A Rylee Adamson Omnibus

By: Shannon Mayer

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: 19 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's Summary

Priceless, book one: "My name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker." When children go missing and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. I'm on the FBI's wanted list. I have a werewolf for a pet, a Witch of a best friend, and no need for anyone else in my life. But when a salvage starts to spin out of control, help comes from a most unexpected direction. One that is dangerously dark and brooding and doesn't know a thing about the supernatural. One whose kisses set me on fire.

Immune, book two: Underestimating demons is a bad idea, and it's a mistake that may cost not only my life but the life of a missing child. If I can swallow my pride and allow Agent O'Shea to help me find a way to deal with the demon, we might be able to save the child. With this salvage, it's a race against time, a test of trust, and a temptation that I'm doing my damndest to ignore. If only swallowing my pride and ignoring temptation were that easy.

Raising Innocence, book three: The FBI wants me on their team. Bad enough that they are dangling bait they know I can't resist. The catch? It's on the other side of the ocean. And if I want what they're offering, I have to help them with a salvage gone terribly, terribly wrong. But this time I have no backup. I have no plan B. And I have no O'Shea.

©2013 Shannon Mayer (P)2015 Podium Publishing

Voice does not match story.

the narrator sounds like a teenager. It skews the story tone. Riley is strong. The narrator is not. It isn't an unpleasant voice, it just doesn't go with THIS book.

14 of 14 people found this review helpful

Don't care for the narrator

If the narrator makes a difference to you, don't bother with these books. Not only can't she do a credible job of changing voices, but her ill placed pauses make the story disjointed and at times leaves you wondering what the heck was going on. Her attempts at accents are bad, especially the Irish accent. I won't be buying any more of this series.

9 of 9 people found this review helpful

First 3 books

Any additional comments?

Absolutely love this series. Rylee's story is captivating & on the edge of your seat thrilling! Great character development, storyline, & plot. Wish the narrotor had more voices/ranges than she does and maybe a bit more maturity to her voice (at times she sounds like a teen reading the book vs. a mature adult) but overall she did well!

8 of 8 people found this review helpful

Good story, narrator not so much

If you could sum up A Rylee Adamson Omnibus in three words, what would they be?

Urban Chick Fantasy

What other book might you compare A Rylee Adamson Omnibus to and why?

Its a fairly standard urban fantasy, but has an interesting take on the mythos.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator sounded like she was 12, and gave Riley a very whiny teenager voice, rather than the kick ass vibe I believe she was meant to have. it was listenable though.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened to this over the course of about 3 days.

Any additional comments?

I really think the story might have benefited from a different narrator. It might be better to actually read this if you have the time.

7 of 8 people found this review helpful

story was okay narrator was the worst ever

story was forced and kinda boring. the climatic scenes sucked. nothing like Anita Blake Vampire Hunter. some review said it was so I tried these. but this book isn't as good at all. the author just isn't talented enough. it was okay though. if the narrator hadn't been God awful like nails on chalkboard and horrible fake accents I would have given the book 4 stars. maybe.

8 of 10 people found this review helpful

Great

I Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book.
The performance and story where a very good match.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Rylee Adamson come to life

The Rylee Adamson series is a heart pounding thrill ride filled with danger, desire, magic, and adventure. Now we can hear Rylee tell her story. Vampires, werewolfs, witches, and demons are among the many supernaturals in Rylee's world. Prepare yourself for a wild ride that you will not want to end!

6 of 8 people found this review helpful

A very entertaning paranormal read...

I was recommended this book by a friend saying it is 3 books in one and an excellent story to boot! My friend was correct (Thank you Elizabeth). This paranormal read has vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches and so on...

Children keep disappearing. Specially terminally ill children. They disappear with out a trace straight from the hospital. It takes Rylee and friends to investigate, along with the FBI special unit (S.O.C.A.). My favorite character in all 3 of these books is Alex, the talking werewolf. I love his character and his behavior! Rylee has her hands full in these books and never a dull moment.

I won't go into detail of any of these books so I don't spoil the stories. I write the review this was because the audio book I am reviewing is books 1 thru 3 combined. Also this book collection is 19+ hours long. I love long books!

In Book 1) Priceless: We meet and get to know a bunch of characters and family too. We learn Rylee is a tracker and her wolf /dog Alex, is really a werewolf. We get background of family happening s and also how Rylee got to be were she is in the book.

In book 2) Immune: We start meeting the paranormal characters and details leading to missing children and why a tracker is needed. It turns out trackers are immune to other magic, bites and so on...

In book 3) Raising Innocence: Rylee and Alex are heading to England to track some undesirables and many missing children. Here Rylee becomes a mentor too.

The author, Shannon Mayer did a fantastic job on this series of books. The plot is wild & the descriptions are breath taking. I have truly enjoyed listening to this series and we definitely got a HUGE bang for our $$$ on this book! The narrator, Emma Gaylin delivered a perfectly flawless narration to us complete with accents, multiple voices and tons of emotions! What a wonderful story this book turned out to be! For anyone looking for a great paranormal story that will entertain for hours and hours, this is your book!

8 of 11 people found this review helpful

Enjoyable series.

Twists and turns keep you wondering what next. The characters evolve as they do what they do to help those that they can. Worth reading or listening for escape from real life.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Enjoyed again

Read the series a while back and saw this omnibus. Very good work on Shannon Mayer's part. Emma Galvin did a great job of reading so will have to look for more of her work. I knew that the Rylee series was a keeper now to just get more in Audibles. Thank You both.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

loved this.

recommended to all. really loved this. great price for cash or credit. the story is really different and the story flows nicely. the narrator brings the story to life. already bought the next in the series.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Excellent

There was nothing I didn't like about this book. I loved all of the stories as they dragged me into Rylee's world, I now find myself I itching to finish this review as I want to get book 4 but I see that as of yet we only have up to book 6 on audible decisions decisions. I had never heard of Rylee until I bought this omnibus if that is you my advice would be get the omnibus you won't be sorry.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Disapointing

Sorry but the narrators voice is almost monotone and becomes very irritating quite quickly A real pity as I was enjoying the story.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

If you can get past the Narration it is enjoyable

The first thing I have to tell you is the narration was terrible. Too fast, felt like everything being read was urgent, it needed to be more gentle rather than every word being high pitched and rushed. The extra accents added to book 3 helped as when the Narrator used the English accent it was far calmer. You can't listen to this before bed though as it is not soothing. The story however did keep me interested Riley is easy to like (though she swears a hell of a lot), Her romantic interest Liam is also easy engage with just like her loveable warewolf. Rylee tracks stolen children, it's her gift, mix that with supernaturals stealing them and a vampire trying to woo her and some power politics, you have a easy fantasy listen.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Good deal, fun story but regretful narration...

A good old feel good, girl power kind of book. I enjoyed discovering a new world, full of nasty Supernaturals but regrets that the narration was so terrible. Surely the line " I went to the bathroom and brush my teeth " should not be read with the same intensity as "I could feel the life rush out of me !!".

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Okay

I'm a little undecided about this series. The storyline is good but I found myself getting a little bored at times. I also found Rylee a little odd. I wanted to like her, but she grated on me at times. The narration was good.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

A very exciting tale

I don't really know how to review a book but I can say that this is my second time listening to the first three books on the omnibus because I have added the other instalments and wanted a fresh memory of Rylees adventures.
I recommend this series and have to say that Shannon Mayer is fast becoming one of my favourite authors.
Enjoy 😘

Rare, value for money roller coater ride !

Better than I expected. Strong female lead with a unique storyline. looking forward to the next book in the series.

A great start to an excellent series

These are the first 3 books of a much longer series and each book gets better and better.

Initially I thought Emma Galvins narration spoiled this a bit as other reviewers have mentioned, but she does grow on you and in particular her voices for Alex the Labrador/Werewolf are brilliant
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The English accents in Book 3 are cringeworthy though.

As to the story Rylee is a tracker who has an ability to find lost children and the first book is a fairly straightforwards introduction but each book gets more and more complex and Rylees life and adventures get much more interesting.

If you dont like the Narrator but like this genre at least read the books because they have a different slant and you are left guessing quite a bit as to which characters you can trust. Although the general result is predicable to some extent the plot twists and which characters are good or bad is much less predictable than in some books of this type

If you like Jane Yellowrock you will probably like these! A girl with attitude who never gives up and has bigger and bigger challenges to overcom,. though the abilities they posess are totally different

Already downloaded and listened to book 4 and its just as good and will be onto book 5 soon

Only slight complaint is the books are quite short, not an issue when one credit gets the first 3 but the following books are relatively expensive per listening hour

Engaging story

Would you consider the audio edition of A Rylee Adamson Omnibus to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version, so couldn't make a comparison

Would you be willing to try another book from Shannon Mayer? Why or why not?

Absolutely

What about Emma Galvin’s performance did you like?

It wasn't off-putting, she learned how to pronounce the unfamiliar words as the books went on and she didn't attempt accents she couldn't manage. Those three points alone put her ahead of some narrators I've heard

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

It entertained me.

Any additional comments?

It's a shame that the author set so much of the third book in England when she (or her editor?) obviously isn't familiar with English terminology and speech patterns, that lack of knowledge was obvious and the mistakes grated.