Michelle

I can't tell whether I like John or fear him, but I just can't stop listening. As soon as it ended I wanted to listen again, but more than that I had to come download the third book. Can't wait to find out what happens next.
For those who listened to the first book, this one has a new narrator. He's much better and grabs you and drags you into the story. Fantastic job!

I haven't finished listening to this book, but there is something I just have to say.
The writing, especially the romance, was very juvenile. I rolled my eyes so many times over the romantic thoughts going through the characters' heads I'm surprised I can still see. I kept asking if these were really adults. In checking out the author, I can see that she's an adult. So, why are her characters so immature?
The author also repeats things over and over. Guess what? I'm a reasonably intelligent adult who doesn't need to be bashed over the head with the same details you just mentioned in the last chapter. And the chapter before that. And the paragraph before that.
The narrator did an excellent job. I'm going to search out more books by her.

I don't know what it is about the narrator, but I couldn't stay "tuned in" to the book. I suddenly heard "Chapter 13" and realized the last chapter announcement I actually remembered was chapter 8.
The premise for the book was so good I was sure I would love it. Then we bring in the ghost of a serial killer. I actually didn't mind that so much. It was when the serial killer ghost suddenly became the poor misunderstood bad boy who is really a good guy that I started rolling my eyes. When he's being interviewed by the psychiatrist, everything he says is disturbing on every level. And I'm suddenly to believe he is an acceptable love interest? Seriously? Guess I'm not into unhealthy relationships. First of all, he's a GHOST. I no way does that make him an acceptable love interest. Second of all, he's a convicted serial killer. His MO was to attract and pick up women and then kill them. This woman is a psychiatrist who extensively interviewed him, she knows how he lured women to their deaths. And she doesn't see the red flags? She needs more help than all the serial killers she interviewed.
The rest of the story, the tracking of the live serial killer, and her other interactions with ghosts was entertaining. I just couldn't get past her fatal attraction to the dead serial killer.

The story was so-so. Sometimes funny but seemed pointless. However, that could be because the narrator ruined it completely for me. She read the story with a nagging, whiny, irreverent tone that made the characters unlikable. Do they fall in love? Get eaten by werewolves? Live happily ever after? I found I didn't care as long as the woman quit whining into my ears.

I wrote a review about missing chapters and how the unabridged version wasn't quite so unabridged. Then I wrote to Audible about it. They responded within 24 hours to tell me they had been made aware of the problem and had fixed it. After a new download, I now have the complete book.
The book itself is fantastic. I have a tattered paperback copy that I have read repeatedly over the years. Last year I bought a copy for my Kindle. Now I have the audio version.
Don't miss out on this great book.

It's a good thing the story is so good. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to listen to the narrator. Whoever said it sounds like he's doing Unsolved Mysteries is correct. He overly dramatizes mundane scenes, calmly describes graphically dramatic scenes and puts way too much emphasis in all the wrong places.
Five stars for the book. One star for the narrator. Balances out to 3 stars over all.

I read the entire series years ago and wanted to refresh myself in preparation for the newest book coming out this year. Big mistake to get the audios. I forgot that with her books you don't have to refresh yourself. She does it for you. Over and over and OVER again. At least when you read the book you can skip pages to keep from being frustrated over reading something you've already read.

I read the entire series years ago and wanted to refresh myself in preparation for the newest book coming out this year. Big mistake to get the audios. I forgot that with her books you don't have to refresh yourself. She does it for you. Over and over and OVER again. At least when you read the book you can skip pages to keep from being frustrated over reading something you've already read.

First let me admit that I haven't listened to this completely. I've started it several times. I can't get more than an hour or two into it before I'm bored out of my mind and have to switch to something else to keep from falling asleep. The author starts off saying this is a slapstick comedy, but since I haven't laughed yet, I have to wonder what she was thinking.

I don't have a problem with the narrator. She isn't as good as some I've listened to, but she isn't so bad that I have to shut it off (and I have a couple of books like that in my personal library). While I'm interested enough to keep listening to find out more about the characters, I don't like the cute little code they use. MOB. CBBM. MOG. MOH. Give me a break! If I walked into a room to find people talking like that, I would turn around and walk back out. Teenage kids might talk like that, but adults don't.
If I have to stop listening so I can write the letters down to try to figure out what they might stand for, you are detracting from the story, not enhancing it or the characters.