Really good

So glad I found this author. This is the first book I've listed to by them but will be getting the next in the series. It's got a good flow, comedic moments and is just a lovely easy to listen to story about an unexpected couple.

Greg is always a great narrator, and this is no exception. A narrator can absolutely make or break a book but he did a brilliant job so thank you to him!

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What a gem!

This book was a wonderful surprise. Great worldbuilding, riveting story, some snarky humor and interesting characters. I love Quentin and Ted. I’ve listened to other narrations by Greg Boudreaux, and liked them very much, but this narration is superb! The way he uses different voices, giving life to each character, is just… Wow! I bought the next two audiobooks before I even finished this one.

Very welcome endeavour into something different

I looked for a change in listen and chose this on a whim... and really enjoyed it. All my comments are subjective other then that I listened to it in one day and will now be starting the second book.

Cute and funny!

The history of how totally wrong a matchmaking agency can be in the sup(ernatural) world and where AI isn’t what you think!

Loved it

What a lovely book, funny, shifters and marriage, what more could we ask for? Oh yes, supernatural marriages that go wrong.

Ted wanted to marry a Beaver shifter to help him finish a cabin in the woods. Being a bear shifter himself, it seemed that would be ideal. However, paperwork was amiss, and he ended up married to an Incubus who was destined for a Vampire. So yep, we get to meet all sorts of shifters and sups.

I really enjoyed E.J. Russell's style of writing. It keeps my brain occupied all the time, and having it narrated by Greg finished it perfectly. Great book.
I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

Greg Boudreaux was a pleasure to listen to, clean and concise. I speed this narration up to 1.20 on Audible, which is usual for me.

Single White Incubus
Supernatural Selection, Book 1
By: E. J. Russell
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
Series: Supernatural Selection, Book 1
Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

❤❤❤❤ Overall
🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧Narration
📚📚📚📚 Story
Read at 1.20 speed on Audible

Loved it!

4.5 Stars!

I absolutely loved this first book in the Supernatural Selection series! Funny story here, I read book 2 in the series a while ago, and have book 3 in my Kindle, but I hadn't read Single White Incubus yet. Bad Mari, I know, so many books and too little time. So, thankfully, when I saw the audiobook, I knew I had to listen to it.

Ted was the most adorable cinnamon roll of a bear shifter, a gentle giant, with more heart than brains (and I say this lovingly, because he was so sweet). It took me a while to warm up to Quentin, though, he was eh, not as charming as Ted, but once he started developing deeper feelings for Ted, he totally won me over. I just adored them together and I wish we'd have more page-time with them as a couple, but I was fairly happy with what we got.

I loved catching up with David and Alun, Mal, and Matt! And that scene with Quentin as Ted's advocate was all kinds of awesome!

Greg Boudreaux always does such a great job in his narrations, he has a huge range of voices and they're all amazing, which works especially well in ensemble-heavy books like this one.

Overall, Single White Incubus is a definite recommendation by me. It's a fun, engaging, steamy read, I was a bit annoyed at Quentin for a while, but I got over that and ended up rooting for him and Ted to find their HEA.

Matchmaking Gone Awry

Supernatural Selection is a matchmaker for, well, the supernatural. E.J. Russell has written many books about these creatures – many shifters, others with special powers – and I’ve enjoyed the audios that accompany them. I especially have a soft spot for the characters from the Fae Out of Water series and am always thrilled to see Alun make appearances and I truly enjoy his husband David who always just comes up with the best solutions to supernatural crises.

This story is about a bear shifter, Ted Farnsworth, and an incubus, Quentin Bertrand-Harrington. Both men signed up for the matchmaking services for different reasons, both signed their contracts without reading them carefully and – you guessed it – they wind up married to each other. Talk about opposites attract. Ted lives up in the woods and rarely goes to town. When he does, he’s apt to get into mischief because he’s so lonely. Quentin is incubus royalty from the East Coast who will very much be missed by the matron of the family who has no tolerance for antics like running off to marry so lowly bear shifter.

The men try to get the marriage ended, but that creates a whole new set of problems, and they soon realize maybe there was a reason the matchmaking service put them together in the first place. More pressing, however, is Ted’s troubles with his previous antics, and it’s up to Quentin to save him. With the help of a few friends.

I enjoyed the story – as I have all of Ms. Russell’s books – and I can recommend this one. Rounding out the pleasure is Greg Boudreaux’s lovely narration. I can’t wait for the next two books.

Loved it so much!

This is one of my favorite series, and I enjoyed a lot how the author created so many stories all part of the same world. Mr. Boudreaux made a wonderful job in this narration, and the way he brought all these beloved characters to live was outstanding. Ted and Quentin's fight to be together regardless everyone and everything is emotional, inspiring and of course, sweet and steamy. I loved every second of it!

A nice story, but not my favourite in this series.

This is the first in the Supernatural Selection series, but fourth in the overall Mythmatched universe. I will quickly list the reading order here as it is not obvious on Audible, Amazon or Goodreads that they are all related:

Fae Out of Water (Kendrick brothers)
1. Cutie and the Beast (also available on Audible)
2. The Druid Next Door (also available on Audible)
3. Bad Boy's Bard (also available on Audible)

Supernatural Selection
4. Single White Incubus (forms a duology with Vampire with Benefits)
5. Vampire with Benefits
6. Demon on the Low-Down

7. Howling on Hold (also available on Audible)
8. Possession in Session (a free ebook download from the author's website when you subscribe to the mailing list)
9. Witch Under Wraps (also available on Audible)

You could enjoy the Supernatural Selection series without having first read the Fae out of Water trilogy, but there is a lot of world-building that happens in those first three books, and all of the main characters are recurring through the rest of the books.

I first read the whole of Mythmatched just over a year ago, and I remember being delighted that the world had been continued beyond the Kendrick brothers' stories. I am similarly happy that these books are now being brought to audio.

This was my first MM paranormal/fantasy universe, and got me hooked on the genre, and MM in general. I have a fondness for the universe as a whole, but enjoy some of the books much more than others.

The premise of Single White Incubus is a fun one, and I love that it forms a duology with Vampire with Benefits, with the events in both books occurring concurrently. However, for a romance, I have to really love the main characters and the couple together for me to be truly ecstatic about the book, and that is not how I feel in this case.

I'm not a huge fan of Ted in this book - although I have to say that he redeemed himself considerably in my eyes in Howling on Hold. In this book he is really very childish, selfish, and - aside from what he can do for him physically - I can't feel that he's a very good partner for Quentin.

The things I really enjoyed in this book are how much Quentin loves Ted, and how fiercely protective he is of him. I was also really struck by both characters' use of the word "husband" as though it was a magic word, a dearest dream. It is such a treat to spend more time with the characters beloved from the Fae out of Water trilogy. I would certainly recommend this book if you enjoyed those three books, and also to set up the scenario for Vampire with Benefits. One of the MCs from that book - my dear, sweet Casimir - is one of my absolute favourite characters from the whole universe!

Greg Boudreaux's narration is, as ever, flawless. I am a big fan of his work, so I feel like my next words are a blasphemy.

Ideally I would have rather Joel Leslie narrate the whole of the Mythmatched universe.

It has been a while since I listened to the Fae out of Water series, and so gave this recording as fresh as ear as I am able. The truth is that had I not listened to the previous three books, I would be absolutely over the moon with this narration. However, I did listen to them, and Joel Leslie's work on those audiobooks are some of the best I have ever heard. Joel is particularly talented with the numerous nuanced British accents, and this was on full display in Fae out of Water, His accent work is exquisite in those books, and absolutely faithful to the text. Considering the number of recurring characters, I imagine it would be very jarring if I ever wanted to listen to Supernatural Selection straight after Fae out of Water.

Greg has done a brilliant job with this book, but it is difficult to have a change in narrator at any time, even when going from one exceptional narrator to another.

However Imperfect You're Perfect For Someone.

MM, Paranormal, Shifter, Urban Fantasy Romance. I laughed so much listening to this story, I thoroughly enjoyed it and I was cheerleading from the start. I loved the narration from Greg Boudreaux, he really did justice to the characters. There are a few angsty moments but overall it's light and sweet. Guaranteed HEA.