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Empress

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  • Turned: Book #1 in the Vampire Journals

    • UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 5 mins)
    • By Morgan Rice
    • Narrated By Brianna Knickerbocker
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (75)
    Performance
    (66)
    Story
    (66)

    In Turned (Book #1 of the Vampire Journals series), 18-year-old Caitlin Paine finds herself uprooted from her nice suburb and forced to attend a dangerous New York City high school when her Mom moves again. The one ray of light in her new surroundings is Jonah, a new classmate who takes an instant liking to her. But before their romance can blossom, Caitlin suddenly finds herself changing....

    Captdoherty says: ""Twilight" meets "The Outsiders""
    "Never been more disappointed in a vampire series"
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    What disappointed you about Turned?

    There were little to no refrences to what kind of vampire lore she was using for the series and I read the next two books just to make sure I didn't like it and the continuing story like makes no sense there's no continuity of the storyline and her writing gets more redundant and amaturish while shes trying to make it look like the charachters are evolving its like....a 13 year old girl with a 5th grade reading level and a thesaurus wrote it


    Would you ever listen to anything by Morgan Rice again?

    No thanks


    Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Brianna Knickerbocker?

    Lorilei King or Tavia Gilbert


    You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

    No it made no sense read the next 2 books and it makes even less sense its annoying


    Any additional comments?

    I want my money back that was awful

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • A Kiss of Shadows: Meredith Gentry, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By Laurell K. Hamilton
    • Narrated By Laural Merlington
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (716)
    Performance
    (285)
    Story
    (293)

    "All it would take was my true name being mentioned after dark, and it would float back to my aunt. She was the Queen of Air and Darkness, and that meant that anything said in the dark was hers to hear, eventually. The fact that spotting the missing Elven American Princess had become more popular than spotting Elvis helped."

    Mysticalsister says: "Not for the prudish reader -- but,"
    "Dissappointed"
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    What did you like best about A Kiss of Shadows? What did you like least?

    I like fae stories and Laurel k Hamilton but this was long boring plot lines with too much sexual overture. It would make a better porn than a book.


    What was most disappointing about Laurell K. Hamilton’s story?

    The story was slow to start and dragged on and then there was all this sex with gross characters


    Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Laural Merlington?

    Tavia Gilbert or Cynthia Holloway


    Could you see A Kiss of Shadows being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

    If it was on tv it would have to be on the spice channel


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Time Untime: The Dark Hunter, Book 21

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 20 mins)
    • By Sherrilyn Kenyon
    • Narrated By Holter Graham
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (352)
    Performance
    (325)
    Story
    (331)

    The Mayans aren’t the only ones with a 2012 prophecy.… Long before recorded history, there was a Keetoowah warrior so feared that everyone trembled before his wrath. Only a brutal betrayal by the one closest to him could defeat him. But not even death was the end of a man so strong. Kateri Avani has been plagued her entire life with dreams she doesn’t understand. Images of places she’s never been and of a man she’s never seen. Her quest for answers has driven her to Las Vegas where she hopes to finally silence the demons in her mind. What she never anticipates is coming face to face with the warrior who has haunted her her entire life....

    R. Smith says: "What have they done?"
    "too short and very Kenyon generic"
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    What would have made Time Untime better?

    the first half was so boring and then by the time it got good she threw her generic love story formula in there and ended the book even the sex scenes are predictable if you've read more than 3 of her books


    What could Sherrilyn Kenyon have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

    not make me wait so long for a generic short cookie cutter romance novel that will be my last Kenyon purchase believe that!


    How did the narrator detract from the book?

    very monotone narration made it hard to pay attention to and he pronounced alot of the characters names wrong and Talon is Celtic not english so he has like a scotish/irishy accent theres no reason he should have sounded like Pierce Brosnan


    What character would you cut from Time Untime?

    i don't know i was confused for half the book who was who because all the guy voices sounded the same


    Any additional comments?

    i want my money back the narrator was awful

    2 of 6 people found this review helpful
  • Marked: House of Night Series, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 35 mins)
    • By P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
    • Narrated By Edwina Wren
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1055)
    Performance
    (454)
    Story
    (458)

    Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird has just been Marked as a fledgling vampire and joins the House of Night, a school where she will train to become an adult vampire. That is, if she makes it through the Change - and not all of those who are Marked do. It sucks to begin a new life, especially away from her friends, and on top of that, Zoey is no ordinary fledgling. She has been chosen as special by the vampire Goddess Nyx.

    Forest says: "Warning, *Young adult*"
    "Not as good as Richelle Mead but its ok"
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    What did you like best about Marked? What did you like least?

    I liked the different take on vampirism but there was little to no back story explaining how humans knew about vampires and magic if society accepted them or how they really interacted with society.


    Who was your favorite character and why?

    My favorite character was grandma Redbird she reminds me of my own grandma and was really sweet to Zoey.


    How did the narrator detract from the book?

    omg i hated this narrator!!! what is she Canadian?!!! She sounded totally bored for the first few chapters and i almost quit listening right away. Also, its hard to believe Zoey was a real Star Trek fan when she mispronounced "Bajoran" when talking about her favorite hoodie. Her odd pronunciations of simple words like "been" or "drama" Tavia Gilbert would have done a wayyyy better job. If stuff like that doesn't bother you its a pretty good book not worth the price though.


    If this book were a movie would you go see it?

    Probably not im more of a Richelle Mead or Jeaniene Frost fan their stories are way more entralling...well maybe i'd've liked this story better if i didn't have to deal with the crappy narrator.


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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