Love in the Time of Dragons

By: Katie MacAlister

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©2010 Katie MacAlister (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

Annoying Voice Performance

I have read all of the dragon books but this is the first time I listened on audible. The stories are still fun but
Ms. Rosenblat's voice is very annoying. She swallows & smacks her tongue with almost every change in character. I can't continue with these books if she is the narrator.

The catered Sarkany had me in stitches!

Would you consider the audio edition of Love in the Time of Dragons to be better than the print version?

Oh Definitely, Barbara Rosenblat is amazing! Plus I love being able to listen to the books while driving.

What other book might you compare Love in the Time of Dragons to and why?

All of the dragon series before the Light Dragon series.

What about Barbara Rosenblat’s performance did you like?

This woman is de bomb!!! I am still amazed how her performance has truly enhanced these crazy books. I love how she can give a voice to so many characters. The catered Sarkany was hysterical and her nasally impression of a character with a broken nose had me in stitches! I just love her impression of Jim! I just can't look at Newfoundlands the same way again. Bravo Ms. Rosenblat and I sincerely hope you haven't ruined me for any other narrators.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Oh yes, unfortunately for me I couldn't. But I found myself sneaking a little listening time every chance I could. Rush hour was nothing and I'm sure I had several folks looking at me strangely as I was chuckling or out right laughing while on the road.

Any additional comments?

I read the Aishing Grey Series a while back and did enjoy them. Unfortunately lately I've found my attention span isn't what it used to be and I get bored very easy. Not with these! I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed listening to the Aishing Grey, the Silver Dragons, and now the Light Dragons!

So-so

I wanted to finish the book but didn’t care for it very much. I don’t want to read the others in the series. However the performance was excellent; one of the best I’ve heard. She does the varying voices and accents so well that it doesn’t sound like the same reader.

Classic MacAlester & Rosenblat entertainment!

As always, Barbara Rosenblat used her skill with accents and unique voices to bring a Katie MacAlister book to life. Her talent combined with the amusing story producef another entertaining dragon tale.

I'm so sorry but I can't finish

This makes me sad to write because I absolutely LOVE this incredible author and this amazing voice actress!! Honestly, they are both such rare talents.

But. I have to return this book and I was unable to finish listening to it. I have a problem, you see, with hearing other people's mouth sounds. I am not sure what happened with the recording or the production of this, and if I were in the car with the noise of the road playing I may not hear it as much, but in my house and in my studio where it is otherwise nice and quiet, I think I can hear every breath, drop of saliva, and swallow that is happening in Angela's mouth. I'm sorry! Her performance is incredible as always. She does such a wonderful job with the characters and the story really is wonderful. But the mouth sounds are so prevalent. I listen to audiobooks regularly and I have never noticed it this strongly in any other recording. This is in no way a failing of the actress or the author. As I have stated, both are incredible. I have enjoyed the work of both of them for years.

Enjoyable continuation of story line

What did you love best about Love in the Time of Dragons?

This is a nice continuation of the original Dragon series from MacAlister, which I listened to years ago. At times it seemed to drag a bit, as though Katie were trying to regain her pacing, but overall the story was enjoyable.

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

Barbara is great at keeping the different characters distinct through voices, so we don't have to constantly hear who is talking through banal dialog additions. You start to relate to each voice as a separate person.

Any additional comments?

The story ended rather suddenly, A whole book leading up to a final world-changing battle that lasted just over 5 minutes left me wondering if I had missed something...

silence her lip smacking and swallowing!!!!

I couldn't stand how you could hear the narrator smack her lips every few seconds it drove me batty. by I love the story so much

Batic and Soldie

This book is great fun to read. The characters are very lovable and of course there is Jim .Jim the demon in dog form that is so endearing. Katie MacAlister did it again with her wicked humor.

narration

the narrator keeps smacking her lips. wnlhen you listen on head phones is very annoying.

Narrator Voice To Harsh & Soap Opera Ending....

If you could sum up Love in the Time of Dragons in three words, what would they be?

Though I enjoyed the book, I only gave it 3 stars overall. First, I was very distracted by the raspiness of the voice of the narrator. Like most, you want to visualize the characters. Since the author did not give a solid description of what Isold looked like, all I could imagine was an older woman (possibly in her late 40s) who had a severe smoking problem.

The tale itself had me pushing through and kept me hanging on to see What Next. It was great until the LET DOWN! What happened at the end? It just dropped. I understand when authors want to build to another story but this ending was much to abrupt. I was so disappointed and left feelign empty that I am unsure if I would listent to this author again. If I do, it would only be to satisfy my curiosity as to what happened.