Into the Dreaming

This could be a stand alone listen but, if you haven't already listened to her Highlander series, I would treat yourself and start downloading the entire series today. Anything she writes is an automatic download for me and this series has been just awesome.

Coupled with great time travelling stories, Phil Gigante brings all of Karen's books to life and his Scottish accents are so sexy and spot on (and I'm Scottish), I love his voice, its one of the best on Audible.

Worth the credit? - Hell yes.

I typically don't purchase short stories in audio format because they are simply too short for the money - but since Karen Marie Moning has become an automatic buy for me, I gave this one a try and am glad I did.

First, let me say that Phil Gigante could probabaly read the phone book and I would buy it, so I was predisposed to like the narrator. While this is listed as book 7.5 in the series, you don't need to read all of KMM's earlier Highlander novels to understand or appreciate the plot -- although I highly recommend that you do if you like romance novels. Each book in the HIghlander series adds new people, backstories and plots that ultimately make up the interconnected story lines involving the relationships between KMM's fae and Scottish Highlander characters - both in the past and in the present - most recently revisited in her "Fever" series.

Without giving away what is a fairly traditional plot - SPOILER ALERT - the characters are "introduced" while they are dreaming and when they finally meet Jane has a short period of time to convince the Highland warrior Aedan that they know one another so that his destiny is changed. Not particularly complicated and maybe I liked this short story because I have read/listened to all the Highlander and Fever books, but ultimately I think I enjoyed this because it was a change of pace, short, simple with interesting characters and a great narrator. Not the best book in the series, but good if you buy it understanding that this is a short story with minimal character development and plot.

KMM's writing and Phil Gigante's narration

Aiden or Vengeance, whatever you want to call him

What's NOT to like? His voice is AMAZING ~ he's very smooth and reads exactly as it's written. I hate when narrators emphasize in wrong places, or pause where they shouldn't...he NEVER does that. He's consistent w/ his character voices, and while his women's voices are a little syrupy, lol, I have to remember how deep and amazing his voice is for the males and how hard that is to translate into a female.

I did. It was pretty short ~ I'd read it before.

Yes ~ this was a cute novella that was part of the beginning of the crossover from KMM's Highlander series to her Fae/Fever series. Anyone who has read on and not the other is missing out, because she most definently sets up for her Fever series in the Highlander books. I gave it a 4 because it was WAY short, and for the $$ thought it was a little steep. It wasn't that I didn't like the writing ~ she's writes amazing books.

In this, Aiden/Vengeance has been locked aways in the Unseelie King's realm for 500 yrs and is allowed out for one month ~ if in that month he finds love and is loved in return, he will be free. He and Jane Sillee have been meeting in the dreaming since she was a child, but he's been frozen for so long he's forgotten everything, so it's Jane's job to remind him.

VERY short story to do that in!

KMM writing is beyong stellar!!! combines with PG narration = perfection!

Yes he does! he is a great narrator!

Phil Gigante but only his interpertation of the male character.

The time travel and the narrator.

Yes I love his narrations. I've listened to several of them from different books. I think he is best partnered with a female narrator. He can portray any male character but sounds very odd and when doing the females. Awesome narrator otherwise. Love how he portrays the difference between the males and love his accents.

Great story but too short. Needed more of a connection with the other fae fever books. Would've liked if Phil Gigante partnered with female narrator like Natalie Ross but good otherwise.

Narrator is great. Author is great. Really enjoyed the story. Monings Fever series is a favorite of mine, but I really love a good portion of the Highlander series books. This one, though short, is one of my favorites.

The Dark Kings part in the story.

"Vengeance" - Aedan

Yes

I've read the whole series and absolutely loved it. No one better than Phil Gigante, specifically when he does THE VOICE.

This one is really short. Once it starts, mostly predictable. But its a necessary piece to understand all that happens to enable the Fever series to start. Still worth a listen. Phil does a great job..

I love most of Karen's books, but this was a waste of time and money. It was like she wrote with no storyline, just wanted to put a short book out to make money.

Written with a plot of some kind.

Yes - I love Phil Gigante's performances.

No - there is no storyline!!

Waste of time.

Yes! It sucks that this is just a novella. I am hoping and hoping that Ms Moning would continue her Highlander series... but she herself written that she wouldn't :-(

I suppose the storyline of this book is pretty similar to Gena Showalter's Wicked Night... only because of the .... "inexperienced tormented male hero finally falling in love" part. But this novella is a lot shorter and sweeter I guess...

The part when Jane teaches him how to kiss ;-P HOT HOT HOT

there were more than one part... but I'll have to tell the entire story if I go into it ;-)

Please write another book Ms. Moning!