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Touch of Power

By: Maria V. Snyder
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
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Laying hands upon the injured and dying, Avry of Kazan absorbs their wounds and diseases into herself. But rather than being honored for her skills, she is hunted. Healers like Avry are accused of spreading the plague that has decimated the Fifteen Realms, leaving the survivors in a state of chaos.

Stressed and tired from hiding, Avry is abducted by a band of rogues who, shockingly, value her gift above the golden bounty offered for her capture. Their leader, an enigmatic captor-protector with powers of his own, is unequivocal in his demands: Avry must heal a plague-stricken prince—leader of a campaign against her people. As they traverse the daunting Nine Mountains, beset by mercenaries and magical dangers, Avry must decide who is worth healing and what is worth dying for. Because the price of peace may well be her life….

©2012 Maria V. Snyder (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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Narrator is wonderful.

I've read all of the Poison Study series, Touch of Power is a great, and a good way to keep the enjoyment going if you need more MV Snyder. The narrator, Gabriel Zackman does a wonderful job, and she has a great variety of voices. I'm excited for the second book.

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So good

This is one of my favorite books I’ve found on audible. Slow burn romance with action, adventure and twist and turns. The performance is the same if I would have read it in my head. Very happy and I will be re listening to this one in the future.

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Bodice buster arrogant jerk to lover formula

I had a suspicion when over several chapters in, the arrogant jerk doesn't modify much. The rest of the characters were great, I liked the storyline but The jerk hit the female protagonist. Sent her flying early on. He was offended by something she said. The arrogant jerk is slightly better with his men, who of course love and respect him. I would have been willing to stick with the book, though I don't like the jerk to lover formula, if he hadn't hit her. I looked at descriptions in volumes ahead. I stopped reading the book because the turn their relationship is taking. I am deleting it.

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Excellent

I love the world building and character development in this book. I’ve read the written edition and chose to try the audiobook and was not disappointed! The pacing lends itself well to the audiobook format. The narrator does an excellent job differentiating between characters. I was never confused as to whom was speaking. 10/10 would listen again!

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Enjoyed

Good enough to finish, not great enough to binge listen. the storyline was good, characters interesting. Especially happy no irritating characters. Narrator was very good! Did good job on male and female characters.

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Love the story, but...

I love this authors stories and the narrator does a good job, but I've noticed a trend in her books, this is the second series of hers that I've listened too. There's a lot of "he said" "she saids" and it's grating. There are other ways to indicate a different speaker, lots of other ways.

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too slow

Ineresting premise and engaging characters, but it moves so slowly I set it aside twice before finally finishing it.

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Judgment without reason but based on GREED. Desperation leads to what?

I love this new ,to me, series.. Another strong woman telling herstory.! Great characters and Gabra Zackman's reading made this a new favorite for me. Nature is dual / duel.

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Loved it. Very entertaining.

I really enjoyed the story. I’ve listened to several other fantasy novels now, and one of the things I appreciate most is that the story moved at a good pace. The action, dialogue, and background information were well-balanced and moved the plot along nicely. The dialogue was more entertaining than in many other books I’ve read/listened to, and the characters’ sarcasm made me chuckle from time to time. There’s a heavy romantic element in the book, so readers should be aware of that. The characters and action reminded me a lot of the Poison Study books by Maria V. Snyder, so I would think that anyone else who enjoyed that series would like this as well. Very good narration by Gabra Zackman, very clear and easy to distinguish characters by their voices and accents during dialogue.

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Rehear & reread

I love this author and all her series. This is my favorite series to reread & rehear third time around but who is counting

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