Alexandra

Still love the series but Why the inconsistencies?!

Revisado: 01-08-23

Is this being written by someone else? Belinda should have already known about Chanel since she was in the South of France with Georgie. She also already apprenticed with Chanel at the end. I still like the stories but first the narrator changes then there are inconsistencies like this. It’s driving me mad.

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Re: Jill’s Love Life - Please Just Listen to Kathy!

Revisado: 02-10-20

Why does Jill get so incredibly delusional when it comes to Luther Stone? As in...not the the kind of protagonist or even heroine I want to root for. I find myself skipping over her any of the parts having to do w her love life - I want to be entertained not irritated.

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Stretching it out too much!

Revisado: 02-10-20

I get that this is light reading but it’s seems like Jill is purposely going from simple naïveté (which is OK at first) to completely stupid and even a bit entitled just to keep the story going. Seems a little too late now since there are so many books to go but I wish it was kept to Quality over Quantity.
I’ll probably still keep listening as I do enjoy the performance of some characters like Barry, Grandma, and the Twins and the now-familiarity of the two worlds. But please stop making Jill act inept just to keep the “plot” going. And by plot I mean that of the stand-alone book. When does the overall plot kick back in?!

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Only halfway through and trying...

Revisado: 10-29-19

...but it’s as if I’ve been sitting listening to a masochistic woman vent for hours. She even says she’s like a drug addict. The minute I think I can get in her corner she starts playing the worst kind of victim - the kind that feeds off of the pain. Listening to this makes me feel like I’M going insane with her.
I’ll give it a little longer. Maybe I’ll fast forward a couple of chapters to see if there’s some redemption to look forward to.

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So glad I finally gave this a chance!

Revisado: 01-04-18

First, I should mention that I am a big fan of Drew Hayes' SuperPowereds Series. Yes, the storyline and characters may seem sophomoric but he does a great job at showing that merely possessing powers/magic isn't sufficient - but when adding cunning and ingenuity to a character, it is much easier to appreciate and connect to them. He does the same for NPC's, though they are very different storylines.

OK, for my review:
As someone who had to look up what RPGs, NPCs, etc. meant, I was thoroughly surprised how much I ended up liking this book. It took me a long, long time to commit to giving it a chance - and even after purchasing, I almost returned it after a few chapters. What the Heck was going on?!

Again, I'm glad I stuck with it. Drew Hayes does an amazing job of bringing seemingly mundane things to life (in this case, a table-top dice rolling role-playing game - apologies to the gamers out there if that's not an actual term or whatever). In any case, enjoyed this as you get different viewpoints - sometimes you hate Adventurers and then others you don't. I like the multiple perspectives, though of course the meat of it is from the NPC's as they are the stars of the show.

Though the characters aren't as well-developed as in SuperPowereds, this was a fun read/listen nevertheless. You most definitely have to be in the mood for a superficial, easy, yet fun time. You're not going to get an Enders Game-type of experience from this. But it's definitely road trip-worthy!

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