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A Soul to Heal
- Duskwalker Brides, Book Two
- De: Opal Reyne
- Narrado por: Wolfgang Milliken, Ruthie Bowles
- Duración: 20 h y 17 m
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Thrown into the Veil for a crime she committed, Delora was discarded by the world. Although afraid of her oncoming demise, she accepts it as it would be a worldly escape from her problems. She didn’t expect that she would wake up from her deadly fall, nor that the person who saved her would be a Duskwalker. She’s wary about him at first, but Delora begins to realise there’s more to him than just a faceless monster.
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the journey is ROUGH and requires a LOT of patience for Dalora.
- De Harley-Payj en 06-10-24
- A Soul to Heal
- Duskwalker Brides, Book Two
- De: Opal Reyne
- Narrado por: Wolfgang Milliken, Ruthie Bowles
The performance is the best part
Revisado: 02-20-25
I really wish I enjoyed this one as much as the first installment.
I love a Golden Retriever MMC as much as the next girl, but the FMC is insufferable and hardly makes the end worth the means.
I appreciate the attempt at inclusivity; a plus size FMC struggling with depression and post-partum, but this character feels more like pandering to the audience. I understand not all FMCs are meant to be perfect but this one plays the victim, manipulates and takes advantage of the MMC, is whiny to the extreme and still somehow manages to be bland.
The only things saving this book are the duet performance by two excellent narrators and the established attachment we have to the “nameless” MMC.
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A Taste of Torment
- Shadow Hills Academy: Relentless, Book 1
- De: Stacey Trombley
- Narrado por: Krystal Hammond
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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When my sister is murdered, and the case mysteriously dropped, I know where to begin my own investigation-Shadow Hills Academy, an elite school for supernaturals. Technically, I have zero magic, but just enough skills with potions to be accepted. Now I have the means to get close to the most likely culprits—powerful people like the demon prince Jarron.
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I wanted to like it more
- De Shea en 01-09-25
- A Taste of Torment
- Shadow Hills Academy: Relentless, Book 1
- De: Stacey Trombley
- Narrado por: Krystal Hammond
I wanted to like it more
Revisado: 01-09-25
I’m about a third through and had to take a break. The premise is interesting enough, but it’s just missing something.
The narrator’s voice itself is easy to listen to, the production quality and editing are good. (No breathing noises, gulping, ambient noise, etc). But there are some odd words and enunciations; it’s difficult to say if this is a narrator error, or an author error.
The storytelling is a bit juvenile for something containing adult themes and marketed to an adult audience, while also considering the main characters are teens in a school setting.
The little bit of world building I did get through seemed solid and I enjoyed the variety of characters and their presentation within their social hierarchy.
I hope to revisit the story and maybe continue to the end later. Perhaps I’ll have more stars then.
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Midnight Valentine
- De: J.T. Geissinger
- Narrado por: Troy Duran, Tara Langella
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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Megan Dunn arrives in Seaside, Oregon a broken woman with a dream: open a B&B like she planned to do with her husband, Cass, whose life was tragically cut short five years ago. But the old Victorian she bought needs extensive renovations and the one man who can help her—Theo Valentine—takes an immediate and intense dislike to her. Left scarred and unable to talk after a terrible accident, the reclusive Theo is a brilliant contractor whose plans to renovate the building Megan bought are eerily similar to her own.
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OH WOW JT, YOU DID IT AGAIN.. and I loved it ❤️
- De CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 en 02-25-24
- Midnight Valentine
- De: J.T. Geissinger
- Narrado por: Troy Duran, Tara Langella
Flawless duet narration
Revisado: 01-03-25
J.T. is always a pleasure to read. Epic twists and turns, keeping us on our toes, and Cani just say how much I appreciate the correct use of “and me” instead of “and I,” because that is a huge pet peeve of mine.
This is also a blatant appreciation post for Tara Langella; she is divine perfection (as always) and I will never miss an opportunity to sing her praises.
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5 Rounds
- The Fight Game, Book 1
- De: Nikki Castle
- Narrado por: Brooke Daniels, Gideon Frost
- Duración: 11 h y 41 m
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When Remy is suddenly evicted from her apartment, her best friend offers to let her crash at his house while he's traveling for work. The only problem is, she can't stand his arrogant, self-centered roommate, Tristan. Now, she has to figure out how to live in the same house with him for ten days while dealing with all the temptation that comes with… including punching Tristan’s smug face in. But when one night strips them of their masks and exposes the truth, they’re forced to reexamine how they really feel about each other.
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OBSESSED
- De Vicki G en 03-01-24
- 5 Rounds
- The Fight Game, Book 1
- De: Nikki Castle
- Narrado por: Brooke Daniels, Gideon Frost
There are some truly unhealthy themes here
Revisado: 12-27-24
Yes, the duet narration and the production quality is good… but- the overall theme of the story, and some of the pivotal moments within, are sending the Wrong message for a book with an obvious attempt at a strong-willed, intelligent, feminist FMC.
The idea that family comes first, even when that family is toxic and abusive, just because they are family? That you should choose their birthday party over a once-in-a-lifetime chance at your dream after they’ve ridiculed and demeaned you your whole life- just because they’re family and they manipulated you with tears? No.
Defending the MMC’s thought process when he explains he never took the FMC seriously simply because she is a female? And yes, he used the term “Female” like it was a biology class. I don’t know if this was an attempt to make the reader hate the MMC, thereby making his redemption arc that much more impressive, but I was not sold.
These are just two examples but there are plenty more. There are also quite a few grammar issues, but we’ll never know if that’s a problem with the words on the page, or how it was read/ interpreted by the voice actors.
Take it for what you will, I suppose.
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Mark Me
- Immortal Vices and Virtues: Her Monstrous Mates, Book 4
- De: Mila Young
- Narrado por: Stella Rose, Michael Joss
- Duración: 11 h y 38 m
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Loss has scarred my life. I’ve trained relentlessly, endured unimaginable pain for one goal—to face the beast who watched me, who came for me. But took my family instead. There’s nothing I won’t do for vengeance. Until three sinful and unhinged monsters find me, emerging from the shadows with sharp teeth, and with claws that could pull apart my life as easily as they do the buttons on my dress.
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Immortal Vices and Virtues: Her Monstrous Mates
- De J. Allen en 07-23-24
- Mark Me
- Immortal Vices and Virtues: Her Monstrous Mates, Book 4
- De: Mila Young
- Narrado por: Stella Rose, Michael Joss
I’m 2/3 way through, May not finish
Revisado: 12-26-24
I tried to research the author first to verify if English is her second language; if that is the case, I’d be a bit more lenient. That being said, I didn’t find anything in her bio indicating such, so I’ll proceed under the impression the writing really is just this abysmal.
The narrative is repetitive at best. There are words sprinkled in that have no business being where they’ve landed. It’s almost as if the author chose an adjective that was *close to* the idea she wanted to convey, but not *close enough* so it threw the whole context of the sentence out the window. Nothing made sense- which is why I suspected English as a second language and would suggest a better equipped group of Beta Readers. In the same vein, I’d also suggest a copy editor and a production company who takes more internet interest in her success than Tarean obviously does, because they’re doing her a huge disservice letting her put this out there.
Additionally, this is not a fully fleshed out story. Virtually no side character development, no subplot, poor executed cliches, and (so far) couldn’t pass the Bechdel test.
As for the voice actors and the audio production quality: not terrible and not great. I’m under the impression their garbled words are because they’re reading as the words are written, which is the fault of the author, and they are not at liberty to correct the mistakes. It’s unfortunate for them because they’re doing sound foolish stumbling over the mishmash of nonsensical words.
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Arran's Obsession
- Body Count, Book 1
- De: Jolie Vines
- Narrado por: Shane East, Allie Rose, Ella Lynch, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 32 m
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I hated the gangs that ruled my city. After my friend was killed and my father vanished, I had no choice but to infiltrate one to figure out why. Entering their infamous club quickly showed me I was in over my head. Then the most feared gang leader took an interest in me. Arran was corrupt, deadly, and his searing gaze both terrified and tempted me. In my search for answers, I stumbled into his dark and dangerous game. The result? I belonged to him, with no chance of escape. In a heartbeat, I became Arran’s obsession. And in a terrible twist, I think he’s becoming mine.
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Hot and spicy!
- De Rhunt en 12-09-24
- Arran's Obsession
- Body Count, Book 1
- De: Jolie Vines
- Narrado por: Shane East, Allie Rose, Ella Lynch, Theodore Zephyr
I don’t know what I expected, but this exceeded it
Revisado: 12-23-24
Narrators: superb!
Audio quality/ production/editing: excellent!
Storyline/subplot/foreshadowing: perfection!
Dialogue/inner monologue balance: sweet spot!
Spice/smut/steam: 5 stars!
I have absolutely no complaints. This was perfectly paced, no gratuitous smut and swearing, a well developed plot and fleshed out side characters. Nothing felt forced; the characters are flawed while still likable, progressive without the feeling of pushing an agenda.
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Unlawful Temptations
- The Star-Crossed Series, Book 1
- De: Alexandria Lee
- Narrado por: Kelsey Navarro Foster
- Duración: 17 h y 29 m
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It seemed harmless when we met. He needed a nanny, and I needed a job. Badly. I was the only thing keeping food on the table and lights on in our not-so-happily-ever-after home. I thought working for Dominic Reed would be easy. I thought very wrong. It was the exact opposite of easy. In fact, it was impossible when he was my boss, and I was his employee, and fate decided it didn't care about professionalism or boundaries. It didn't care that I was ten years younger. It didn't care that I'd built the entire foundation of my adult life on the fact that love was poison and men were the devil.
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It was ok
- De TuneNine99 en 03-26-25
- Unlawful Temptations
- The Star-Crossed Series, Book 1
- De: Alexandria Lee
- Narrado por: Kelsey Navarro Foster
Don’t listen to the other reviews!
Revisado: 12-19-24
People are complaining it’s too slow but they are WRONG and I’ll tell you why.
Everyone complains about instalust and instalove and how contrite romance novels are. This one is not that.
The MMC is flawed and doesn’t make excuses. He’s not a billionaire and has legitimate struggles. People are complaining about the FMC being too immature but guess what? She’s 20 or 21 for the duration of the book and has a rough home life- of course she makes bad decisions and has moments of immaturity BUT she also has redeeming moments. She’s human- and she’s 21. Give her a break.
The story progresses organically, and the secondary plot doesn’t feel like a last minute add in for drama- it’s actually central to the story. It’s not just the romance. There’s some EXTREMELY character development going on, multiple facets of their lives are being explored and fleshed out the give us a truly well-told story.
And *spoiler* they haven’t really done the deed yet, though there has been some fooling around. If the spice and steam progresses the way everything else has, book 2 is not going to disappoint.
As for the narration: I usually stick to duets but I really enjoyed this one. She doesn’t overdo it with the male voice. Her comedic timing and sass bring charm to the FMC and she didn’t go overboard baby-voicing the kids.
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Hell Fae Captive
- De: Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn
- Narrado por: Troy Duran, Gregory Salinas, Kale Williams, y otros
- Duración: 9 h y 50 m
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My parents made a deal with the devil, and now I’m a Hell Fae captive. Enslaved. Owned. Thrown to the Hellhounds and expected to survive. Because only survivors earn their mates. It doesn’t matter that I don’t want to be a bride. I’m a Halfling. Part Hell Fae and part girl-who-doesn’t-give-a-shit. But because of a bargain, he owns me. Lucifer. The Hell Fae King who created this godforsaken realm. Also known as the orchestrator of these deadly bride-trial games.
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Super steamy slowish burn, great RH & great story
- De Sandi (BookDragonHeart) en 07-26-22
- Hell Fae Captive
- De: Lexi C. Foss, J.R. Thorn
- Narrado por: Troy Duran, Gregory Salinas, Kale Williams, Lisa Zimmerman
If the narration was as good as the story’s potential
Revisado: 12-15-24
The male character narrators are amazing and I am thrilled this is duet style, not dual. However, the female character narrator really pulls me out of the story. She has the whisper effect and a harsh exhale at the end of every sentence/sentence fragment. I can’t tell if it’s a put upon character trait or just the narrator’s natural reading voice, but I am really struggling to get through this. I have an hour left.
The story itself has potential. Some of the writing is redundant, but I think that’s because the author underestimates the target audience and probably feels the need to remind us of certain details throughout the story. The foreshadowing is likely to be more of an “I told you outright this would happen” when we get to book two.
I don’t dislike the FMC but I think I’d like her a lot more with a different narrator. And the lack of other female characters in the story is a big red flag. This is supposed to be a bride trial with 665 other girls. The FMC has spoken to (2-3?) with only a few lines of dialogue exchanged- which were hateful banter at best?
I dunno. The more I think about it, the more depressing it gets. There’s a lot of good MM scenes. And I guess the world building is done well without an info-dump.
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The Butcher's Masquerade
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5
- De: Matt Dinniman
- Narrado por: Jeff Hays
- Duración: 23 h y 33 m
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A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade”. The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds. As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms. Outside, tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are here and ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career.
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Perhaps the best plotted SF series ever written
- De Ed Pegg Jr en 05-26-22
- The Butcher's Masquerade
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5
- De: Matt Dinniman
- Narrado por: Jeff Hays
Always 5 Stars
Revisado: 12-04-24
***Spoilers Below***
Donut’s Wonderwall was SO cute!
Jeff Hays is a mastermind, of course. I definitely couldn’t read this genre in physical book format. But we have to give Matt Dinniman is due, because we wouldn’t have this without him.
Spoilers: I am kinda disappointed we don’t get to see how the 7th floor would have played out because it sounded so interesting! I knew there had to be something going on with the hammer/stick combo and as soon as they showed up in glass boxes, the jig was up. I just wish the floor they skipped had a boring premise because that had a lot of promise and I would have loved to hear it.
Also- perfect set up of Katja - we’re getting into the emotional heartbreak of the storylines this book and presumably the next. I can’t wait to see how it unfolds.
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Unfurl
- Alchemy, Book 1
- De: Elodie Hart
- Narrado por: Kylie Stewart, Will M. Watt
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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When you've been told your whole life that something is sinful, you have two options. Avoid it like the plague, like it has the power to destroy all that is good and pure. Or become as fixated upon it as Eve was upon that apple. I'm sick of the push-pull of terror and temptation. It's tearing me apart. I just want a bite of the apple. More than a bite. I want to devour it. Have its juices spill from my lips. And by apple, I, of course, mean sex.
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Unfurl
- De AshReads en 02-05-24
- Unfurl
- Alchemy, Book 1
- De: Elodie Hart
- Narrado por: Kylie Stewart, Will M. Watt
Ok, Wow
Revisado: 11-21-24
I normally ONLY listen to duet narration, but I made an exception and I am SO glad I did. This was exceptionally good. I could be extra nit picky about the narration if I wanted to, but overall I think they both did a good job and neither were annoying when reading the opposite gender- so it’s a win in my book.
As for the story - whew boy! It was tender and fierce and passionate and exciting and spicy and all the things you would normally expect… but it was also very healing. The sub plot relating to the FMC’s struggle with her relationship with her ultra religious parents brings a grounding element into the story making more than just smut. The end of chapter 41 is something I will bookmark and listen to over and over when I start to spiral- that was some next level religious childhood trauma healing for me. It may not be anything grand, on the contrary, it was so simple. But the fact a spicy smut book was such a balm to that part of my soul is a bit of irony I’ll never forget.
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