Immortal Born audiobook

Great Immortal Romance, can be read as a stand-alone!I really liked this book from start to finish. This was the 30th book in the Argeneau series and the first one that I have read. I thoroughly enjoyed it without feeling like I missed anything at all in not reading any of the previous books in the series.There was plenty of background information given to explain what was going on and it was done in a way that completely fit in with the story and didn’t feel like added spots of background information just dumped in to inform readers new to the series. The two main characters were Magnus, an immortal that has been alive since the late 700’s A.D. and Allie who is mortal, but is his potential life mate. She is also the adoptive mother to an immortal boy named Liam from her neighbor and best friend.The book (or series for that matter) has a different origin story for Vampires or Immortals as they are called. They don’t like it when they are referred to as Vampires. Which is pretty funny in the story. “He will not burst into flames under the sun. The boy is an immortal, not one of your mythical vampires.” Though they have different origins, and have a few other differences, the fact that they get so offended is pretty silly considering they must be the origin of the Vampire myths. Especially since some of them have been around since more than 1300 B.C. and they do have fangs and drink blood to survive. Plus they are very strong, have super speed, and can heal from just about any injury.The romance between Magnus and Ally is very sweet as well as sizzling hot. It seems newly mated couples can’t get enough of each other and their passion is overwhelming. There is also a storyline surrounding Liam, how Ally got him and rogue immortals after her that is very suspenseful. Overall the book was a terrific paranormal romance. It was a very believable story with a an awesome origin to the immortal race. I plan to read more of these books because I liked this one so much!Blog|Goodreads|Facebook|Instagram|Twitter|BookBub

I have always loved Lyndsay Sands writing! Whether it be her paranormal stories or her historical romances, she always writes an entertaining story with a ton of humour that makes me laugh out loud every time! The situations that she puts her characters in are ones either I can relate too, or something that is maybe a little over the top but hilarious!This book is the 30th instalment in the Argeneu series that features her sexy vampires! I have read the first 14 or so books a long time ago but had no problem picking this one up and reading it as a stand-alone! I did recognize quite a few of the secondary characters from past books; but it wasn’t essential to have knowledge of who everyone was in order to understand what was going on. I had read the blurb for this instalment and wanted to read it right away!I highly recommend this book, as well as this series! In fact, I am now wanting to go back and catch up on all of the books I’ve missed!!! These reads are sexy, romantic, and so very funny! A great read to take you out of the stress of everyday life!😬

Allie made a promise to her immortal neighbor that she would take care of her son if the people who were after her showed up, so when they did and the neighbor's house exploded after she was given the baby to take care of, she believed the mother to be dead. Now she had to take care of a vampire baby with no help. Magnus is an immortal (Think vampire but they call themselves immortal's) and he thinks Allie might be his mate, so when she's arrested for breaking into a blood bank, he checks it out. Allie hit her head during the robbery to get blood for little Liam so the officers wanted her to spend the night in the hospital but she escaped to go home, get Liam and move to a new location where the vampires couldn't find them. But the bad vampires (rogues) are waiting at her house and try to kidnap her until Magnus and his friend save her and Liam. While it's not how he wanted to introduce himself to her at least she knows he's one of the good guys. Allie isn't sure what to make of Magnus and his friends. She isn't sure she can trust them at first and some of them do come on too strong and make her uncomfortable with their questions about Liam and how she got him but the women were there to make it easier for her and explain things better than the men were doing. Magnus and the others realize that Allie and Liam are in danger once she tells them the name of the rogue that Liam's mother had told her had been keeping her and Liam's father captive when she escaped. It's then that Allie realizes how much danger she and Liam have been in but Magnus and the others assure her that she's safe now as long as she stays with them. I'm not sure I would have believed everything and felt safe with them at first either but they all did a good job of making her trust them. When the bad guy does finally come after her like I knew he would, Magnus and the others go out looking for her and to find the bad guy to get rid of him once and for all, since they knew about him and have been looking for this person for a while. I've been reading this series for some time so I really liked that we get to see some of the other characters that have been in the series. It's nice to get a look at how some previous characters are doing while reading a long series. I really enjoyed this book and liked that there was action right from the near beginning of the book. The pace was good and kept me reading, wondering what would happen next. I really liked Magnus and Allie together and liked the fact that they didn't fall for each other really fast, that it took a little time for her to fall for him.

A fun entry in the series. Enjoyed it a lot!

I was excited while reading this book to see that it revisits Port Henry and the characters from my very favorite book The Accidental Vampire.The book synopsis gives you all of the important information, but what it fails to let you know is just how exciting this book really was, how convoluted the bad guys became and how sexy this read was going to be in thought and in the deed!I also loved the fact that there was no cliff hanger the story was complete (view spoiler)[right to the issue of the bad guy, Abaddon (hide spoiler)].The only thing I am very unhappy with is that these newer books lack the humor and lightness of many of Ms. Sands's older books in this series.I am also unhappy to realize that I am missing a lot of the books in this series so I am going to have to do a lot of buying of backlisted books! Poor me, right?!*ARC supplied by the publisher.

** spoiler alert ** Well, as usual, I give this one five stars because I’m a fan. Bear that in mind. I will always give five stars to these books. Maybe I do a disservice to Lynsay by doing that but I’m sure she can handle it. I always get five stars worth of enjoyment out of these books. It’s a little like indulging in your favorite comfort food or going to your grandparent's house. That’s how these stories feel to me. I think you really need to have read the earlier books to properly appreciate this one.I was a little late to the game with this one. I think it’s because the forum on the author’s website is gone. That used to keep me up-to-date on when the next book was coming out. Been pretty distracted these days.I enjoyed Allie and Magnus’s story. As usual, there is an interesting twist to it all to keep it interesting. In this case, there’s a little boy to protect and a family to build. This is appropriate since, in the end, that’s what these books are really about, family. In this one we got to touch base with more of that extended family, to see how some of the characters from past books are doing. I love that about this series.At the beginning of the story, it seems that Magnus as already been tipped off by Marguerite that Allie was most likely his lifemate. We don’t hear any more about that, and I can’t remember if there was any mention of it at the end of the last book. Marguerite was in it. I suppose Marguerite just spotted her out shopping or something. Stephanie isn’t the only one in these books with a special gift.I love my visits to Port Henry. My favorite book in this series is The Accidental Vampire. Elvi’s story.Lucian is still a hard SOB. Good for him.Mabel is always fun.Speaking of Stephanie, things seem to be getting more worrisome than ever for her. I guess the threat here is that all these extra abilities might mess her up good and she’ll end up as a crazy no-fanger after all. I wonder if she can see her own possible futures. I suspect not. The answer probably lies with her future lifemate. She needs her own book soon.Along with the lifemate boom, there is a baby boom. I guess that makes sense.I knew there was a tracker in the necklace. Everything pointed to it and it was frustrating that they needed Stephanie’s superpower to find it. Someone has to tell these people that they’re in a story so they can follow the clues given by the author.I found it odd that they should mention that Allie had an incredibly rare blood type and then not have it be important to the plot somehow. I was sure when this “golden blood” came up that it implied a promise that it would be important later. Maybe later in the series?I hate nitpicking, but Allie is chained down when she starts her turn. When she wakes up the chains are gone. I know she can’t still be chained for the scene to work, but it would’ve been good to mention that, somewhere along the way, someone removed the chains when she was past the point of needing them. Otherwise, it just looks like an oversight. I had to stop and tell myself that someone had removed them and move on.For a guy who’s been making trouble for more than twenty-seven hundred years, Abaddon seems to have had a bad week. Maybe the whole lifemate thing put him off his game. If I had been him, a bit of a stretch since I’m not a murderous psychopath, I wouldn’t have wasted all that cannon fodder on a diversion, I would have sent them in with a frontal assault to grab the kid. It seems to me that, with the element of surprise, that would’ve had a much better chance of success. Perhaps he simply feared the enforcers so much that it messed with his head.Speaking of messing with someone’s head, when Allie’s father came up, I was wondering if Abaddon or one of his minions had plucked that out of Allie’s head and gone and found and turned him in order to mess with hers. It seems like the sort of thing they would do. Turning a religious fanatic into a kind of vampire which sure mess with him.Speaking of Allie’s background, when it came up I found it to be a very interesting coincidence because the previous book that I had just read was Educated by Tara Westover. If you like biographies about people who overcome terrible childhoods, you will definitely be rooting for the author in that one.Fun and interesting fact: Lindsey actually wrote a scene in this book that comes pretty close to the cover picture, at least on the one I read. Usually, the cover is just some generic picture of the man’s muscular torso which, in romance novel cover-code, indicates that there are lady-thrills inside. I tend to skim that part myself since I’m no lady. All covers like that do for me is show me the kind of torso I will never have.When Allie was snatched by the bad guys, I doubt many of us were surprised. I doubt Lynsay expected many of us to be surprised. There’s something comfortably familiar about being snatched by the bad guys and then finding a way to rescue yourself. Originality is overrated in my opinion. There is nothing new under the sun. I’ve seen books ruined by overzealous attempts to be original. Tell a good story and they will come.I guess it was appropriate that Basha should show up long enough to bash Abaddon. This was definitely a take-care-of-old-business sort of situation. Lynsay’s good for that sort of thing.All in all, as usual, I very much enjoyed another visit to the world of science-based immortals. It has its own special magic. I’m looking forward to where Lynsay will take us next. Will the evil Dr. Dressler finally get his reckoning? Will the Brass Circle stir up more trouble? Will there be an entirely new villain? Whatever it turns out to be, it’s bound to be entertaining. Keep up the good work, Lynsay, and don’t make us wait too long for Stephanie’s story.

I have been provided with a review copy of Immortal Born through Edelweiss for an impartial review. This is the thirtieth book in the Argeneau series and I didn’t think after thirty books in one series that you could come up with something new to say or a completely new storyline to take place. Well I was proven wrong this was just such a great book and I was just pleasantly surprised with this new story. I really enjoyed getting to meet these new characters and get to go along on their journey. I just had so much fun reading this story and the mix of new characters and old characters was just perfect and I just didn’t want it to end. I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.

4.5 starsI know I start off my reviews about the Argeneau series the same but, this is the 30th book in the Argeneau series and I am amazed that there aren’t plot repeats. Now, was this one of my favorites? Unfortunately, no. After following the series for so long and loving all the Argeneau’s, there were errors that really stood out. Also, it felt like there was a lot of filler in this story just to get it from point A to point B. I was thrilled with the story line and with the characters but, after so many books, you would think that there would be a way to check to make sure everything was correct.Allie was fearless throughout the story. She came to terms, immediately, with her fate because she would do whatever she had to do to protect Liam. She didn’t expect that she would fall in love through it all.Magnus was skeptical that Allie was his life-mate but made the trip to America to find out. As soon as he saw her, he knew. Now, he has to protect her and get her to understand that there is a difference between Vampires and Immortals. She got it quicker that he thought she would and she accepted it better than some others. Now, he had to explain life-mates and exactly what it would mean to them. But, there isn’t much time for that. He’s in love and she’s gone. Now, it’s time to get her back and show her exactly what she’s in for, for eternity. I enjoyed the story as long as I overlooked the errors and I had no choice but to skim over some parts of the book that seemed repetitive. But, Lynsay Sands knows how to weave a story … she knows when to bring in the humor, how to bring the drama to it’s height and then bring us a fun and beautiful happily-ever-after. Allies’ and Magnus’ story was fresh, new and special.Review copy provided for a voluntary review.

Allie Chambers’ has discovered that her next door neighbor is more than she appears. Allie believes her neighbor and infant son are vampires. Even though she believes them vampires, she has become an intregral part of their lives. But when Liam, the baby, is left in her care she does everything she can to keep him safe and fed…even if it kills her. Magnus never expected to find his life mate. So the shock of discovering her robbing a blood bank for an immortal child…he’s quite frankly shocked. Now, he must do everything in his power to protect the woman that was meant for him from vicious rogues.Allie did everything humanly possible to raise a child not her own. She would fight to the death to protect him when she is completely out of her league. What’s not to love a woman with that much conviction…absolutely nothing comes to mind, Allie was great.Magnus bonds quickly with both Allie and Liam and considers Liam his own to protect just as much as Allie. Again, amazing guy all around even if he is a little archaic in his thinking.Now onto the good stuff…HOLY HOTNESS, Sands writes a sizzling romance, amazing characters and a story that will touch your heart.Thirty books in and the Argeneau series is still going strong.I received this ARC copy of Immortal Born from HarperCollins -Avon. This is my honest and voluntary review. Immortal Born is set for publication September 4, 2019.

Love this addition to the Argeneau family!!Allie is amazing, with her willingness to step up and be mom to Liam and her mama bear is on point.Marcus, an amazing hero, he is so excited to have a life mate but he is willingly to wait for Allie to accept a whole new world. Their story is exciting and full of the whole family of Argeneau's, yes it can be read as a stand alone but it is fun to see characters from pervious books!!

I love this series. When I read the synopsis I was very excited. I knew that this book was going to be great. What I was not expecting was the time shift. There are a couple of things that happened within this book that surprised me. There are a lot of people from Port Henry that I have forgot. I think this book should have been maybe set released during the Port Henry miniseries. I thought this book was going to be more about the random vampire we were introduced in The Trouble With Vampires. With that book it still had that evil doctor still looming in the background. This book just doesn't seem to fit within this timeline. It's a good book but just off in the timeline.I did enjoy seeing all of the old people from Port Henry even if I did forget a lot of them. When I remembered the book that they were in I was 100% committed. I loved the relationship between Magnus and Allie. They fact they did not fall insta in love was a plus. I liked how Magnus allowed Allie to want to be with him and not force her into a marriage. I also enjoyed all of the kids that were introduced. Another good things about this books is that a villian from way back is no longer in the background. I guess we will see if the Argeneau clan and co can stop the doctor.

WOW, book #30? Who would have thought ? I have to say again that I miss those laugh out load earlier books that I loved so much, these newer books are more drama and violence with a dash of passion thrown in but they are still entertaining but in a much different fashion.In this one Allie and Magnus are the lucky couple and there is a bit of a twist to this story that has not been used before (I say this because many of these newer books are somewhat similar) and it played well although there was still a place or two I had to wonder if the author was getting tired and took a shortcut.So while this recent series of stories have been entertaining they will never rise to the 5 Star level of those original stories that had so much fun and laughter while still maintaining some intrigue.Bottom line: A solid 4 Star novel that was enjoyable even though it was a bit predictable in a couple of places but had some new twists also that I enjoyed so I give it 4 Stars but I love the series, for those less biased than I it might slip down to 3.5 Stars. It was still an enjoyable reading experience and I still love this family

Die Argeneau Reihe gehört zu meinen absoluten Lieblingsreihen. Ich habe jeden Teil als Hörbuch gehört und geliebt und dieser hier macht da keine Ausnahme.Magnus kannte man schon als Nebencharakter aus anderen Teilen, aber er war jetzt kein Charakter, der einem groß wegen etwas besonderem im Gedächtnis geblieben ist. Ich kann mich zumindest nicht daran erinnern. Er weiß von Anfang an, dass Allie seine mögliche Lebensgefährtin ist. So beginnt schon das Hörbuch. Er macht sich auf dem Weg zu ihr, weil Marguerite sie ausfindig gemacht hat. Dieses Zusammenfinden der Gefährten ist ja immer einer der zwei großen Teile der Geschichte. Der andere Teil enthält dann immer den Spannungsanteil und geht meist um eine Gefahr, die sich schon über mehrere Bände zieht. So war es auch hier. Man trifft also wieder auf einen alten Bekannten, der hier sein Unwesen treibt. Da dafür mehrere in Betracht kommen, für diejenigen, die die Reihe komplett lesen, will ich hier nicht spoilern. Allie und ihr Ziehsohn geraten also mit diesem Bösewicht aus einem bestimmten Grund in Konflikt und das zieht sich über das gesamte Buch. Sie muss sich selbst zur Wehr setzen und wird sowohl von Magnus als auch von etlichen anderen aus den Argeneau Clan unterstützt. Allie kannte man vorher noch nicht. Sie wird dabei erwischt, wie sie in eine Blutbank einbricht und Blut stehlen will. Warum sie das tun will, müsst ihr selbst herausfinden. Man trifft wieder auf viele Bekannte aus dem Argeneau-Kreis und gerade dieses mal nahm das Gemeinschaftliche einen recht großen Platz ein, was mir unheimlich gut gefiel. Auch mein Lieblingscharaktere, Lucian, hatte wieder einige herrlich amüsante Auftritte, durch seine etwas unsoziale, polterige Art. Allies Ziehsohn Liam ist sehr süß und ich lese gern Geschichten mit Kindern. Auch das gefiel mir daher sehr. Spannung gab es durch das ganze Buch hinweg, da man erst nicht recht wusste woher die Gefahr kommt, dann kommt es zur direkten Gefahr und zum Kampf. Wer die Bücher der Reihe kennt, weiß, dass sie meist nach dem gleichen Schema ablaufen. Mich stört das überhaupt nicht und ich mag diese moderate Spannung. Mir geht es viel mehr um das zwischenmenschliche und das bekomme ich hier geboten.Die Pärchen passen immer zusammen bei Lynsay Sands. Da hatte ich noch nie das Gefühl das etwas nicht passt. Hier wird auch jedem genug Freiraum eingeräumt, keiner wird eingeengt und die Frauen bleiben immer sehr selbständig. Auch wenn es oft heiß her geht, so spürt man immer den gegenseitigen Respekt und alles wirkt natürlich.Die Hörbuchfassung kann ich wieder sehr empfehlen. Ich finde es großartig, dass man konsequent bei dieser unglaublich guten Sprecherin bleibt. Für mich gehört Christiane Marx bzw. ihre Stimme einfach zu der Reihe dazu. Ich kann total abtauchen, weil ich ihr Lesetempo, ihre Stimmlage und ihre natürlich Art und Weise, wie sie Charaktere unterschiedlich liest, unglaublich angenehm finde.Story 5,0/5Charaktere 5,0/5Wohlfühlfaktor 5+/5Sprecherin 5,0/5Gesamt 5,0/5

This book is an excellent addition to this series; a sweet romance, and an action-packed paranormal tale, with plenty of entertaining scenes. If you enjoy those kinds of things, you should read this book, as well as the previous books in the series. No, it's not essential to have read the others before you read this one, since you won't be lost if you don't know who everyone is. I do suggest you try to though, since there are some things you'll only know about some of the characters if you've read their stories in previous books.