MAYBE THE BEST IN THE SERIES

Larissa Ione has once again delivered yet another fantastical journey into the Demonica realm and filled it with a generous portion of interesting, loveable, evil and manipulative cast and crew. But the main love story was simply awesome.... as well as complicated, passionate, heartbreaking, sexy and beautiful. Thrills, suspense, surprises, revelations and shock lurk in every chapter and her world-building skills are off the charts as tensions build because there's war looming between Heaven and Hell.

Containing many of the loveable characters from past books and some new ones makes this a series where you really should start from book 1 and work your way up if you want to get the most out of this listen.

Worth a credit? Addictive, compelling, enjoyable and riveting..... so that would be both a HELL YES and a HEAVENLY YES.

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AWESOME

Best of ALL!!!!! But you MUST read EVERYONE to thoroughly understand and engage in the blissful EXPERIENCE!

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What happened here?

What did you love best about Reaver?

The secrets that were revealed were amazing and exciting.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Accents changed from the previous books, characters sounded cartoonish and bad asses sounded weak. I like the narrator, but this series is not for her. I will still listen to other novels by her.

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What An Angel!

I always anticipate the next Larissa Ione release, but Reaver's story was special. His character was introduced way back, and I've been waiting what seems like forever to hear his story. I was not disappointed.

I already knew his heroine would be Harvester, and I wasn't really sure how the author was going to pull that off and make me sympathetic toward Harvester as a heroine. I mean really, the chick has done some pretty horrible things in the past few books. Larissa Ione pulls it off with flair.

I will say that I don't think any of the Demonica stories stand well alone. They are a series, one book building on another, and the world building is such that it can be rather confusing keeping up with everything if you don't have the foundation from the previous books to build on. I highly suggest the PNR fan go back and start at the beginning.

This book has all the elements. The world building is first class, the characters are fleshed out, the romance is both painful and exhilarating and the plot is edge of your seat action. Reaver is a heavenly angel without a past, an angel whose lived thousands of years but who can only remember the past 40 years or so. His existence before then is a mystery, to himself as well as to most other angels and immortals. Harvester has endured endless centuries in hell as a fallen angel, while in reality, she was a spy for "team good". Even though they have been enemies for years, Reaver goes to rescue Harvester when the archangels, fearing a war with Satan, refuse to retrieve her from hell after her cover is blown. He's a man without a past, but does he have a future with Harvester? Well, you'll just have to read the book, won't you?

So we have a awesome story, but the narration was not up to the level I expected for this book. Helen Wick did fine when narrating the story, but she ran into trouble when narrating the male voices. Her voice for Reaver was fine, but with the secondary male characters we've came to know from previous books, she completely drops the ball. She makes these tough immortal men, most of them demons, sound very feminine, and occasionally she gets the voices she has created for the characters mixed up. It was distracting and a bit irritating, since I have come to love these strong alpha males and didn't much appreciate the less than macho tones she gave them. However, since she did a fair job with Reaver and Harvester, I didn't find this problem as distracting as I would have if she'd gotten the main characters "all wrong". Still, I can't rejoice over her performance. I see she has only narrated a few books on audible, and I see potential, but she does desperately need to work on her male voices and her consistency with characters. I hope she takes constructive criticism to heart, because she's a good storyteller, and I see enormous potential if she works on that crucial weak point in the future.

Worth a credit? Absolutely.

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Love the Story! Narrator not so much....

Would you listen to Reaver again? Why?

Yes! I suspect I may have missed a few things when I was interrupted by a family member. I don't want to miss anything.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Reaver?

It would be a spoiler.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Helen Wick?

Hillary Huber
I'm sure Helen Wick is very talented. This just wasn't the right project for her. Of course this is just my opinion.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

There were moments when I did both.

Any additional comments?

I had problems listening even though this was one of my favorite books in the series. The narration was really distracting. The addition of accents drove me nuts. It made me really question whether I wanted to read or listen to Revenant. When I saw it was Hillary Huber I was relieved.

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Loved the narrator!!

Narrator’s got such a versatile voice. Love it! I’ve listened to this book so many times I’ve lost count. Obviously the narrator’s for Larissa Ione’s book don’t check previous books written by her to get the vibe of the characters. I didn’t like Eidolon’s voice (sounded too nerdy) but I’m guessing she did what she could with what she was given. Love her evil Gethel voice and all other character voices. Book’s got lots of action, smut, and twists. Will continue to listen to it again 👍🏼

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Holy WOW!!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Aaah... Hell yeah!!! And this is why...WOW!!! That's what I have to say about this book. If fans of L. Ione Riders series even believed for one minute this was the end of a saga. Well you're wrong. Not did our dearly beloved naughty angel kick ass he blew the top off a whole lot can worms/cobras… Only those who have already read will get my meaning. LOL!! Well, as usual I will start with the writing/audio translation of the book. Yes, I cheated and couldn’t sneak in the time to actually read the entire book. So, I purchased the audio version from my favorite audiobook website ;-) I must first comment on how great this book was translated into audio. Helen Wick did an amazing voice acting in projecting the various characters (and I mean a lot of them) without confusing the voices, accents and attitudes. She has moved to the top favorite of my voice actors list. Jim F. you’re still my hero. But, wow H. Wick did an amazing job. L. Ione should be quite pleased with the results. Well back to our favorite naughty angels Reaver and Harvester (“R&H”). As usual don’t expect any real reveals in my review because you need to read the book to find out what happens. Our two star-crossed lovers are truly that. Their history dates back when and then some. Because free will and all that business both of them had made their fair share of mistakes (some more than others) and the interferences by others R&H had to first come to terms with their discoveries before moving forward. These issues and only bit more are issues they dealt with throughout the book. Ending with a satisfactory conclusion, which if translated into a real life relationship would be something two individuals who realized their love was greater than the issues could overcome. Then we have the BIG reveal about Reaver’s history that really just blew my top off. Now, I won’t kid you and say I hadn’t figured his history was going to be a game changer… because I wouldn’t. I knew from the beginning that someone like him had to have a huge secret buried deep. Now that it’s all out… well let’s just say L. Ione will be one busy author for the next couple years. If by now you haven’t been moved to read the book yet, well get your lazy bottoms moving. You need to check it out. The timing and flow of the story was just perfect. It will keep the reader on the edge of their seats until they're almost ready to either skip to later chapters or as in my case fast forward to the “good parts”. Don’t do it!!! The intensity will be lost and you will miss the opportunity to enjoy a well written book. The long wait was well worth it. Definite must read book before the end of 2013.

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needs a different narrator

I love the stories but wish they'd quit changing narrators for the series some of the voices make the characters sound a little ridiculous

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Book is GOOD but lil predictable, narration so-so

Would you consider the audio edition of Reaver to be better than the print version?

Haven't read Demonica books- all have been on audio

What was one of the most memorable moments of Reaver?

(*****SPOILER ALERT******) love when Reaver loses his wings only to have……..

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

The narrator's actual voice is nice, that wasn't the problem. She wasn't TERRIBLE but more like SO-SO. Her voice (in my opinion) lends itself more to a teenage or YA dystopian novel. She just sounded like a non-plussed fourteen year old in many of the more intense scenes. Example, there were way to many places in her narration where she either;

a)Sounded like a 15 yr girl answering her mother (while texting 12 others) in otherwards, as though speaking but not thinking
b)She often spoke way too fast during paragraphs requiring a little more emotional investment
c)Her tone was often "off" for what she was describing, kinda felt like she (narrator) did not know the characters or had read any of the books

Again; this is NOT a terrible narrator, the tone in her voice is quite lovely. Perhaps she needs to know her material or characters better, or invest in some audio-acting classes

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not really.

Any additional comments?

Wish you could get Phil Gigante to do this series…..he woulda ROCKED Reaver!

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where is the next one

In the end there is a short preview of the next book, but I can't find it. I loved this book and would like to know where the next one is?????

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