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Cassie Coburn Mysteries Books 1, 2 and 3 Boxed Set
- A British Cozy Mystery Series
- De: Samantha Silver
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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After a car accident ended her medical career before it even started, Cassie moved to London on a whim, expecting to see the sights and live the typical tourist backpacker lifestyle. Instead she finds herself accompanying a French private detective, Violet Despuis, as they attempt to find out who poisoned four people in the middle of London. Cassie's life soon includes this crazy detective, an ancient landlady with a curious past, a mischievous orange cat who likes going for walks on a leash, and a super hot pathologist that Cassie is sure is out of her league.
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Always recommend by me
- De CL Maryland en 02-18-21
- Cassie Coburn Mysteries Books 1, 2 and 3 Boxed Set
- A British Cozy Mystery Series
- De: Samantha Silver
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
Female Sherlock
Revisado: 03-22-24
First book started out strong. I'm a sucker for overcoming setback stories. Patricia is one of my all time favorite voice actors. However, it's clear she gets austrayaccents better than Queen's English. It's distracting to hear Brit coppers speak in australian accent rather than a rather than say, a Cockney accent, for example.
Second book was unforgivably sloppy, lacking basic geopolitical knowledge. Taiwan is NOT officially recognized as a country by either the UK or the US. There's no Britih embassy in Taiwan! It's called British Office Taiwan. Therefore, there's NO Britih ambassador to Taiwan. So cringe to hear it repeated throughout the book.
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Crave
- Crave Series, Book 1
- De: Tracy Wolff
- Narrado por: Heather Costa, Tim Paige
- Duración: 14 h y 56 m
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My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods...or monsters. I still can't decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me. Then there's Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years.
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Just, no.
- De Chanelle K en 10-12-20
- Crave
- Crave Series, Book 1
- De: Tracy Wolff
- Narrado por: Heather Costa, Tim Paige
"Sexy AF" repeated a thousand times
Revisado: 10-31-23
New, awkward girl in school? Check. Hot weather to cold weather transplant? Check. New flavor of the school year being stared at by everybody? Check. Brooding, self-loathing, and "sexy AF" vampire? Check. A clique/tight-knit tribe of good-looking vampires? Check. Shakespear references? Check. Vampire vs. Shifter rival? Check. Is this the Twilight Saga? You wish.
Unlike Stephenie Meyer, whose English lit training was apparent in her writings and whose grappling with religious philosophy provided some substance, at least at the time, even though Meyer's writing mostly appealed to teens; Tracy Wollf's writing really does read like a Middle schooler or high schooler's diary. In other words, it's almost entirely consisted of repetitive, not-quite-so-clever vernaculars and melodramatic angst.
Bad writing coupled with a very mediocre narrator who is incapable of accents or convincing character differentiations and who is not endowed with an attractive voice. Well, it's a copycat mess without much originality or true imagination.
And unlike Edward's blood attraction to Bella, there's no reason whatsoever for the Crave vampire's obsession with the new girl.
The only reason I picked this up is the backdrop of Alaska, which I wish Wolff had done more research on.
Substandard clone, at least in this first installment.
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The Quiet Girl
- De: S.F. Kosa
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne, Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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When Alex arrives in Provincetown to patch things up with his new wife, Mina, he finds an empty wine glass in the sink, her wedding ring on the desk, and a string of questions in her wake. The police believe that Mina, a successful romance author, simply left, their marriage crumbling before it truly began. But what Alex finds in their empty cottage points him toward a different reality: Mina has always carried a secret. And now she's disappeared.
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Too much abortion talk
- De Morgan Wallner en 07-30-23
- The Quiet Girl
- De: S.F. Kosa
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne, Patricia Santomasso
Tedious Mystery + Terrible Male Narrator
Revisado: 10-21-23
Confession: I listened to this book because (1) I love Patricia Santomasso, a masterful voice actress, and (2) it's in the Plus catalog and I'm short on credits.
The story is annoying because it's unnecessarily lengthy. You could just listen to the last hour of this story and you got the whole thing. I couldn't care less about the male character's various psychological grappling. I found his thoughts intolerably tedious exacerbated by perhaps the worst male voice and narration I've ever listened to. The male voice is unattractive to start with and it just became a nail dragging across a chalkboard when Mr. Heyborne narrated the female characters. Ms. Santomasso could've narrated this entire book and made it more tolerable because her male voices are amazing. I would've abandoned this story in the first half an hour if I didn't expect her to save the performance later on.
Also, the psychologist-patient privilege should not exist in this story at all. I wonder how the author got away with such an obvious mistake on a well-known legal rule (the slightest research should've revealed it. You need not have graduated from Harvard Law School). I mean, the only reason this is a mystery at all is because the author pretended that such privilege existed and the cops haven't bothered to approach the shrink.
Yeah, I must agree with some other reviews: BORING. Very little of it was either believable or entertaining.
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The Angel Trials (The Complete Series)
- Dark World
- De: Michelle Madow
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 34 h y 56 m
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I thought magic didn’t exist. I was so, so wrong. I'm just a typical college student...until a demon attacks me on the night of my 21st birthday. Luckily, I'm saved by Noah - a mysterious, sexy wolf shifter who appears and disappears before I can ask him any questions. Then, my mom is abducted by the same demon who came after me. And who turns up at the scene of the crime again? Noah. He’s hunting the demons who are taking humans, and he’s ultimately heading where I need to go to save my mom - the mystical island of Avalon.
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Amazing story. Can't wait for the next one.
- De Kat en 11-07-19
- The Angel Trials (The Complete Series)
- Dark World
- De: Michelle Madow
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
Great second installment + MUCH Improved narration
Revisado: 10-12-23
Continuing from the Campire Wish series, this one is the story about the shifters. I was weary if Santomasso would narrate with the same weird downward cadence for 30hrs. To my relief, she really improved her voice acting in the span of 2 yrs. Excellent character texturization.
Enjoyable, easy listen.
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The Vampire Wish: The Complete Series (Dark World)
- De: Michelle Madow
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 23 h y 55 m
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Annika never thought of herself as weak - until vampires murdered her parents and kidnapped her to their hidden kingdom of the Vale. As a brand-new blood slave, Annika must survive her dangerous new circumstances - or face death from the wolves prowling the Vale's enchanted walls. But sparks fly when she meets the vampire prince Jacen, and while she hates the thought of falling for the enemy, her connection with the mysterious prince could be the key to her freedom.
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Great listen to get lost in the supernatural
- De Roxann Garcia en 09-04-18
Great imagination
Revisado: 09-21-23
It's getting harder to write original stories about vampires, fae, shifters, but Madow has managed it. I enjoyed the ride. Easy listen and it went fast.
Narrator was pretty good overall. I liked her ability to texturize different charcters' voices. But her downward cadence throughout most of the 20+hr narration in random places in the various dialogues drove me crazy. I wish she just put in a natural cadence rather than putting a downward tonation on verbs or random words. Otherwise, amazing job.
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Midnight Jewel
- The Glittering Court, Book 2
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Kyla Garcia
- Duración: 15 h y 39 m
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A refugee of war, Mira was cast out of her home country and thrust into another, where the conditions were inhospitable at best. In a life-altering twist of fate, she is given the chance to escape once more, and she takes it, joining the Glittering Court.
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Not Richelle Mead's best...
- De Lauren en 07-12-17
- Midnight Jewel
- The Glittering Court, Book 2
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Kyla Garcia
A Bit Draggy
Revisado: 09-15-23
Mead's stories are typically addictive. I finished one series every couple of weeks for Vampire Academy, Bloodlines, Age of X, Dark Swan, and Georgina Kincaid. Emily Shaffer was my favorite narrator, and Jennifer Van Dyck my least favorite (mature voice too old for character). But each series went at a fast clip and was hard to put down.
The Glittering Court is the only series without a supernatural element and I admire Mead's semi-historic endeavor without the low-hanging fruit of erotica or the escape through the supernatural. The first book in Glittering Court was fascinating enough as I tried to figure out the world constructed within. Kristen Sieh did a decent job narrating as her accent variations covered mostly white English speakers within the UK region. Her narrator's accent also stayed consistent with her protagonist's accent.
Midnight Jewel, on the other hand, is about the most mysterious character of the 3, Mira, who is supposed to have inimitable linguistic talent. The problem here with this sequel is 2-fold:
1. the emotional tone does not ring true: the sisterhood thickness felt more genuine in the first book and much more of a stretch in this book. Mira's attachment to Tamsin feels unwarranted and forced. More importantly, Mira's love development with Grant feels melodramatic and tedious. Grant's avoidant behavioral pattern and anxious attachment mode seem worthy of a psychology seminar but is painfully annoying when Mira obsesses over his every withdrawal and/or advance. Mira seems a rather incongruous character with her simultaneous inexperience in sexual love and experience in sexual abuse. Overall, I feel disinterested in her romance.
2. Narrator's accent: yes, Mira is supposed to sound a bit Caribbean Creole and Kyla Garcia's interpretation of that accent is OK. The problem is that Garcia's narrator's accent is flat American, which is very jarring and does feel inconsistent. I'm assuming that narrating everything in a Caribbean accent is more difficult than just performing Mira's dialogue in a Caribbean accent. I think Garcia did fine in her performance of the various English accents, including the supposedly Belgium accent.
Overall: tedious and emotionally forced, makes me not want to purchase book 3.
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Stormborn
- Dark Swan Series, Book 1
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Duración: 11 h y 27 m
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Eugenie Markham is a powerful shaman who does a brisk trade banishing spirits and fey who cross into the mortal world. Mercenary, yes, but a girl's got to eat. Her most recent case, however, is enough to ruin her appetite. Hired to find a teenager who has been taken to the Otherworld, Eugenie comes face to face with a startling prophecy - one that uncovers dark secrets about her past and claims that Eugenie's first-born will threaten the future of the world as she knows it.
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Not the right narrator
- De Allison en 11-12-21
- Stormborn
- Dark Swan Series, Book 1
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck
Good Story, Mismatched Narrator
Revisado: 08-13-23
A more sexual one out of Mead's series. Interesting worlds and creatures. Engaging. But the narrator's voice is far too mature for the protagonist. Not bad, per se, but a serious mismatch: a 45-55 voice for a 20-30 character. Very distracting.
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The Indigo Spell
- A Bloodlines Novel
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Emily Shaffer
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
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Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets - and human lives. In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch - a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run.
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Adrian ADRIAN A D R I A N
- De Bee en 02-26-13
- The Indigo Spell
- A Bloodlines Novel
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Emily Shaffer
Smart and Funny Series and Brilliant Narrator
Revisado: 07-04-23
I enjoyed the Academy series and loved Emily Shaffer as a narrator. When I saw this series with Emily as the narrator, I purchased it without hesitation. I couldn't put it down. To my delight, I love this series much more than the Academy series. It's more brainy, witty, and delectably funny. I laughed out loud more times than I thought one would reading a YA fantasy.
The characters are quirky and lovable, The discussions between characters are intelligent and interesting. Even the pets and creatures are vividly entertaining.
I love the Adrian portrayed by Emily Shaffer: both his accent and tenor were rendered with just the right amount of smoky sexiness. I wish the later books were consistent in the portrayal of Adrian. They should've just kept Emily as the sole narrator. Her interpretation of the characters makes this series go alive.
Pay attention to little gems like "Silver Tooth Sally" and "Hopper the Rabbit."
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Blood Promise
- Vampire Academy, Book 4
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Emily Shaffer
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
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The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir’s Academy was the deadliest ever in the school’s history, claiming the lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, the Strigoi took some of their victims with them . . . including Dimitri.
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The Narrator Makes This Book Work.
- De Mitch en 01-26-13
- Blood Promise
- Vampire Academy, Book 4
- De: Richelle Mead
- Narrado por: Emily Shaffer
Best Narrator out of the 3 for this series
Revisado: 06-30-23
Finally, a narrator who rendered all the characters in the right accents and persona. Helped the story a great deal.
I really enjoyed Sydney's character and loved Adian's renewed accent. The story keeps a good pace and suspense.
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Reckless Magic
- De: Rachel Higginson
- Narrado por: Bailey Carr
- Duración: 11 h y 35 m
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Sixteen-year-old Eden Matthews has been in and out of private schools for the last two years. She can't seem to stop herself from closing them down. Kingsley is her last chance to finish high school. Only Kingsley isn't like the other schools she's been to. The students are different. But, then again, so is she. After meeting Kiran Kendrick, the mysterious boy who seems to be the source of all her problems, she is suddenly in a world that feels more make-believe than reality.
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The Main Character is an Absolute Idiot.
- De Elizabeth en 03-04-20
- Reckless Magic
- De: Rachel Higginson
- Narrado por: Bailey Carr
Terrible Narrator
Revisado: 09-11-20
Okay story. Overly dramatic narration, really bad accents. Torturous to listen to. Please change narrator.
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