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My least favorite Penny Reid

Revisado: 09-06-23

The whiny main character was too much for me. I love Penny’s strong but honest female leads, but this one is so insecure and whiny and self sabatoging, I’m struggling to get through the whole book. I just want to scream at her, “ugh, woman up!!”

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Lots of threads to follow

Revisado: 04-13-22

There was a very clear distaste of Americans (often rightly so), which was a little off putting. There was also a LOT happening at once amongst many characters stories. It could have been two separate books with parallel timelines, that’s how much was happening. It was a fun listen overall though.

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Love an alpha...but no

Revisado: 10-21-20

I love a good alpha story as much as the next person, but this one didn’t sit right with me. The MC is constantly bossing the witch around and she just acquiesces. Then she’s always apologizing and being self deprecating when she doesn’t need to be. Woman up, honey! And even the alphas compliments are jabs at her character, like “you’re still an impossible witch.” He was always saying “you’re mine” like it was a foregone conclusion but not once did the witch ever say that he was hers too. A mutual ownership/love makes sense, but this felt very one sided and kinda made me hate men. Didn’t love.

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Meh Narrator

Revisado: 10-15-20

The narrator was just meh. She read like she was bored. And on all the parts that involved singing she just read them. Not even an effort. It didn’t totally kill the story, but had me wishing for a better read through at many points in the book.

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My least favorite Nocturne Falls Universe Story

Revisado: 09-06-20

I have listened to almost every Nocturne Falls and Nocturne Falls Universe book, and this is by far my least favorite. So much so that I couldn’t even finish listening to it. The main characters are whiny wishy washy babies who can’t own up to their own mess and handle it, even when people around them are spoon feeding them solutions. That doesn’t jive with the whole supernaturals persona that this series has built up (bada$$, strong, determined). Also, it doesn’t really take place in Nocturne Falls, instead mainly features Underworld, some nearby-ish alternate dimension place. It has none of the locals I’ve come to love in it, none of the shops all the other characters frequent. It’s also pretty dark (as is her other Nocturne Falls book). Like talk of trading women for a bounty, torture, etc. not my cup of tea at all, and feels really out of line with this Universe. Would not recommend.

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Good, but not my favorite CJ Archer book

Revisado: 06-17-20

I’ve listened to all of CJ Archers audiobooks and this is my least favorite. I felt like the sexual attraction between the two main characters was soo forced. At every turn they were trying to jump one another or touch each other’s most private places in a time when that was not socially acceptable in public. It just felt forced. I wanted more witchcraft, more spying intrigue and more romance, not just sex.

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Couldn’t handle the diary format

Revisado: 05-21-20

The format of this book is unfortunate. Listening to someone read their diary is hard to keep up with, one sided and unbearably uninteresting. The story has soo much potential, but the format ruined it for me. Only made a few chapters in.

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Wine + fantasy lovers rejoice...everyone else, move along

Revisado: 10-17-19

I love a good fantasy novel, but this one is squarely for the wine lovers. If you love the flowery language of the sommelier, you may well love this book. The author spent an inordinate amount of time describing wine, vineyards and inanimate things than she did developing the characters. The explanation of their actions were left to unknown/unknowable descriptions like “sacred pose”...what is that? I found myself wanting better people descriptions so I could envision the characters more clearly.

And I’m not sure if it was the narrator or the story, but it was slow! It also felt weird that they were in France and the narrator used a superb French accent for certain words, but not all dialogue. That would have made the story richer in my estimation.

Overall, a listenable tale, but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it.

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Good story

Revisado: 09-23-19

Kept me listening and on the edge of my seat. I have to say, though that Roger Wayne is NOT my favorite. His female voices are too affected and high pitched. One of his male voice, for Lucien I believe, sounds like The Godfather. It was so distracting and kind of disappointing after having Joe Arden for the early books. Otherwise a great story!

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No. Just no.

Revisado: 09-11-19

I tend to finish listening to books no matter how much I’m not feeling it, but I couldn’t with this one. I love Penny Reid’s other books, but this one was not great. That Annie’s boss changed her dress and she just went along with it. That her boss basically pimped her out...and she went along with it. The dominant/submissive stuff with Ronan...and she just went along with it. I couldn’t even finish the book because I found myself rolling my eyes and feeling annoyed with the characters and the storyline.

Not to mention that George Allen’s narration was laughable. His accents made me cringe and distracted from the story. He didn’t capture the emotion as described (ie growls, whispers, etc). I felt like I was listening to a cartoon when he spoke. Lucy Rivers was great and I could have listened to her the whole book...save the story.

Overall, don’t waste your time. Read the Knitting in the City series instead. Much more enjoyable.

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