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DO NOT READ THE REST OF THE SERIES

Revisado: 09-14-21

Bared to You is actually a fantastic book. The writing was great and the characters were interesting. It was supposed to be the first of a TRILOGY. Then, this book blew up and the author decided for quantity over quality and stretched the series for 5 books. There is absolutely nothing substantive that happens in books 3 and 4. Then you get to book 5, which is supposed to end the series. Well, congratulations, you suckered me out of my money for 5 books but provided me with ZERO answers. No HEA and way more unanswered questions than there were at the beginning of the series. Seriously, enjoy Bared to you, then pretend there are no further books in the series. Save your time, money, and audible credits.

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No Male Narrator Available?

Revisado: 05-22-20

After the first 4 books in the series had great male narrators to properly portray the strong Navy Seals, when oh when did they choose to only have a female narrator for the one book that has TWO MALE LEADS? Suspension of disbelief is impossible when the female narrator tries to portray a Navy Seal. Save the credit and just buy the book.

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Love Book 4... EXCEPT for new unanswered questions

Revisado: 01-08-20

I have to start with praise for Robertson Dean. After the sad loss of John Morgan, I wasn't sure that there would be another narrator who could properly capture the snobbery and snark that is Professor Emerson. This is my first narration by Robertson Dean, and I all I can say is very well done, sir! His narration was excellent, and his interpretation of Professor Emerson, Julia and all the other characters we know and love was both excellent and true to the first 3 books. I cannot recommend the narration more.

My issue is with the story. While I was very happy that Sylvain Reynard wrote this 4th book, I had been content with the completion of the trilogy. I felt all the characters' story arcs had completed quite satisfactorily. What this book did was provide me a lovely look into what happened next with the Emersons, but it also left me with quite the list of unanswered questions. Who is the new nemesis? The version of Paul who could be untrue is also disheartening. What happens there? I know that these books have been options to Passionflix for movies. Are the unanswered questions purposeful in order to create a need for more books to require more movies?

Do I recommend this book? Yes. Is it worth the credit? Yes. But go into it forewarned that you will not close the cover with a contented feeling of closure. I would not go as far as to say that there is a cliffhanger, but I would say it feels as though there is a missing chapter or two. Be on the look out for Gabriel 5.

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Heartbroken over narration of Series Favorite

Revisado: 12-19-19

I have to start by explaining that I have LOVED every book that I have ever read that was written by Natasha Madison. I have also loved all her audiobooks... up until this book. In fact, when I saw that Something So Unscripted had finally been released on audiobook I "one-clicked it" without hesitating or checking the narrators. I mean the first 3 books of the Something So series were fantastically narrated by both a female and male narrator. I cannot even express the utter disappointment I felt as I listened to the prologue and realized that Zack Morrow was not going to be narrated by Joe Hempel (the male narrator from the first 3 books). Ms Fielding did a fine job with the female narration, but every man sounded like a woman.

This is a FANTASTIC story. Definitely buy the book. Zack and Jack will steal your heart, and the appearances of the characters from the first 3 books in the series are perfection. I just could not listen to the book after about 25%. Single parent hockey player Zack moves heaven and earth for his potentially terminally ill son. The potential savior is a female doctor (girl power), who also happens to be Mad Max Horton's sister. You get both a hockey and a heart story line, and she highlights the amazing work of the St. Baldrick's Foundation. (I am not kidding when I say this is a great book. I have read the ebook at least 4 times, and I teared up each time.) I just can't recommend the audiobook. Definitely download the first 3 audiobooks though. They are fabulous.

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Why go back to just 1 Narrator?

Revisado: 04-09-19

Let me start off by saying I am a HUGE Aurora Rose Reynolds fan. If she were to write 1000 Mayson books, I would buy them all. I always looked forward to her books on audio, but after 10 perfect narrations with 2 narrators she has gone back to having just 1 narrator. The suspension of disbelief is really hard when all of your characters sound the same. If the next audiobook is again only 1 narrator, then I will likely stick to just buying all of her books and not the book and the audio. I do have to say that I think that Tobias King did a great job. He did a great job narrating all of the male characters. I would definitely buy another audiobook narrated by him. So, if you are not someone who has my particular hang up about there being only 1 narrator on a 2 POV book, then I can definitely recommend this one.

Cobi Mayson is a great character. In the first set of Until books, where we first meet Cobi's parents, we don't get to know him very well like we did with July and Jax. Turns out he is a football jock with a yearning for public service. Army then hometown cop. This is something else I love about ARR's books, not everyone needs to be a billionaire to live a happy life. Hadley (the heroine) had a difficult upbringing that makes it difficult to accept Cobi's affections and attention. It was a solid story that did NOT make my eyes role with the whole ...seriously? That story line again vibe. I am very close friends with a couple of social workers, and they have experienced some of the situations that Hadley did, so the story felt very true.

Looking forward to December's book! I will definitely be buying the book, but audiobooks with 1 narrator when there are 2 POVs (of different genders) are just something I don't general buy anymore.

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THANK YOU FOR RE-RECORDING THIS!

Revisado: 12-31-18

I first bought this audiobook in 2015. I cringed the entire time I listened. While I understand that the book takes place in Australia, the original narrator made the story horrible to listen to. I happen to love Australian accents (Hugh Jackman... swoon), but the original narration was painful. I enjoyed the rest of the series, but I never re-listened to this book because of the narration. Then one day I said what the heck and cued it up. What a lovely surprise to hear the lovely voice of Eva Christensen. I was so excited that this book had been re-recorded with a new narrator!

Other than that, the cool thing of this biker romance is the strength of the female heroine. She is not weak or need saving. She stands her ground, and lays the groundwork for the the rest of the brothers to fall for strong, educated women.

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DNF 40%

Revisado: 08-24-18

Every time the heroine's name "Lovey" was said by anyone I cringed. CRINGED. My brain would flashback to Thursten Howll III calling his wife "Lovey" on Gulligan's Island. So annoying. Then when I got passed that (which I never actually did), I will never understand why an author or publisher would used just a female narrator when the book has a female and male POV. Overall. I think that Kelly Jamieson is an excellent narrator.... as the female voice. Its really difficult to enter into suspension of disbelief when alpha NHL hockey gods sound exactly the same as "Lovey". I actually switched over to the book after about 25% of audio but I just couldn't handle it. However, it did not get better for me. I love sports romances, especially Hockey Sports Romances, but this one book of this one series was just not for me. I felt as thought I have read about the dating teammates's little sister forbidden romance scenario in other sports romance books where the characters had way more chemistry. There are a lot of positive reviews for this book, so this might just be my issue. I will probably give this series another try, however I will likely chose to read the next one.

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Lovely Distraction

Revisado: 03-21-18

I have enjoyed Bella Andre's books before, so picking this one up seemed like a no-brainer.

I enjoyed the story even though it was the standard romance cliche: (SPOILERS AHEAD)

Rich boy meets desperate girl running from abusive ex. Desperate girl falls for savior boy, but repeats OVER and OVER and OVER that she is not ready for a relationship. Of course the abusive ex reappears. Yadda yadda yadda RB and DG live happily ever after.

I felt that a BUNCH of chapters could have been deleted and there would have been the same story. What I will never understand how an author or producer will decide to have just one female narrator when the story is told in both the female and male protagonists points of view. My suspension of disbelief is not that great where I can identify an "alpha" male having a very feminine voice.

Lucky for me, I have the Romance Audible Package, which means I can continue listening to the series to find out what's up with the Sullivan siblings. Hopefully they will be more interesting. The 3rd book is about a fireman, so I'm definitely looking forward to that one.

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Love the Story... Love the Narrators

Revisado: 03-13-17

Church has been an enigmatic character for most of the Saints of Denver series. We finally get his story. It was a great story, in and of itself. However, the addition of Sean Bassett made it even better. WOW! Its my first book with him as the narrator. Let's just say that even if this story had been horrible, I would have listened to it multiple times just to listen to the velvet of this man's voice.

Most of the time these romance books have a heroine who is annoying as hell because we are meant to find the hero all swoony. In this case, I cheered for both of them. Dixie was the strong girl to pull the tragic hero out of the dark. I love the glimpses we got into the loves of some of the characters from the Marked Men series as well as the Saints of Denver series. I am already dying for the next book, which is Poppy's story.

Definitely worth the credit, especially if you are already a fan of this series.

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Nice Way to Wrap Up a Series

Revisado: 01-18-17

I can honestly say this how a finale book should be written. I believe all of the major story arcs were concluded. William and Raven get their HEA, even though it might not be the HEA you expected... but that is not a bad thing. I love that Reynard snuck in little updated on Gabriel and Julia.

In my heart, the only detraction was the absence of John Michael Morgan. He has been the voice of Reynard's books since the beginning, and he brought a special snark and elegance that I simply became accustomed to expect. However, if I had never previously listened to JMM, then I would have said that Robertson Dean did a fantastic job. He really did differentiate his voice between male and female characters. I would definitely look out for other books narrated by Robertson Dean.

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