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A sensational lovestory!!

Revisado: 08-11-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I feel like I've been stabbed repeatedly in my heart and all my emotions have bled right out of me and are now lying in a puddle on the floor after reading The H.O.O.K by Jenny Hickman. I "reread" The H.O.O.K. through the audiobook narrated by Zura Johnson whose voice and existence is an absolute treasure!

How is it possible for a reader to not become a blubbering, emotional wreck after the second book in Jenny Hickman's The P.A.N Trilogy? This is another five-star review from yours truly so hopefully, based on my review of The P.A.N., you have picked up this book and can suffer along with me! Now that the audiobook is out I would highly recommend hearing Zura Johnson bring this incredible love story to life.

The H.O.O.K opens on such a devastating prologue that left me desperate for Vivienne and Deacon to mend what they had broken.
I will say it again, Vivienne and Deacon's love story makes me get hot all over the place. I am constantly surprised by the twists in this series and now that Zura Johnson is narrating it, the experience is heightened ten-fold!!♡

Stay tuned for my audiobook review of The CROC!! Now available to purchase and listen with an open heart and open ears!!

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Left me floating on faith trust and pixie dust!

Revisado: 06-26-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

The P.A.N by Jenny Hickman was a sweep-you-off-your-feet kind of romance that leaves you floating on sprinkles of pixie dust, hoping that your heart doesn't spontaneously combust and Zura Johnson's performance brought me home to Neverland where I am forever proud to bea lost girl.

It was such a treat to experience a totally enriching science-y take on a beloved fairytale come to life in audio and instead of listening to my normal 2x speed, I slowed the speed down to 1.05x just to cherish Zura's voice and her whimsical storytelling.

I read the entire P.A.N. Trilogy before the audio was released and listening to the audiobook now as a reread made me fall in love with the first book all over again. Zura is a fantastic narrator and I'm excited to read more of the books her voice is attached to!! It was marvelous!♡

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Whisks you away on an epic adventure!

Revisado: 05-26-21

Disenchanted by Brianna Sugalski was riveting and I enjoyed losing myself in the Brocéliande forest with a witty vampire and a princess who can understand the fae folk. Lilac spends her whole life being feared, and dare I say hated, by the townsfolk and nobles she is meant to rule over which makes her see a truly magnificent gift as a curse. Thus, she travels through the dangerous woods searching for The Witch of Lupine Grotto who can supposedly remove her curse and meets the wildest creatures along the way!!

Brianna Sugalski tells an extremely heart wrenching story set in the French Renaissance where human beings are extremely hateful towards the fae folk and even go so far as to exterminate them under the radar. I spent most of the novel trying to get my emotions in check especially because I struggled with Lilac's character. However, it was extremely rewarding for me as a reader as I attempted to put myself in her shoes.

I've never read about a main character that no matter how hard I tried to like them, I just couldn't. Lilac and I just couldn't connect with each other. This is not to say that I didn't enjoy the book, I LOVED this story, but Lilac got under my skin after every turn of the page.

I mean she understands the fae language and can communicate with shapeshifters in their animal form and creates bonds with them immediately which is why it was hard for me to believe she was so brainwashed to believe that all Fae are inherently evil to not even question that beheading the Wolf shifter who stole food from the palace to feed her babies was wrong. I sort of drew the line. I get she was told stories that the fae folk are evil but that bond she has with them should have made her go all Moana and break out into song that Brocéliande calls to her to protect the fae folk. But then when she bumps into her betrothed even after he tries to rape her, she's still fearful of Garrin regardless of her undeniable attraction to him. I found myself not really able to believe in her up until the very end.

But ultimately Brianna Sugalski portrayed prejudice, ignorance, and racism with extreme care and clarity so that we can recognize it, get angry by it, and hope that Brocéliande (and really our own world) can be better and change for the better.

Krys Janae knocked this performance out of the park!! The sound effects, the accents she puts on, all of it made the story burst to life and it really made the book even more enjoyable to read.

This book gets 4 brilliant sparkly stars from me, dear reader! I cannot wait to read the second book.

If you loved J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Kaylynn Flander's Shielded, and Katherine Arden's The Bear in the Nightingale, then Disenchanted is the next love of your life, and I highly suggested grabbing the audiobook to whisk you away to a magical forest where things most definitely go bump in the night.

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Your ears will fall madly in live with this story

Revisado: 08-01-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Feather by Olivia Wildenstein and it was phenomenal...Holly Fielding became one of my favorite narrators after that performance. She put on a different voice for each character so flawlessly, I highly recommend you have a listen! Your ears will fall madly in love with this story.

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Your ears will fall madly in live with this story

Revisado: 08-01-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Feather by Olivia Wildenstein and it was phenomenal...Holly Fielding became one of my favorite narrators after that performance. She put on a different voice for each character so flawlessly, I highly recommend you have a listen! Your ears will fall madly in love with this story.

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