Frenetic

Arcane Mage Series, Book 4

De: T.S. Snow

Narrado por: Tristan James, Aletha George

Duración: 6 h y 44 m

Resumen del Editor

Being a Magical Engineer is easy. You know what’s not easy? Trying to help stop a coup against one of the Arcane families. Or fighting against a bloodthirsty rebellion.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, I’m kind of juggling five men who are too good looking for their own good, and who hate each other. The only thing they have in common: They want me.

Bast might be okay with the harem life, But what about the rest of them? Can I make this work, Or am I going to just fall flat on my face causing an even bigger mess? Yeah, welcome to my crazyville.

At least I have my magic back. Now I just need to hold on to the family I've created for myself and find the strength to deal with this Frenetic life. No pressure, right?

Frenetic is book four of the Arcane Mage series, a reverse-harem romance intended for adult audiences.

©2022 T.S. Snow (P)2022 Podium Audio

Wonderful next installment!

I want to start by saying that the story was great and the sexier times were even better. That said, I hate cliffhangers!! This one was left off on a doozy too. I love the progression of the relationships between Charisma and her guys, although I’m sad about the state of one of them. Hopefully that comes around in the next two books. Even though i hate cliffhangers, I’m fully invested on what happens now so I have to see it through lol.
The narrators were good, but sometimes I felt like the male narration was a little forced, or over-acted and his voice seems a little more mature than the age of the characters. It didn’t detract from the story too much but it was noticeable. The female narrator was great. She had the perfect tone for Charisma and even managed the male voices pretty well.

Great story!

The story keeps getting better and better. Love the characters and the story keeps you hooked. Oh the heat is spectacular!

As a fellow engineer, love the shirt on the cover!

I was happy to see some things speed up in this installment of the Arcane Mage series! Book 2 and 3 had slowed down for me but this one got back on track. We get to see Char with her magic back and creating some awesome METs and helping her potential guys get their tasks/challenges taken care of. I loved seeing her battling too, even if she is “just a Magical Engineer” haha. I thought the snark in this one was on point with the snark in book 1 (book 2 and 3 had less jokes that hit for me). I loved finally seeing some progression in her harem and the fun she was able to have! I love Bast, he is such a rock for Char and Andres is hilarious and like a golden retriever puppy you just can’t stay mad at haha.

I will say I am finally glad Char stopped being so stubborn about Blaze because I couldnt stand the whole thing about being mad at him and not listening to him. I was YEARS ago and it wasnt like he lied to her about it. Ughh so frustrating. But she hears him out, gets the scoop, and also proposes next steps and he can’t get onboard. I know from book 5 that maaaay be changing soon haha but I just want to shake him a little in this one. Like I do appreciate them all not jumping in right away because going from monogamous to poly is not an easy feat/a lot to take in, but he sees how happy she is, and should try it out anyway to see if he can truly do it or not. But more to come in book 5 I hope!

Logan has been an up and down thing for me in this one. From not caring about her to being super connected/drawn to her. I hope he proves himself more because he has a lot of explaining to do mister! I know he has a lot of things to contend with but his pompous attitude and disconnect with people needs to change if he is going to be a part of her harem. I did like the subplot him and Theo took and how they kinda connected. The part with Theo and the spirits was cool, but I sure hope we finally get some answers about the resistance/rebels in book 5 and 6 because we really have gotten nothing in terms of plot development/answers. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the romance and relationship developments but we need a good mix of plot and this one is not coming to the forefront yet and is a little frustrating.

OH and the side characters are interesting too, we get more from Bast’s amazing grandma, loved more of Blair (does she get her own story?? pretty please!) and even the side character villains are good. More to come on that in book 5! I really want to shake Christian though, he is driving me up a wall and I wish Char would stand up more for herself. I know he is trying to protect her but I am done with the way he talks to her/yells at her.

Narration was good like the others. Again these two are not my favorite for dual narration, they would be better just doing duet narrations but I still would give them 4-4.5 stars out of 5 for their performances. You felt the inner turmoil in this one from Char, the desperation from many of the guys. Good job overall, will definitely continue to listen to them in the future.

And that cliffhanger! Not as bad as some of the others in this series but thank goodness all of these are available on audio so I can just breeze though! I knew it was going to come, a lot of the twists/turns in this series are predictable but it didnt take away from the storyline in this case. I already am halfway through book 5 and it gets even better, that’s all I will say!

Not a lot of story 😔

If we could get more story around solving the mystery and fighting the rebellion, then this would be a good  book. Unfortunately, the majority of this book is the MC and her almost harem:
1. Saying silly stuff
2. Doing silly things
3. Just being silly.

It's at a point where this is not cute anymore.

Since I heard the next series is better at storytelling, I'm trying to push through this one.

But why are the 30 year olds acting like middle school kids. And half of them are special agents? WTH. Make it make sense.

Also, in less than 2 chapters, she went from thinking a harem was yucky to asking someone to join hers.

The narrator, Aletha George, continues to do a great job.

Please stop the practice of having the Female read one chapter, and the male narrator read the next. Just simply have the females do all the female characters, and the males do male voices. No need to have them do ALL if you have two narrators.

Great Story, Male Narrator is too Slow

Love the series, but the Male Narrator is so slow and emotionless I recommend increasing the speed to at least 1.2. The Female Narrator is fabulous, I wish she would have voiced all the characters.