B. Gale

Amazing character and world building.

Revisado: 04-24-25

It wasn’t until the end of the first book in this series that I realized I’d read another series of books by this author. Lemme tell you - this series blew it out of the water. I got to know and love all of the characters to the extent that I felt like I was watching a movie. I love how there aren’t any forced twists and turns, which authors tend to do when the characters are flat. The narrators were amazing, as well - perfect cadence and voice inflection throughout.

The only thing that irked me were the use of phrases like “the center of her wetness” or “throbbing life organ” when describing a sex scene. It takes away from the otherwise fantastic connection the author was able to make (at least for me) between me and the characters.

Excited for the next book in the series and REALLY hope the same narrators are used.

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Airport mystery + bad daytime soap.

Revisado: 04-06-25

Maybe I’ve not been to enough small towns, but I find it hard to believe that small towns are this melodramatic. Moreover, the main character is repetitive, weak, and absolutely without substance. This isn’t the narrators fault, as they are reading what’s written.

If you are looking for a mystery with characters that you can connect with, and you’re not a fan of soap operas, I’d recommend skipping this.

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The writing is quite good, as is the story.

Revisado: 04-04-25

I’m about two hours into listening to the first book and I’m debating whether I can continue, specifically because the narrator is a bit.. cartoonish and off putting. I don’t know how else to describe it.

In the first book, I noticed they had an unique way of adopting a sing-song voice when starting some sentences or stating the chapter, but it wasn’t anything that distracted from their otherwise fantastic narration.

In this book, however, every character that displays any kind of malintent or anger comes across like an evil cartoon snake - hissy and whispery and completely unbelievable. It’s a bummer, too, because their normal narrator voice is so fantastic.

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Absolutely amazing.

Revisado: 04-02-25

This book had it all - fantastic characters, fantastic story, fantastic narration. I was literally bawling at the perfect ending. Highly recommend

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Regret using a credit.

Revisado: 04-02-25

I really tried to get into this, as it was so highly rated and I was looking for a great thriller. I got to the middle of the book and I couldn’t stand the constant pity party by the main character. The airplane scene was also intensely creepy to me, and not in a good way. Narrator was fine in the sense that they accurately embodied the donkey from Winnie the Pooh, but did nothing to make me want to listen.

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Great writing, absolutely awful message.

Revisado: 11-09-23

As a victim/survivor of DV and SA, the way they portrayed some of the incidents was right on, however (spoiler alert, so stop here if you don’t want a spoiler)





The way that the individuals magically healed from that trauma, the way two people celebrated the murder of a perpetrator, is horrible. First, regarding the trauma, I get that it’s a fiction and that the author wanted to wrap things up neatly. However, the statistics around victim/survivors being able to swallow and “carry on” after such incidents are not portrayed, and the message that one can/should suck it up is not okay.

Second, accident or not, deserved or not, murder is murder. The moment anyone starts justifying murder based on what the person who was murdered was like and did or did not do is one step closer to a nightmarish world where anyone can justify anything. Like, for example, justifying beating a woman to death because she cheated. It’s wrong.

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I loved the ending.

Revisado: 09-15-23

Without giving away too many spoilers, I think the final book was super appropriate. In fact, it always bothered me that the characters with that much power remained so pure and altruistic because it just doesn’t happen that way. If the book had ended with everyone holding hands and going into the sunset, I would have been super disappointed. Well done to the author and, of course, the amazing narrator.

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Lost sleep due to this series!!

Revisado: 08-24-23

First - this series is NOT for you if you dislike exceptionally well described scenes of murder, mutilation, sadism, dismemberment, etc. There were a few parts involving women that I had to skip because they were so detailed I started to feel sick.

That said, I literally couldn’t stop listening to this series - and two nights wasn’t able to press pause until 3AM. The character development is incredible with a TON of twists and turns. And, of course, RC Bray knocks it out of the park.

So well done.

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Blown away!!

Revisado: 07-15-23

I was not expecting a lot from this book, and was initially turned off because (not being Russian or having been in a metro station in Russia), I couldn’t imagine the setting.

However, this book is INCREDIBLE.

The character development is so well done and the setting is a perfect mix of dystopian and dark fantasy (like if the Dark Souls game had a baby with Snow Crash).

And the narrator is OUT OF THIS WORLD amazing. It’s so good that you feel like you’re watching a movie in your head.

Get this right now. You will not regret it.

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Entertaining.

Revisado: 06-06-23

First, the narrator is FANTASTIC. If it was another narrator I would have probably given up within the first twenty minutes. The book itself is entertaining. There’s a lot of heavy handed romantic subtext and I couldn’t help giggling at the hundredth “golden skin” reference in the book. The action is poorly detailed and the would-be scary parts are not as well done as as I’d like.

Still, a great read if you’re looking for something to keep your attention but won’t keep you up.

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