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Marcus Megahee

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Honestly phenomenal

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-15-25

I read reviews before I got this title stating that it surpassed anything they thought for it, and that they were all pleasantly surprised. I can confirm EVERY BIT of this. It’s honestly an amazing book and I hope beginning to a series (probably already is- I haven’t looked past this particular title yet). I felt like the narrator was meh, but the writing and characters more than made up for whatever issues I found with the performance. I loved Adam and really saw myself in Parker- I can’t wait for the next installment!!!

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What’s Hailey Turner’s favorite hairstyle?

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

Revisado: 02-13-25

I adore this series, and frankly, everything else Hailey Turner has ever done. I just wanted to take two seconds to ask if ANY woman in her literary worlds doesn’t wear their hair in a “loose chignon”? I mean, there may have been one time where a woman wore her hair in a “high tail”, but other than that, every woman MUST KNOW how to do a loose chignon. I’m sorry, those are the rules.
Hahaha

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Adoration, for the most part

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

Revisado: 01-19-25

I adore this series. There’re so many aspects that I think are perfectly done. I have literally one grievance— the novels clearly state that Liam is Irish, and the narrator goes on to give him a SCOTTISH accent for 3 WHOLE BOOKS?! Insanity. Tell the narrator to take a class, or at the very least, learn how to do an Irish accent on YouTube. It’s not particularly difficult. It just feels like all of the other ways the narrator is wonderful are sorta dimmed by this obvious and easily fixable issue.

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Awesome premise, bad performance, bad magic system

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

Revisado: 12-30-24

I love this story- I’ve gone through the entire series now.

1) I LOVE this premise. It’s genuinely wonderful. There’s so much to explore!

2) I actually like this narrator, and there’re many things he does really well- the most impressive is that he voices a preteen boy who ACTUALLY sounds like a preteen boy, and not a narrator attempting to do so. I’m not sure I could do this convincingly! The problem (1 of 2) is that he mispronounces pretty much everything, and that makes me worry about his reading comprehension and cognition. And it’s not terribly difficult words. Anyone with a 10th grade reading level could competently read these words without error. Second issue has to deal with comprehension as well, as he tends to stop reading mid-sentence in a way that I can only assume is indicative of someone pausing as they leisurely turn the page in their book.

3) Now, I am an unabashed southern guy, but there is such a thing as English Standard Voice. For those who aren’t failed theatre actors or linguists, American Standard Voice is a voice that is devoid of accent. The “gold standard” for this, as I was taught is George Takei. But this narrator mangles words that render the narration meaningless for some by affecting his own rich southern accent, saying things like “mall” when he means “mile” or “pall” when he means “pile”. There’re other examples, but this particular sound kept throwing itself at me tonight like a dead fish aimed at my face.

Once again, I adore this story and premise, but it’s undermined by an ultimately subpar narrator.

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Perfection

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

Revisado: 09-30-24

I’d been hoping for a story about Wade finding happiness ever since he was introduced. This was done in a perfect fashion, allowing room for Wade’s trauma and growth.

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Perfection

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

Revisado: 04-11-24

I’ve adored this series for so long- I wasn’t sure there’d be a sufficiently good ending for it. I was wrong. I love this wholeheartedly.

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Just lovely

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

Revisado: 02-17-24

The story is great, the narration is wonderful, and even though I know this is a stand-alone book, I’d love to follow these characters in another novel.

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Prick hole and an unfettered southern accent

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-24-24

First things first- I LOVE this series. It’s an intricately woven, beautifully crafted world. But:
1) nobody says prickhole. NOBODY. So why do you make everyone say it? It’s there’s generational cursing, it should be something unfamiliar, so we know they’re cursing, but not overusing some weird insult we all, as a people, don’t use, like “frank trodders” or “God’s bloomin onion”. Neither of which are you allowed to use. Those are mine. lol
2) I enjoy a good ol’ southern accent every once in a while- I’m from Georgia, so I’m surrounded by them. But it’s not what you want in an audio novel listened to millions, especially ESL, if they can understand that “mahls” means “miles”, etc. I love his voice and intonation, but he’s too green for this. Especially since he can’t let his accent take a backseat. I spent two years convincing my vocal coach I didn’t need him, bc I could speak in American standard, and that his efforts were better used on that jersey girl who couldn’t say “you’re welcome” without telegraphing where she’s from.
Long story short— great novel, and great “aspiring” narrator.

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Great story, poor performance

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

Revisado: 10-13-23

I love this book. The themes of feeling unwanted, abandonment issues, and first love all made me teary. The story is fantastic. I just wish it didn’t sound like the narrator did this all in one take and said “I don’t do second takes- it’s good enough.” This book would’ve benefitted greatly from a better storyteller, like Greg Boudreaux or Gary Furlong, or many, many others who don’t pause for ridiculously long periods between paragraphs.

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Great story, TERRIBLE NARRATOR.

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

Revisado: 07-03-23

I love this series, but every couple of minutes, this narrator mispronounces a common word. It takes thirty seconds to google “how do I pronounce this”. But no- you’d rather make listeners cringe their faces off bc you couldn’t be bothered. I get you were probably hired bc your bass is lovely, but do better. Also, don’t do accents anymore. Your attempt at a Ukrainian accent is more insulting than endearing. If you aren’t CERTAIN that your accent is impeccable, DON’T DO IT.

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