Kimberly

This is a super story!

Revisado: 04-04-25

I loved the format of this story — a ‘retelling’ of events through interviews with impacted people. It was a great way to tell multiple stories while also carrying the listener through ‘real-time’ events.
Overall I found this to be so engaging. I listened to it every opportunity I had from the time I downloaded it! Such great talent assembled to tell a fantasy tale set in the here and now, rather than a fantasy world. The concept allowed for great characters and action bc basic world building wasn’t needed. We, like the characters, learn about the evolution of the events as they unfold.
This had all the excitement of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ in a tale written for grown-ups!

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She ran away and began to find her place

Revisado: 02-28-25

It’s hard to pick just the right words to summarize this experience. The story was so good — it kept things moving and had enough character development of a handful of characters, that it was a surprise at the end.

The concept of finding where we belong is something a lot of people can relate to, but this tale of a woman with an indigenous heritage she is aware of but did not live, told by a woman with a similar background, was very powerful. Starr is flawed but we walk alongside her as she tries to get to know the locals on the reservation she’s contracted to serve as Marshall. The story invites us to understand the parental pain of more than one character.

This is a beautifully written story, rich and descriptive in both setting the scene and the emotion of the tale. The narration is well done, and I was hanging on every word.

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These were lots of fun

Revisado: 01-08-25

This series was light listening but the characters and story were well developed and interesting, Garrett did a great job developing the world Ella and Orien live in, a bit of magic mixed in. Already looking for the next one.

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Great story

Revisado: 11-04-24

The story telling and performance of this book are excellent, though it could have been better edited to cut cliches. Hahn weaves intriguing tales that are really enjoyable to listen to, so I’m off to book three!

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Beautifully imaginative

Revisado: 07-21-24

This was a beautifully told (and narrated) story. The journey of the characters was intriguing and I kept finding reasons to turn it back on, because I wanted to know what happened to them. Can’t wait to read the next book!

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Very exciting!

Revisado: 09-15-23

This story was a fun and exciting tale, as our lovers become ‘enemies’ again. The action kept things moving along and the development of the relationships between the different countries was very interesting and compelling.

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Excellent thriller

Revisado: 06-06-23

This was an excellent episodic! The actors were phenomenal and the story was riveting and intriguing. Listened to it straight through on a car ride.

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A great modern fairy tale

Revisado: 10-17-22

This was a very engaging story that give us an idea what it would look like to walk into a fairy tale. It was well written and well narrated, and frankly hard to turn off when I needed to do other things!

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A heartbreaking insight to a teen’s view of life in the system

Revisado: 08-15-22

This looked like a ‘must read’ after I read an essay by Nietfeld. I listened to parts of this book while remodeling a former group foster home, already angry at the poor condition of a house that was supposed to provide safety and comfort to youth in the system. This book is heartbreaking and insightful. It helps give a better understanding to the roadblocks encountered, and emotions felt, by teens as they try to navigate the complicated bureaucracies designed to provide help. Far too many youth are traumatized in some way by these systems and Nietfeld’s narrative walks readers through the various ways and places this can happen. While the outcome of her professional life looks great on paper, this book helps us understand the nuances of pain and trauma underneath. I fear there are too many similar stories, of youth who love their parents but cannot live with them and cannot get all the assistance needed to support them to adulthood. I appreciated this bold story and the effort I imagine it took to tell it to the whole world.

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An interesting tale of adopting a new culture

Revisado: 07-20-22

This book is great for travelers or those interested in hearing about daily life in other cultures. This book was advertised in several places in Petra when we visited. It is a great narrative of adjusting to life among the Bedouin people. The stories make it easy to envision the area and the people there.

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