Rush

The Breathless Trilogy, Book 1

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Adam Paul

Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

When Gabe Hamilton saw Mia Crestwell walk into the ballroom for his hotel’s grand opening, he knew he was going to hell for what he had planned. After all, Mia is his best friend’s little sister. Except she’s not so little anymore. And Gabe has waited a long time to act on his desires.

Gabe has starred in Mia’s fantasies more than once, ever since she was a teenager with a huge crush on her brother’s best friend. So what if Gabe’s 14 years older? Mia knows he’s way out of her league, but her attraction has only grown stronger with time. She’s an adult now, and there’s no reason not to act on her most secret desires. As Gabe pulls her into his provocative world, she realizes there’s a lot she doesn’t know about him or how exacting his demands can be. Their relationship is intense and obsessive, but as they cross the line from secret sexual odyssey to something deeper, their affair runs the risk of being exposed - and is vulnerable to a betrayal far more intimate than either expected.

©2013 Maya Banks (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

good book

i read other reviews that almost had me turn away from listening to this book and im so glad i didnt take the word of the others. the story was great the narration is the only part i agree about it could have been much better .

gabe was an asshole but the nasty word spoken in some reviews i didnt see it. he was a dom and those were his kinks and she was his sub and she discovered she liked the kinks as well to some degree. i really didnt like how some people painted the book to be some horrible disgusting sex life when it was mild to some of the books i have read/listened to.

maya did a great job at writing this book and if your into dom/sub books with a little pain with your pleasure this is a good fit.

im curious for the next book and wondering what exactly is up with jace and ash about to find out now!

Story no so bad narration ordinary

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I would find another narrator I don't know if it's the fact that a man is trying to do a book which is mostly a female character but it didn't work for me.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Rush?

Liked the story and the ending was great.

INCREDIBLE LISTEN!!!

What about Adam Paul’s performance did you like?

Adam Paul is my FAVORITE narrator! I wish he had more books he has done. He is so very talented. Yeah, Adam Paul is all that...

The ending was great!

The last few chapters of this bumped this from a 2 star to a 3 star read. The chemistry just wasn’t there for me with these characters. Heroine wasn’t quite a doormat but she didn’t speak up enough for me until the end. Not quite sure when exactly they fell in love. Wasn’t a lot of dialogue between them unrelated to sex.

Delicious story

I love this series, I’ve read it twice and now I bought the first in audio too. The story is as delicious as always but the narration is missing the female voice to make it perfect.
* Good storyline
* Great characters descriptions
* Lots of feelings
* Plenty dialogues
* No unnecessary descriptions of surroundings
* Steamy love scenes

Performance is good, clear pronunciation and great voice but still missing the female voice

👍

I enjoyed the story, but wish that they had two different people to read the main characters parts to distinguish who's point of view it was.

Hard to get into it at first...

Overall it was decent, it did take a while before I was drawn in enough to want to continue listening..

On the edge....

Some of the material was definitely edgy and I found myself questioning some of Maya’s and Gabe’s decisions! Gabe especially because he’s old enough to know better....It was like, I wanted to say to the writer, this is the only angst you can think of in your storyline?......Outside of that it was a decent love story and the erotica was great!

couldn't get past narrator

narrator sucked. tried to,slow his speech. couldn't do it had to let it go after two chapters. glad I didn't waste a credit on it

Needed a better narrator

The story line was good. It’s the sexy, erotic novel you’d think from Maya Banks. The scenes are vivid and captivate you. However, the narrator needs some more practice. All his females sounded like hillbilly bumpkins. There were a lot of moments when his voice would go aggressive in times he should have been a husky whisper. Besides those moments and odd narration, the book was good overall.