Storm Season

Accidental Roots, Book 1

De: Elle Keaton

Narrado por: Nick Gallagher

Death brought him home, will love keep him there?

Agent Adam Klay is home to bury his father, not to fall in love. Improbably, it fell into his lap.

Micah Ryan's been running on remote since his family died; the arrival of Adam Klay brings to life feelings Micah never thought he'd feel again.

A series of ominous events force Adam to face his feelings, can he protect Micah from a killer's crosshairs without losing his heart?

Storm Season is a dual POV about a terminally grouchy Federal Agent who discovers his softer side and a sweet man who thought he had nothing to live for. The Accidental Roots series follows a different couple in each book as they try to stop killers and unravel a human trafficking ring.

©2017 Elle Keaton (P)2020 Elle Keaton

A good story ruined!

I read this book a while ago and enjoyed it, so I was happy to see it come out in audio. Unfortunately, the audio was poorly done. The narrator was very monotonous and the recording quality was poor. Do not waste your money or credit on this one.

Enjoyable story!

Storm Season is right up my alley! A fantastic mm crime romance, I enjoyed it so much. The story is well paced and interesting, the characters believable and likeable. Narration is good if a little “far away” however I really enjoyed the tone of his voice and his story pacing.

Great start to a different series but somewhat tied to existing stories with the characters being familiar.

My only grip would be sometimes I felt there were pages skipped during the reading. It just felt like Nick was starting in a middle of a sentence. Over all I did enjoy the narration. Good story line but I kind need to know now how these stories fall in line with the other series with the characters that are here that are in other stories. I need a timeline.

I loved this book; narration needs a little work.

I originally read Storm Season back in February 2018 and I absolutely loved it. Excerpts of my review from back then will be below my comments on the narration.

This is the first book I've listened to narrated by Nick Gallagher and he did a decent job. His voice is easy to listen to but there's not a lot of differentiation in voices for each character; for some reason this didn't really bother me with this particular story.

My biggest issue with the audio is that there were background noises that shouldn't be there. I suspect that this narrator doesn't have a lot of experience and maybe his recording environment needs some work. He doesn't have a lot of books on Audible so maybe he's just getting started. I know that quality recording equipment – microphone, booth, etc. – isn't cheap but some of the background noise (humming) could probably have been eliminated with software. I thought his pacing and vocal inflections were really quite good and I would be very willing to listen to more books that he performs.

Below are my comments on the story itself from when I read it two years ago.

The MCs (main characters) are Adam and Micah. Both of these men are somewhat broken but manage to find happiness with each other. Adam is a federal investigator who returns to Skagit to settle up things after his estranged father's death. Micah stayed in Skagit after his mother, father and sister were killed in a car accident. After the accident he became somewhat of a recluse. When he meets Adam at a local coffee shop, he feels something that he hasn't felt in a very long time – alive. Mystery and suspense are plentiful in this story.

The romance for the main characters in this book is resolved but not the mystery that much of the story is about; that will conclude in book 2.

A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.

Surprisingly, Great.

I needed a snoozer. My ADD can be managed so that I can nap if I have a ebook going in the background. However.... I ended up focused on the story and didn't sleep. The story move actively even though ruminations over lots of things fit smoothly in the flow.

I look forward to the next. The narrator did a very good job also.