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Amateurish at best

Revisado: 10-16-24

I couldn’t even finish it; there are so many plot holes and issues from nearly the start. Best friends who haven’t kept in contact for 8 years? I man who hasn’t seen the FMC in 8 years and interacted with her all of twice is still pining for her? She’s supposedly 26 — give me a character who behaves her age and not like some emotionally stunted teen just for the sake of character growth. It was as if the author rushed setting the stage to get to the competition piece which wasn’t much better. Regretting the credit I spent to buy this.

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Excellent

Revisado: 01-24-24

So much faster and so many more twists and turns than the last book. Loved it!

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Lovely snippets and short stories but issues with production

Revisado: 01-03-23

There were parts wherein the recording sounded stilted or like the volume of sound bytes pieced together didn’t match, particularly during the reading by the male narrator.

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Jealousy. Angst. Violence.

Revisado: 09-25-19

Overall: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Steam: 🔥🔥
Feels: 😬😟😒🤨🤭💗

~REVIEW🖋~
The Quick and Dirty: Jealousy. Violence. Transformations.

While the blurb centers on Etti and Grey's story continuing (which it does), I feel like this is Wes' story. Wes thinks he's in love with his best friend. Except his best friend is now pregnant with her shifter fiance's baby and Wes is devastated. He's sure that Grey is the absolute worst choice for Etti and he takes out his frustration at the bar, until Cali, the nurse who he's been on-again off-again with, becomes the person he turns to for solace. Little does he know, she's more than just a balm for his ego.

The first portion of the book is dedicated to the relationship between Wes, Cali, Etti and Grey. There's a lot of angst and miscommunication going on. The action comes toward the end -- action that leads to some secrets being revealed and big transformations that will no doubt affect the next book in the series!

Looking forward to see what happens next!

~QD STORY DETAILS~
Tear jerker: No
Paranormal/Fantasy: Yes
Location: Covington, Georgia
Character age range: late 20s
Lead: Wes
Love interest(s): Cali
HEA: HFN

~QD BOOK INFO~
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Audible: Yes - narrated by Denise Krueger (3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - I tried the narration again just to see if last time was a fluke but unfortunately I had the same issue with speed and intonation).
Series: Yes - Crescent City Wolves
1. Claimed - released 9/10/19
2. Cursed - released 9/17/19
3. Chosen - releases 10/1/19
4. Buried - releases 10/15/19
5. Betrayed - releases 10/29/19
6. Bitten - releases 11/12/19

~QD 🔥~
Sex/kink type: manual, oral, penetrative
Possible triggers: violence, abandonment

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Super fun stand alone

Revisado: 06-12-18

Overall: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Feels: 😯😆😨💗
Tear jerker: ❌
Paranormal/Fantasy: ❌
Location: Rural Indiana and Chicago Illinois, USA
Character age range: 25 & 30
Lead: Barrett
Love interest(s): Ava
HEA: ✅
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~QD Book Info📚~
Kindle Unlimited: ❌
Audible: ✅ with Whispersync - chapters narrated simultaneously by Ava Erickson and Jacob Morgan
Series: ❌- stand alone
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~QD🔥~
Sex/kink type: penetrative, oral, xxl 🍆😲😱
Possible triggers: ill parent
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~Review🖋~ .
Classic forbidden crush of best friend’s sister/ brother’s best friend scenario. They both fight the attraction — Barrett (the male lead) claiming he’s loyal to the “bro code” but fail miserably. Enter some steamy 🔥🔥🔥 scenes and secrets that threaten to rip their new found relationship to pieces. -
I read and listened. I love that the narrators alternate in each chapter (the female narrator is not reading the male parts and vice versa despite whose chapter it is). Super fun stand-alone!

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Beautifully written retelling of a world renowned opera

Revisado: 06-12-18

Overall: 4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Steam: 💋 only
Feels: 😔💗😫😭
Tear jerker: ✅
Paranormal/Fantasy: ❌
Location: Various; China, Mongolia - Kipchak Khanate and several others
Character age range: Late teens
Lead: Jinghua
Love interest(s): Khalaf
HEA: ❌
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~QD Book Info📚~
Kindle Unlimited: ❌
Audible: ✅ - narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
Series: ❌ - stand alone
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~QD🔥~
Sex/kink type: None - 💋 only
Possible triggers: violence/gore, homicide, slavery, kidnapping, torture, self-harm
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~Review🖋~
This book was a beautifully written retelling of a famous (and tragic) opera. The author writes in a lyrical prose that transports the reader into a picturesque world so vivid I thought I might be able to reach out and touch it. The dialogue is endearingly honest; I was a pendulum swinging between feeling anguished and laughing at Jinghua’s inner-monologue. The end is as tragic as it was in the opera, if not even more so, and despite knowing the ending, I sat there sobbing nonetheless. Brava, on an impressive debut novel!
✨About the Audible version: The audio book is amazing. I alternated between reading and listening. Emily Woo Zeller narrates the hell out of this book. It was such a joy listening to her!

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