Joe and Leanne

Exciting and sexy

Revisado: 08-23-17

A Different Kind of Cosplay is a short erotic story about Zachary who has a girlfriend who is a major comic "nerd" and cosplayer. For her birthday he decides to surprise her with a round of sexy role-playing fun living out fantasies with most of the Avengers.

Xanthia Bloom did a fantastic job at narrating. Her voice and accent really set the mood and made the audiobook enjoyable!

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Good short post-apocalyptic story

Revisado: 05-02-17

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Gabby’s Run is the first book by M.D. Massey that I have read. I must start out by stating that there is some confusion on where this book truly falls in the “Them” series. The book art and description on Amazon / Audible state that this is “Book Four”, however on Goodreads and other reviews it states “Book Three” and hints that this is actually a prequel or origin/backstory for a character in the other books. As I have not read these books I cannot comment on them, or how this book fits into the whole series.

The story follows 16-year-old Gabby Mendoza. Gabby lives in a post-apocalyptic world where monsters such as Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and more are real. Gabby grows up being trained by ex-CIA “Uncle Tony” to hunt and kill monsters. As a child, she was given special serum injections that enhance her abilities giving her super-human speed, strength, and senses. The Serum however also has side effects as her body stopped growing when she was given the serum at twelve years old. Now she is 16, but she doesn’t look it.

While on a training exercise with her uncle, things go wrong and they get separated. She discovers a young boy Raleigh and his sister Violet while hiding out in a safehouse. Gabby follows them to the small camp they are living at and is taken in by Raleigh. When the boy is taken by a monster the boy calls “The boogeyman” Gabby takes off in pursuit to rescue him. During her time separated from her Uncle Tony and trying to rescue Raleigh Gabby learns a lot about who she is, and who she wants to be.

Overall I enjoyed the story as it had a unique feel to the Zombie Apocolypse / monster hunter genre. Gabby is an interesting character who is discovering herself and her place in this crazy world as she goes along. The pace of the book is nice and steady with lots of action and suspense to keep your attention and interest.

One problem I have is not with the book itself, rather that it is categorized as Young Adult (YA). Certain parts of this book have a very YA feel, but I do not think this book is not very YA friendly due to very dark subjects such as drug use, prostitution, rape, murder, gore, and cannibalism.

I listened to this book in Audio format. It was narrated by Laurie Catherine Winkel who did a superb job. The voice of all the characters was done very well with different accents, inflections, and tones. I would be very interested in listening to more audiobooks narrated by her in the future!

*I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audio book by the author, narrator, or publisher.*

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Not for me

Revisado: 12-14-16

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I am not sure. Someone who is seriously into female revenge and ruthless gore.

What could Tim Miller have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

The character was just not relatable to me, There was nothing in the story that gave her any depth or reason for me to like or dislike her.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Narration was ok for what it was.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment. The universe was interesting I just felt the story was too rushed without development of characters to make me care.

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Dark fantasy done well

Revisado: 09-22-16

If you could sum up The Dark Levy in three words, what would they be?

Dark, fantastical, addicting.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Dark Levy?

Near the end when Shannon is talking to the dragon, her attitude and confidence finally coming alive.

What about Kristin James’s performance did you like?

I loved the character voices, especially the voice of Shannon and Dana.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

At first I was not sure if I would get through it, about 20 minutes in however I was hooked.

Any additional comments?

This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

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