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The Rebound Audiolibro Por Leeanne Slade arte de portada

Sputtering slow burn with a single POV; BORING

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-17-25

It's official. I'm waving the white flag. I give up. This book is officially DNR. Yes, I do mean D-N-R as in Do Not Resuscitate. I will say the narrator, Claudia Jessie, did a good job. Too bad she didn't have better material to work with. *spoilers* The book started out lame with Kitty laying on the break room floor in a panic attack over her 7 year live in boyfriend, Archie, proposing marriage (Hello Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City) and Leo, the other guy, tripping over her prone body and falling on top of her. He comes to the rescue, gets her upright and moving again. Then, she tells him she doesn't want to get married and just keep things as they are right before entering their engagement party. When he starts to break up with her she asks for "a break over the summer" only to find he'd opened, and left out, a box of condoms on their bedside table after texting her to come get her stuff. (Hello Ross and Rachel in Friends) Then there is a scene where she wallows in misery, talks shop with her co-workers, and considers her life choices in true Woe is Me drama queen fashion that lasts WAY too long. The problem with a book like this is with a single point of view and a FMC that spends 90% of her time in her own head going over every neurotic insecurity and poor choice made in her life it kills the story and any ability to actually LIKE the FMC. I was only on chapter 7 of listening to whine after whine, sob after sob, etc. The one thing that COULD have encouraged me to keep listening was the implication of the interaction with Archie and Leo. SEVEN chapters in and so far the interaction with them summed up to less then 5% of the plot line. Leo, who once again, was there for Kitty while she was falling apart, suggested she concentrate on herself and get some experience under her belt during the break (yes THAT kind of experience) and she decided it was a good idea. There was an underlying hint that he'd support her in all the ways giving me a brief glimmer of hope that the story was about to get interesting. Nope, Exit Leo and we find ourselves locked in a boardroom during a prolonged strategy meeting about her job while she does the whole internal monologue woe is me thing again. So here we are, held captive while she repeats the same things she went over earlier again and again. I sometimes wonder if the writers of these things forget they've already covered these things in the last umpteen internal monologues they've subjected us to and don't realize they just keep repeating the same things worded a little differently each time. I gave up before she made it out of the board room. Word to the author...if it takes SEVEN chapters (possibly more, who knows because I gave up at that point) to get the romance going in ANY kind of direction in your romance novel and start talking about the main FMC and MMC in the same chapter interacting with each other on a regular basis (not even romantically, just having a conversation or witty banter), you need to re-think what kind of book you're trying to write. Romance novels are a dime a dozen out there in all kinds of shapes, sizes, and genres. Most romance readers get impatient with a book like this that takes TOO long to give up the goods (no, I'm not talking about sex. I mean the actual romance). They have too many alternative choices out there and will just either put the book down or return it and walk away. If they are first time readers you've lost them altogether and earned a reputation as boring. Nothing wrong with a slow burn as long as there's something interesting burning. Otherwise it's just a literary sleeping pill.

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Bear Ex Next Door Audiolibro Por Roxie Ray arte de portada

The narrator reads everything like a question.

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-14-25

Anyone who listened to the excerpt of Steff's story at the end of Book 1, Next Door Dragon Daddy, will agree with me when I say that it DOES NOT fit with the plot in this book. Not even a little. It leaves you with an impression of surprise daddy scenario where the MMC finds out he has a kid he never knew about. I actually like those and that was what led me to purchase this book. I was looking forward to enjoying that story by another new writer (they are hard to find, let me tell you) only to be disappointed by pampered princess in needs of rescuing by high school sweetheart who broke her heart years ago and left her alone. You would think this is where her kid would come in but it turns out that the kid in the excerpt is her NEPHEW not her SON. The story does offer little things that may lead you to believe otherwise...she sends her brother money to help support her nephew, her nephew is a very talented baseball player, much like Steff, he's really fast and agile on the field able to hit the ball really hard and run really fast, he has some similar physical traits to Steff, etc. That is apparently where it ends. I have to admit, after what seems like a lot of deliberate misdirection by the writer with much effort in an attempt to keep us enthralled, it just gets tired, old, and repetitive. It's like having a make out session with someone who has no idea when it's time to start moving the make out session in a definite direction of progression to more intense interaction. You can only take so much kissing, hugging, etc without any really action before you want to toss that sucker off your couch and out the door then go wrap things up yourself.(It's sad that I know that analogy. lol) Only in this case the frustration makes you want to toss the book out the door and leave it there. This book is more enemies to lovers then surprise daddy. I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the enemies to lover genre. I just can't enjoy the constant bickering, one up man ship, and fuming. That is NOT my idea of a good time. lol Not knocking it, just not my cup of tea. This is why it is so important to classify books with the correct genre so a perfectly good book, if it is read by the right person, gets a bad review due to someone like me purchasing it then being disappointed by the contents. I'm not going to say there are no bad books (there are, i've found them. lol) just misunderstood ones.

NARRATOR REVIEW:
EJ Moore is not one I'm familiar with. As far as I know this could be her first read (congrats if it is) and she may have been nervous or unsure how she wanted to portray the characters. So anything I say after this on her talent is meant as constructive criticsm to help her improve her future endeavors. I promise, I only mean to help. The reading of this book was ok...for the first 2 chapters. After a while it starts to wear on you as every sentence is emphasized making the person sound surprised or curious constantly while trying to ensure the person in the book with them the words are being directed at is listening/hearing them and comprehending their great importance. Not everything has to be serious. Even the lines that were meant to be light, fun came across as too dramatic. (please don't giggle the words. nothing will turn a listener off faster then that especially if it's done too much. Oh, and singing. Listeners HATE that. I have yet to listen to a single narrator that could sing in the story. We like them for their reading not singing) Watch your inhales. Nothing takes you out of the story then a narrator that sounds like they are gasping throughout the entire book. When you come to the end of a sentence monitor your tone so you're not always ending it on an upswing. This is what makes it sound like a question. Then be careful where you choose to pause and use them in the right places not at the end of every sentence. Like between chapters (this gives us a clue a new chapter is beginning) (also you struggled with that a little. Your sentences tended to run together even with the pausing.) If the chapters are separated by character of the story and said chapter is actually titled with the character speaking in the chapter, then say their name to give us a heads up that the chapter coming up is changing thought/character tone. Your voice changeovers sometimes missed this. You have a lovely voice, I would like to see you grow and progress so we may continue to enjoy it with just a little polish. I hope you take my words with the encouragement they are meant to be and not as an insult. Also, keep in mind this is just one person's opinion and I don't intend to speak for all but, maybe after listening to your performance yourself, you find that one or two of my points may apply then all the better. I wish you all the luck in the world. Happy reading.

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Lover Boy Audiolibro Por Cassie-Ann L. Miller arte de portada

Literary romance see saw trope

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-10-25

This story is the reason why women stay in bad relationships with insecure man children who use every excuse in the book to avoid committing.

Red flag #1; Reese said the mental word "save" when referring to Leo in the beginning. If you have to save the man to begin with walk away. A man who won't put in the work and do what needs to be done to save HIMSELF is definitely not in a position to be an equal partner, especially if it means seeking psychiatric help. Stop enabling men who view women as "the one" who's going to fix everything wrong in his life. A man shouldn't need a woman to prop him up. He doesn't need rescuing, saving, or fixing because he's strong on his own and that means he's strong enough to stand on his own feet. He WANTS you in his life, not NEEDS. Otherwise you end up in the exact situation this book is all about by "settling" for less then you want in the beginning hoping that it will become the thing you want, aka friends with benefits that never progresses to more until all your time and hard work invested in this set up builds him up to be the man you knew or hoped he could be only to have him dump you to move on to another woman who didn't put up with that crap to begin with. Yes, yes, I know that's not what happened in the book but it does in reality.

Red Flag #2: A man doesn't offer a friends with benefits arrangement to a woman he respects. Especially to his best friend's little sister and his kid's baby sitter. That tells you he's a selfish individual who only cares about his own wants and needs above any woman out there no matter the major impact it could have on other significant people in his life: his kid and his friend. That is until he needs a reason/excuse to push her away then he hauls them forward placing them in front of him like a human shield instead of admitting his own insecurity and need for the afore mentioned psychiatric help. Only when he starts to feel the need to (as it's so charmingly put in the book) "get his d**k wet" does he venture out from behind them to do so then scurry back again. There was a lot of that in this book. Words and phrases that most women would never use; usually those are found in a man's locker room. Extremely off putting. Referring to certain female parts as a "hole" tells you a lot how he regards that woman. Like she's an inanimate object not a human being with feelings.

Red Flag#3: The see saw affect. You're up, you're down. You're in, you're out. Just when you think it's going somewhere, there's a door slammed in your face. Then when he notices you're not chasing after him anymore and it looks like you're moving on does he reach back out again to reel you back in. Only to repeat everything all over again once he has you hooked again. Right up to the end of the book where he was FINALLY going to confess then started to pull away again reasoning "she deserves better". That was before he had to pull her out of a burning building and she nearly dies. Really? THAT'S what it took?

Again, this book is everything wrong with men these days. You know the ones. They toss out the overused phrase "Don't hate the playa, hate the game." Women still fall for the player because they read books that make "players" into heroes just looking for the love of a "good woman" to "save" them instead of seeing them for the tools they are (I refuse to call them dogs because I love dogs and they are more loyal and loving then any player out there.). Sisters need to stop that. We can get that stuff in reality with out finding in a romance. We turn to those to get away from that, hence book boyfriends.

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The P*ssy Next Door Audiolibro Por Amy Award arte de portada

Enough with the Pun Pet Names; this was too much

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-28-24

I'm going to start out by saying I love the Cocky Kingman Series but this one tested my loyalties BIG TIME. The Narrators did a great job but the storyline did not do justice to Amy's usual work. Hayes and Willa tried my patience to the extreme. First of all, did we REALLY need to have Hayes's first meet with Willa in the full frontal Monty? Not to mention HAYES is a sweetheart for hanging in there the way he did to the end. WILLA is one of those female characters that could be deemed TSTL. How she didn't see her brother's manipulations and machinations preventing her from spending time with Hayes is beyond me. I saw thru his BS from the beginning. I don't understand how it took her the ENTIRE book to not see it too. Then there was the litter of kittens. I overlook the (sorry Amy) ridiculous pet names for the most part. But to devote and ENTIRE CHAPTER to coming up with even MORE ridiculous pet names for a litter of kittens that not one of the characters even kept. Then there was Willa's attitude about her own stuff. She only thinks about herself, her future, her wants, her family, etc. She's so proud of having traveled the world and learned another language that at times she comes across as a little pompous. But again, I could probably over look all that if it wasn't for her abominable treatment of Hayes. Constantly putting him on the back burner, hiding him like he's a dirty, little secret, not standing up for him to her brother and her family. But I guess she comes by it honestly because her brother's vendetta against Hayes is that he "abandoned" their football team when he chose the draft and going pro over them. If her brother was a true friend he would have been happy for Hayes but he just couldn't get over it. Kinda makes you wonder if the shoe was on the other foot what would he do? I loved Book 1, liked Book 2 (although could have used fewer uses of the word POO.), Book 3...sorry, that one was a big thumbs down for me. I'm hoping Amy pulls out of her downward spiral in Book 4 but involving an Anaconda loose in someone's home this time (Lord only knows what ridiculous name IT'S going to have), I'm not holding my breath. I've been putting off listening to it...I'll get around to it one of these days. Sorry Amy. Don't mean to be harsh but gotta keep it real.

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The Pact Audiolibro Por Suzanne Wright arte de portada

Re-visit The Favor; very similar story line

Total
4 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-17-24

The book almost parrots one of my favorite books written by Suzanne Wright. There were a lot of similar scenarios in it. So much so the story line strongly reminded me of The Favor. It wasn't exactly the same but the similarities were very recognizable. That being said, if you liked The Favor then you'll like this one too. Although there were some points in it that just had me going, "COME - ON." Still it was a good listen. *spoiler* The 2 main characters are the children of main characters from The Favor and Shiver. They are Addison Davenport and Max Mercier; The daughter of Vienna/Dane Davenport and Kensey/Blake Mercier with Blake taking Dane's role in the story and Addison taking Vienna's. Unlike Suzanne's book Wear Something Red which features Jaxxon and Connor's daughter, Izzy, which features a lot of BDSM. Hard for me to relate the adult Izzy with the 3 year old Izzy in the Epilogue of From Rags. I won't knock the book it was just difficult for me to put aside Izzy's first persona to go along with the very graphic BDSM sex scenes. (You've been warned) That being said, yes, there is some of that in this book but there's more to this book then just sex (unlike Wear Something Red) so I was able to enjoy the story and fast forward thru the sex scenes. lol

Now for the narration...it's true that good book can be totally ruined by using the wrong narrator. Unfortunately, this is true of this book. Also unfortunately, it features only a single narrator so we don't get a break in between by someone more tolerable. It could be that Ivy Peterson just wasn't the right choice for this book or she needs to forget what she learned at the Erin Mallon's school of narration (those out there familiar with Erin's annoying habit of dragging out the consonants at the end of her sentences or in the middle of words know what I'm talking about) and stop talking thru her nose when reading a female character's voice. You can almost actually HEAR her sinuses vibrating. Then she narrates like it's costing her money for every minute she spends reading. Timing, cadence, and inflection are very important and this is something Ivy needs to learn about. I'm not saying she's a bad reader. I'm sure there's a book out there somewhere she narrated and did a wonderful job because the book suited her. This one was not one of them. In a perfect world...we would get the opportunity of enjoying this book with a MUCH more suitable narrator for it and get to REALLY enjoy the story line rather being distracted and annoyed by the discordant mismatch. But I don't see that happening. Maybe try the Kindle version....

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P.S. It's Always Been You: Part 1 Audiolibro Por Lauren Blakely arte de portada

Storyline had promise but Scott Eastwood killed it

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-18-24

I think I'm going to go with the Kindle version of this book. Scott Eastwood may be Clint Eastwood's son and maybe(?) a good actor but he CAN-NOT narrate. I didn't get any farther in this book then chapter 3 (Hunter's chapter) and his narration was just plain painful and disturbing. It felt like he was reading the book for the first time. His timing was off, he kept stuttering, there were a couple of times where his narration lines actually over lapped each other. There were awkward pauses where it seemed like he lost his place followed by stumbling forward a bit while he located it. It was really BAD. As an actor he should know about rehearsing a part before attempting to play it. Just because it's a BOOK and not a MOVIE doesn't mean the same principle applies here. What's more is he was paired with the GODDESS of narration but not even Andi Arndt's stellar performance could save him. To be honest she was the only reason I made it all the way to chapter 3. I'm hoping like crazy that they redo this book with a different male narrator for Hunter but keep Andi Arndt. Zachary Webber (a.k.a. Jacob Morgan) would be good. Or Teddy Hamilton, Sebastian York, Joe Arden, Tor Thom, Christian Fox....I have a endless list of favorites.

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No Pucking Way Audiolibro Por C.R. Jane, May Dawson arte de portada

MC W/Hockey Romance elements **CLIFFHANGER ENDING*

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-15-24

I'm not going to say this was a bad book. I don't think it is, it's just been mis-classified. I don't really care for MC's. I won't go into the reason why because that doesn't matter. If you like MC's you may enjoy this book. My issue was I went into it expecting a Hockey Romance and it was more MC then that. The reverse harem was tempting but between the typical MC elements, the elements of BDSM, and the cliffhanger ending all combined to be a kiss of death for me. Three strikes and you're out. Like I said; I'm not saying it's a bad story, just not for me. The synopsis needs to be re-written to include those elements to give the reader a heads up what they are actually buying and the book needs to be put under the correct genre (MC, BDSM, etc) to prevent a possibly good book from getting bad reviews when someone like me buys a book expecting one thing (like a funny, sweet, hockey romance) and being turned off by something else. Fortunately, this reviewer uses her opportunity for expressing her opinion in a way that will give others a heads up on what they will find between the covers of the book and those that do enjoy those things I don't another book to add to their library.

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Behind the Net Audiolibro Por Stephanie Archer arte de portada

Too repetitive..all the chapters seemed the same

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-07-24

Ok. Here's the really bad thing...I can't remember the MFC name. THAT'S how forgettable she was. I remember the MMC'S name...Jamie. I also remember the name of the excuse he used to resist taking the next step into relationship territory,..Erin. Want to know why? Because he brought her up in an internal monologue EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER. How he broke her heart and ruined her life. Why he can't let the MFC that close because he doesn't want to do it to HER. How he's not worthy of her but wants her so much. How he resolves (AGAIN) to stay away from her in one sentence then in the next he's trying to perform a tonsillectomy on her using his TONGUE. This is a repetitive theme in every chapter he's in. It's like the writer seems to think her readers all suffer from short term memory loss and need to be reminded of something she wrote 5 minutes before in the chapter right before that one over and over. The thing that really bugs me...the storyline had a LOT of potential but what the author chose to do with it caused it to stagnate preventing it from going anywhere. It was a car with a tire stuck in the mud; the more gas you gave it it just made things muddier and messier but never went anywhere. That's what frustrates me most about this book...I see what it COULD have been but failed to be. I wanted to enjoy it but just couldn't. I still feel Stephanie Archer has a great deal of potential but she could use some guidance and help to keep her on track so the story moves forward instead of spinning it's wheels and going no where. I may have been brutally honest with my review but I hope she can hear what I'm saying and take it constructively. My words are not meant to make her feel like her writing is bad. It's not. My review is meant more to encourage her to write a much better book then this one. One I honestly feel she is capable of. I hope to see it one day Stephanie. Please don't leave me hanging...

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Text Appeal Audiolibro Por Kylie Scott arte de portada

Another winner. I love books like this!

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-26-24

As much as I adore Kylie's writing, I will be honest that some of her books are hit and miss. This one was a hit. It falls more in line with her other books such as Fake, Famous in a Small Town, and The Last Day's of Lila Goodluck. So if you like those books first you'll like this one. It also reminded me of her writing in Repeat and Pause. Which puts this one in the same category, in my repeat listen library. I loved it. Ok. now about the book:

We start out with new to town Riley being texted by a strange girl mistaking her for the hometown hero, her high school sweetheart. In spite of all protestations Ava, the stranger girl, refused to accept Riley's "I'm not him. I don't know him. I've never met him. This is my new number..." and kept insisting on talking to her via text. This carried on for days before Connor, the childhood sweetheart of Ava, shows up on Riley's door step. They talk a bit get to know each other when Connor comes up with the idea to fake date because he doesn't want to be with Ava anymore but everyone else wants him to. Riley considers it but eventually agree. The start showing up on public together telling everyone they are together. Then Ava shows back up in town to complicate things further.

:I'm going to stop there because if you plan on reading the book you'll enjoy it much more if you see how it plays out yourself. If you enjoyed any or all of the books I mentioned at the beginning give this one a chance. I think you'll enjoy it too.

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Signs of Cupidity: A Fantasy Reverse Harem Story Audiolibro Por Raven Kennedy arte de portada

**Cliffhanger ending ** Story wasn't bad*spoilers*

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
3 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-28-24

storyline was a bit repetitive and tended to focus too much on unimportant details. Like did we really need THAT much detail about What cupid was experiencing when she had to climb into the hole in an outhouse to hide? then there was the question that she kept repeating but never got answered, What did the prince do to her? Or vice versa. Finally, she finds out that the 3 guys are her "anchor" keeping her corporeal and she'll fade away if they leave her. The End. Yup. That was the end of the book. But don't worry about it...for another $18 (member pricing so more in your not a member) you can pick up where it left off in the next book...but then that one will probably end in another cliff hanger which means you'll have spend more money again... Doesn't really seem to end, does it? so you're basically paying for a book with no finish, just hope the writer doesn't get bored with the storyline and stops writing it. That really would be a cliff hanger, an eternal one.

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