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Ivy Moore

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Solid adventure and sci-fi

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-14-24

Kind of a cross between Clive Cussler and Dennis E. Taylor. Good narrator. Enjoyable listen.

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excellent listen

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-16-24

the beginning is slow but it sets the scene perfectly. definitely give this a listen

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great adventure

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-23-23

I listened to this series out of order, but it didn't seem to matter. Great novel. The narrator was also good. Would recommend to "creature feature" lovers.

I loved that the monster is on a mission, not stomping around in a rage just because.

Triggers: There is an attempted rape part that might be a trigger for some. The audible player has a 30-second function you could hit a couple of times to skip. But know the rapist gets what's coming to him.

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more humor

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 05-09-23

This storyline kind of reminded me of that one Mission Impossible movie where everything kept going wrong for the team. I actually laughed at some of the dialogue, also.

Court isn't up to par as he has an injury that got infected. That scenario was accurately depicted as my ex-husband had a similar complication (the necessity for the regular administration of IV antibiotics due to an infection in the bone). It takes a while to get better.

It was confusing with so many names, and in turn, they sometimes had code names they were also referred to. In this, it's sometimes better to read a book rather than listen, but I still made it thru. I'll go back and listen again, so I'll probably get it straight. I've listened to the Gray Man series all the way through several times.

There were also so many bad guys this time and with their own agendas.

I'm glad Greaney abandoned the first person narrative he adopted in One Minute Out. That doesn't seem to work well with this type of character.

Snyder is an amazing narrator, and his accents seemed spot on. He also does great female voices without making them sound whiny or bitchy.

Excellent book. Excellent narration.

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excellent narrator

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-17-23

I love all the female narrators and this particular narrator (Patrick Tull) for the Cadfael series. This narrator is very relaxed and conveys the calmness I imagine Cadfael approaches life with.

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needs editing

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-21-23

"she bit her lip" is repeated incessantly. I've actually groaned aloud because of the constant repetition.

There is a lot of world building in this book, and another reviewer pointed that out. However, I think that is necessary, especially in the first book of a series. There's less romance, which is actually kind of nice.

About the two narrators ... In my opinion, one narrator would probably have been better. The female MC had been depicted as kind of whiney, so the male narrator tones that petulance down while the female narrator adds more volume to the whine. If the female narrator could tone down the bratty sounding voice, I think I would have enjoyed having 2 narrators.

The narration speed IS a bit slow, so I speeded up the playback to 1.15, which really helped with that.

The world the author created is quite interesting. I especially like the beginning and how it was written. The listener/reader is immediately pulled into the story. The author could have started the book with the MC as a child or started off the book in the human world, but that would have made the beginning of the book a bit ponderous. Instead, we're introduced to two of characters at an important moment in their relationship, and the world building is gently weaved in in the aftermath.

At this point, I'm looking forward to the rest of the series

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I couldn't care about the characters

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-18-23

I love most highlander romances, but I got 2 hours in and still didn't care about the characters. I'm a bit bummed to be honest. I've read Hannah Howell before and remember liking some of her books, but this one didn't draw me in at all.

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a bit formulaic

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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-14-23

I enjoy so many of Julie Garwoods books, but this one was a bit meh for me. Near the end, there was the stereotypical misunderstanding that "breaks her heart". And she'll stand up to her warrior husband but not to a mean elderly woman? The heroine's personality seemed to be all over the place.

As for narration:
There were parts that should have been funny (which is one reason I love Garwood) but the narrator didn't have the sense of timing correct. Susan D. is much better at narrating. No offense to Heather Wilds, but her style of narrating has little inflection. Another reviewer mentioned that Wilds reads a battle scene and a love scene with the same lack of emotion. I thought, "Yes! What is up with that?" The narrator reads like she's in a dissociative fugue. It's kind of a bummer.

The beginning of this book held such promise too. The heroine was such an adorable nightmare of a child.

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Chapters instead of date

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-08-23

I'm enjoying this collection as much as I loved the first collection. I just wished they labelled each section by the date like they did for the first collection. It was easier to visualise the time of year, keep track of where I am, etc.

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quite good

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 02-15-23

I like Ellis Peters and Mel Starr's medieval mysteries much better but I've blown through their novels quite a few times so I decided to give someone else a try. Priscilla Royal's are pretty good! I really enjoy the narration and the voices that were chosen for each character.

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