I found this, narrators are good and story line is great. I recommend for anyone looking for a story that keeps you guessing and has ability to surprise you

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Narration Change 🙌🏼

I purchased this audiobook when I heard it was changed to duet… and I’m so glad I did! Excellent voice actors and story. I truly hope the author switches all of her audiobooks to duet… I’d listen to them all!!

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Incredible listen

Narrators are incredible with great range as well as the author! Well written but I wasn’t a fan of the pregnancy at the end.

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Girl = unbearable, Guy = interesting

The guy is actually somewhat interesting. He has to juggle a few things all at once as we slowly discover his secrets.
The girl is unbearable and predictable throughout the story. As I am in the middle of the story, I tend to want to skip her narration section all the time. She is a static character, just a boring, tiny girl who has a kink. 😕

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his voice

Loved his voice. The story was good. there are definitely comes with trigger warnings. although you have to go to the website to get a full list

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