A Sin and a Shame

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

Narrated by: Monalisa Wilson

Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Since failing to break up her best friend's marriage and fleeing Los Angeles, Jasmine is a changed woman and a Christian. She vows to attend church every Sunday, swears off married men, and begins her search for the soul mate she is sure God has on hold for her. Now living in the Big Apple, she has shed 25 pounds, shaved 10 years off her age, and filled her expensive apartment with designer clothes, all to begin her man-finding mission.

She quickly meets her dream mate, a preacher, who falls head over heels in love with her. Surely, God is good! But things start slipping when another man from Jasmine's past refuses to stay there and an unexpected pregnancy threatens to sabotage all of her dreams. Will Jasmine's lying and scheming continue, or will she finally learn that honesty is the only path to redemption?

©2006 Victoria Christopher Murray (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Sounds like it is being read from a empty room.

I hate the background sound. Sounds like its being read from a empty room. But I overall think the book wasn't that bad.

The narration was cringe worthy!

First, I would like to say that I love Victoria Christopher Murray's books and the overall presence of God, scripture, and drama in her stories; however, the narrator and lack of narration editing made it difficult to get into the book. The ending was also a bit dull but overall the book was decent; not as good as the last three (including the prequel) in the 'Jasmine Series'. Still very entertaining and drama packed!

Excellent book, horrible performance

The reader really took away from this good book and backstory of infamous Jasmine Larson Bush. However, the performance should be re-recorded with another reader.

Could have been taped better

I enjoyed the book. It had a good back ground and ending. Just the reader was dry

Good Story Not so Good Narration

I had this book downloaded for about 3 months until I could bring myself to continue to listen to the narrator. The book is a very good book but the narration of this book was poor. The sound is bad and it sounds like the narrator is in a hollow room. The narrator herself is reading like when you are in school and the teacher asks someone to read the next paragraph. Yeah, that bad! There is hardly any transition from one character to the next. The reading is very monotone and it is read as if there are no
punctuation in the text.....one sentence into another...and another. Sometimes the narrator stumbles on words. I highly recommend the book because it is a good read but not the audio recording.

Excellent Story, AWFUL Performance

Love this author and all of her books. It's sad that the performance was so bad. They didn't even edit out her mistakes. It was grueling to listen to but I had to endure it to complete the series. Please don't give up on the author because of the narrator.

Narration Errors ("STOP")

I was stunned at the mistakes allowed to remain in this narration. Did anyone edit this? The narrator didn't use tone inflection in necessary areas which made this confusing. Additionally, text meant only for the narrator was said out loud (For example: the word STOP was said multiple times but it clearly wasn't meant for the audience). I think the narrator's voice was very nice for storytelling but the errors made me just stop listening. I love the Jasmine series so I was excited to hear the audible but I feel disappointed.

Good story, terrible narrator!

Is there anything you would change about this book?

The narrator, she sounded like she had never read a book professionally before. There was a lot of stutter-starting and misreading the way the sentences are supposed to read.

Any additional comments?

I read a sequel prior to this book, so I wanted to listen to more of the story. I liked the storyline, and the drama, but the narrator really took away from the story.

I loved the story but the narrator was horrible

I love the Jasmine Larson book series but Monalisa Wilson was a horrible narrator. I thought I was back in high school and the teacher has asked someone to read. I will have to read the actual book.

Good story/Bad narration

If you can get pass the bad narrator, it’s actually a good story that keeps your interest in the characters and wanting to know what’s going to happen next