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Manon G.

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  • A Tale of Two Vampires

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 4 mins)
    • By Katie MacAlister
    • Narrated By Nicole Poole
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (83)
    Performance
    (73)
    Story
    (71)

    Iolanthe Tennyson has had a very bad year—due in part to the very bad men in her life. So she’s accepted her cousin’s invitation to spend the summer in Austria to indulge her photography hobby. Rumors of a haunted forest there draw Iolanthe into the dark woods—and into the 18th century.... Nikola Czerny is a cursed man, forced by his half brothers to live forever as a Dark One. But his miserable existence takes an intriguing turn when a strange, babbling woman is thrown in his path.

    CAROLYN says: "More of a Carry On Vamp than Interview With A Vamp"
    "Time travelling vampire, Oh my!"
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    What did you love best about A Tale of Two Vampires?

    Io and Nicola


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Io, she has spunk and is not afraid to say what she thinks, sometimes before she realises that she's doing it ;-)


    What about Nicole Poole’s performance did you like?

    The voices are fun and quircky, and easy to follow


    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    Laugh, out loud a couple of time actually, this one remings me of Baltic and Isolde, and those were funny characters, the byplay is often silly, hot, and hilarious at the same time.


    Any additional comments?

    Oh I would love to have a Dark One as well, but I would be happy with more of the Dark Ones books on Audio, the ealier ones where as fun.

    More Dark Ones please and the Corset Diaries as well on audio if possible, those are good books. We Need to see Christian, Allegra, Nell, Adrian and all the others, I would love to have those in audio

    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • The Husband List

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 34 mins)
    • By Janet Evanovich, Dorien Kelly
    • Narrated By Lorelei King
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (255)
    Performance
    (231)
    Story
    (229)

    Caroline Maxwell would like nothing more than to join her brother, Eddie, and his friend Jack Culhane on their adventures. While Jack and Eddie are off seeing the world, buying up businesses and building wildly successful careers, Caroline's stuck at home frightening off the men her mother hopes will ask for her hand in marriage. When her mother sets her sights on the questionable Lord Bremerton as a possible suitor, Caroline struggles with her instincts and the true nature of her heart. She longs for adventure, passion, love, and most of all...Jack Culhane, an unconventional Irish-American bachelor with new money and no title.

    julianne says: "So disappointed"
    "Something is missing, Ah Yes! the action"
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    What did you like best about The Husband List? What did you like least?

    Lorelei King, easy the constant torment of Caroline by her mother


    How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

    There is not enough action at least not for a Evanovich book, no explosion, no car chase thouth in this world it would have been a carriage chase, the book is not bad, but it's missing the action where used too, and it shows.


    Which scene was your favorite?

    When Caroline has the bad guy at gun point and Jack propose


    Was The Husband List worth the listening time?

    yes and no, I was willing to give the book a chance, but if I knew the only really big action was at the end I would have skipped a lot of chapters, I almost left the story a few times, I like old style tales, but even those need a few bumps in the road to interest me, this book was more about pleasing the parents and sneaking around, cute but booring after a while.


    Any additional comments?

    if you love a sweet and slow romance with not much action, this is for you, but if you need more Kaboom in a Evanovich book then go in another direction, thought you do get the happy ending, it's slow and sometimes frustrating to get there.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Sex, Lies, and Vampires

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 3 mins)
    • By Katie MacAlister
    • Narrated By Hillary Huber
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (35)
    Performance
    (31)
    Story
    (30)

    Are you responsible for lifting a centuries-old curse from the sexiest vampire you’ve ever seen? Does a demon lord want to destroy you? Have you somehow inadvertently bound several mummies to your soul? Are you the last hope for a lost little boy? If you’ve answered “yes” to any of the above . . . you’re in big trouble! Those are a few of the problems facing Nell Harris, a real charmer - no, really . . . a real Charmer - once she hooks up with Adrian Tomas. A devastatingly hot Dark One who’s earned the unfortunate title “the Betrayer” for selling out his own kind to a very nasty demon, Adrian needs Nell in the worst way.

    Manon says: "Laugh out loud fun"
    "Laugh out loud fun"
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    Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

    This one of my favorite Dark Ones books, it's funny, full of action and impossible situations


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Nell and Adrian, the byplay always fun to listen too


    What does Hillary Huber bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    I've read this book, several times actually since it's one of my Katie Macalister favorite. Thought I had a few hesitation at first getting to know the voices created for beloved characters, I had so much fun once the action started.


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    Betrayer or Betrayed or The cursed one


    Any additional comments?

    I've been hoping for years for this one, I'm very happy of the result so please more Katie Macalister, The Corset Diaries next please, then Hard days knight and Blow me Down, those 3 are the best, I would also love to hear Noble Intention and Noble Destiny.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A Modern Love Story with a Jane Austen Twist

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 19 mins)
    • By Abigail Reynolds
    • Narrated By Gillian Vance
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (14)
    Performance
    (14)
    Story
    (14)

    Marine biologist Cassie Boulton has no patience when a modern-day Mr. Darcy appears in her lab on Cape Cod. Proud, aloof Calder Westing III is the scion of a famous political family, while Cassie's success is hard-won in spite of a shameful family history. When their budding romance is brutally thwarted, both by his family and by hers, Calder tries to set things right by rewriting the two of them in the roles of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice...but will Cassie be willing to supply the happy ending?

    Manon says: "Or Pemberly by the sea the old title"
    "Or Pemberly by the sea the old title"
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    If you could sum up The Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice in three words, what would they be?

    A good romance


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Cassie and Calder of course


    What about Gillian Vance’s performance did you like?

    I've listened to several readers, I would I like a more masculine voice for Calder, but the storie was well told, so I'm happy with it


    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    I've read this book before, under another title a few years back, loved it then, still do, the emotions are more sutle in this kind of books, more under the skin than tossed around but it's worth getting into this world and exploring it.


    Any additional comments?

    I love Abigail Reynolds books, there not thrillers but the pace is slow and you learn about the characters as go along, if you like a slow but steady romance with a few Austen twists, this is the book for you

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Spellbound Falls: Spellbound Falls, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 37 mins)
    • By Janet Chapman
    • Narrated By Allyson Ryan
    Overall
    (34)
    Performance
    (31)
    Story
    (30)

    Maximilian Oceanus arrives in Spellbound Falls just in time to save Olivia Baldwin from an overly aggressive suitor, only to find himself attracted to the beautiful, if rather aloof, widow. And although Mac has come to Inglenook to get a handle on fatherhood, his newly discovered six-year-old son has set his sights on finding his father a wife. Olivia, however, is busy getting Inglenook ready for its new season, so she doesn't have time to deal with her growing attraction to the dangerously seductive Mac.

    Manon says: "The sea meets Main"
    "The sea meets Main"
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    What made the experience of listening to Spellbound Falls the most enjoyable?

    I love Janet Chapman books for their nice and slow pace, there are of course some up and down but you get to know the characters, and enjoy some of there pleasures. I do also like the fact that the love scenes are more about the people and less about the sex, nowadays some books are almost pornographic, and when I read I often skip those parts if it's too much or too often, sex may sell, but not always, there is a thing as too much info. I usually get into the world of the characters and there world if I can relate, and these books are reader friendly with just enough magic too make it fun.


    What was one of the most memorable moments of Spellbound Falls?

    The moment Olivia sees the real Max


    Have you listened to any of Allyson Ryan’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    I don't think I heard her before, but I'll keep an ear out, this reader I like.


    Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

    When Olivia made peace with Sam and Ezra


    Any additional comments?

    I would like more of these books please, there fun and comfortable to get in and relaxing to listen, at least if you like romance with a dash of fantasy.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Love in the Time of Dragons: A Novel of the Light Dragons

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 13 mins)
    • By Katie MacAlister
    • Narrated By Barbara Rosenblat
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (154)
    Performance
    (104)
    Story
    (102)

    In best-selling author Katie MacAlister’s Love in the Time of Dragons, suburban mom Tully Sullivan wakes up in a far-off place surrounded by strangers—many of them muscular, sexy ones—claiming to be dragons. They insist Tully is a dragon, too, and that she’s committed crimes deserving of death. Now Tully must disprove the allegations before time runs out.

    Jeanine says: "Struggling to finish"
    "Dragons everywhere ;-)"
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    Is there anything you would change about this book?

    The visions of Isolde do slow the story a bit, I do understand the need for them but, I'm having too much fun with the antics of the now characters, so when we go into the past of Isolde and Baltic things are a bit frustrating.


    How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

    More time with Baltic and Isolde in present time, those two togethers are so much fun together.


    What does Barbara Rosenblat bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    The voices are very distinct for each character so following the story line is easy


    Could you see Love in the Time of Dragons being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

    A tv series could be fun, the dragons and there universe have so much potential, with Jim in the middle of it of course.


    Any additional comments?

    Fun storie, if you can listen to them in order then come back to when Isolde and Baltic meet, it's worth a lot of laughs. The first time around you're following the action, but in a second pass, you can have a bit more fun listening to the outrage of Baltic at Isoldes requests. It was worth waiting for number 3 to relistened to this one. Have fun.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Nightshifted: Edie Spence, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 40 mins)
    • By Cassie Alexander
    • Narrated By Tai Sammons
    Overall
    (52)
    Performance
    (49)
    Story
    (45)

    Nursing school prepared Edie Spence for a lot of things. Burn victims? No problem. Severed limbs? Piece of cake. Vampires? No way in hell. But as the newest nurse on Y4, the secret ward hidden in the bowels of County Hospital, Edie has her hands full with every paranormal patient you can imagine - from vamps and were-things to zombies and beyond. Edie’s just trying to learn the ropes so she can get through her latest shift unscathed. But when a vampire servant turns to dust under her watch, all hell breaks loose.

    Yvonne says: "A must read urban fanasty"
    "Too dark for me I'm afraid"
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    This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

    Well I don't mind dark books if there a is humor but this one, is going down hill fast


    What was most disappointing about Cassie Alexander’s story?

    the fact that she's tries so hard but always seem to fall short


    Did Tai Sammons do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

    the voices where ok, not the best I've listened but that wasn't the problem here, it wasn't my style of storie.


    What character would you cut from Nightshifted?

    I didn't finished, maybe I will in a while, but at the moment this book didn't grab me, so I can't really fairly say. And it wouldn't be fair actually.


    Any additional comments?

    I was hoping for something with a bit of fun to lighten the mood, alas that wasn't in the card. I do admit I like lighter books, so maybe this choice was bad for me, writing a story is hard, making a book is hard, so I'm not saying the book is bad, but you must like dark stories, and characters who stuggle all the time. I like having a little fun along the way. So take care, you do have werewolves, vampires and things that go bump in the night, (oh my!) but it's a hard world and and a hard reality. So choose wisely. have fun reading, I sure will,

    2 of 3 people found this review helpful
  • And One Last Thing...

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 23 mins)
    • By Molly Harper
    • Narrated By Amanda Ronconi
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2060)
    Performance
    (1467)
    Story
    (1464)

    Lacey Terwilliger's shock and humiliation over her husband's philandering prompt her to add some bonus material to Mike's company newsletter: stunning Technicolor descriptions of the special brand of "administrative support" his receptionist gives him. The detailed mass e-mail to Mike's family, friends, and clients blows up in her face, and before one can say "instant urban legend", Lacey has become the pariah of her small Kentucky town and a media punch line....

    Denise says: "For me this was such a HOOT!!!"
    "One of her best one"
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    If you could sum up And One Last Thing... in three words, what would they be?

    warm, funny and full of mishief


    What was one of the most memorable moments of And One Last Thing...?

    The swimming incident


    What does Amanda Ronconi bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    She's a good reader, so her chartacters have there own voice, plus the story really flows, which keeps you interested.


    If you could rename And One Last Thing..., what would you call it?

    Let see Don't judge a fictional writer by his grumpyness? Actually I really like the title, it really fits ;^)


    Any additional comments?

    Well I really enjoyed this one, lately I'm more into the supernatural stuff, but this one got it's grip into me and didn't let me go. Which is good, this got my attention and kept it. More please.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 52 mins)
    • By Gail Carriger
    • Narrated By Emily Gray
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (2198)
    Performance
    (1483)
    Story
    (1493)

    Victorian romance mixes seamlessly with elegant prose and biting wit—and werewolves—in Gail Carriger’s delightful debut novel. Soulless introduces Alexia Tarabotti, a parasol-wielding Londoner getting dangerously close to spinster status. But there are more important things than finding a husband. For Alexia was born without a soul, giving her the ability to render any vampire or werewolf completely powerless.

    Pamela I Greene says: "Amelia Peabody has competition"
    "Fun and interesting"
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    Would you listen to Soulless again? Why?

    I love the characters, the story, I relisten to part of it all the time.


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    Lord Alkadema, so outrageous, and so fun loving


    Have you listened to any of Emily Gray’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

    Well I've listen to all the Gail Carriger books, but not any other books, so I can't comment on other but these but I like the whole series.


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    Victorian vampire and werewolf Oh my!


    Any additional comments?

    I started the first book with hesitation, and wasn't so sure where the author was going, but once the action started, I was hooked, this serie is fun, romantic, and with outragous characters, with a bit of victorian world in it. I really enjoyed this one, and all the others in the series.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • It's All Greek to Me

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 36 mins)
    • By Katie MacAlister
    • Narrated By Felicity Munroe
    Overall
    (82)
    Performance
    (73)
    Story
    (74)

    Billionaire Greek playboy Iakovos Papaioannou knew his sister hired her favorite band to perform at her birthday party. He's just not sure how their six-foot tall, wild-haired, tempestuous manager has already ended up in his bed-and in his heart. Eglantine "Harry" Knight is so not his type. She's as infuriating as she is intriguing, and she's can't keep her hands off of him. But she just may be the woman who knocks him off the world's most eligible bachelor list for good....

    Shannon says: "More fun than I expected"
    "Good but story but missing a real bad guy"
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    Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

    Yes, I laughed out lout a few times, the only real problem was no real vilain in this one, a few conflicts but nothing major enough to get more than a passing interest. The ups and downs of Yakki and Harry are adorable, but I wanted something more out of this one. a nice story, but just that, a nice one.


    What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

    I was expecting something like what we got, but that was a good ending. Actually I wanted the story to continue.


    What about Felicity Munroe’s performance did you like?

    Made me laugh


    Did It's All Greek to Me inspire you to do anything?

    not really, but it was a relaxing story, something to listen when doing something else with your hands.


    Any additional comments?

    Not a great book from Katie, but a fun one. Keep them coming, I still love your humour and sence of fun.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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