At Any Price

Gaming the System, Book 1

By: Brenna Aubrey

Narrated by: Kirsten Leigh

Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's Summary

Achievement Unlocked: Geek Virgin

When Mia Strong, proud geek girl and popular gaming blogger, auctions off her virginity online, she knows she'll make waves. But what she will not be making is a love connection. Her rules are set in stone: One night. No further contact.

It's a desperate step, but it's the only way she can go to medical school and pay her mother's mounting hospital bills.

Difficulty Level: Millionaire CEO

Adam Drake, the enigmatic auction winner, is a software prodigy who made his first million at 17. Now in his mid-20s, he's sexy, driven, and - as CEO of his own gaming company - used to making the rules. Before Mia knows what's happening, he's found the loophole in the rules of her auction. Every stipulation she's made to protect her heart gets tossed by the wayside.

She can't tell if he's playing her...or if he's playing for keeps.

This New Adult contemporary romance is intended for listeners over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.

©2013 Brenna Aubrey (P)2015 Brenna Aubrey

too much angst and too many missed cues

Any additional comments?

The book was a frustrating listen. It took three books for the characters to finally understand each other and to communicate effectively.

Loved listening to this - But.....

Just finished this one and was looking for the 2nd book in this series, At Any Turn. However, I was disappointed that it is not available on Audible. The 3rd book in this series is available on here. What the Heck???

Wow! Just Wow!

OMG. I hardly know what to say. Of all the hair brained, crazy ideas the main character, Amelia could have!? Oh, what a disaster this could have been. But, wow! It was a suck you in, snatching your attention kind of read. It was like being a fly on the wall. And, while yes Amelia had some rather ...different ideas, she made sense. Her argument had substance. It almost made me think of how well a paper like that would do in a rhetoric class.
What to say without giving away anything? Ok, the characters were great. I liked all of them. Fully developed living, breathing, characters. Ms. Aubrey has a way with words. Loved Beauman as well. Totally know some of those all man gay guys. People stereotype them so much. But, there are plenty of Beaumans out there.
I just loved this book. It was unconventional, witty, well done. Great story. It was a concept that was masterfully crafted to deliver an amazing reading/listening experience.
And, let's not forget the narrator. Wow! Kirsten Leigh does an AMAZINGLY job of making these characters, their story, their anguish, thoughts, feelings just real. She strapped you in the front row and takes you for a ride.

Absolute Perfection!

Where does At Any Price rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Defiantly in the top 5. But that is ONLY because my absolute favorite audiobook series has four books released so far. If I am ranking this as a series then it is with out a doubt my #2!

What other book might you compare At Any Price to and why?

Too many to list, but my personal favorites are The Crossfire series, The Needing Moore Series, the Fixed Trilogy, The Pearl series, I could go on and on....

Which character – as performed by Kirsten Leigh – was your favorite?

I would have to say Mia, but Kristen did an excellent job with all of the characters.

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

Absolutely yes!

Any additional comments?

I listen to a lot of audiobooks, if fact I am kind of obsessed with them, I will read a book, if I like it then I will order the audiobook and listen while reading the book over and over again. Most of the time it take me a little while to get the narrators voice wrapped around the characters I have pictured in my head, not this time. Kristen did an amazing job right from the beginning bringing all of these characters to life for me. This is truly one of my most favorite series to read and Kristen did not disappoint, in fact, she made it even more perfect.

Pretty good

I was excited to start this series hoping I found a good love story but this was pretty good not great. I was generous with giving 3 stars.

OMG Geek romance

She had my absolute undivided attention at ’I aim to misbehave ’ I was unaware that the genre of geek romance really existed. Also, the author is obviously a geek because the detail is too much for it to be something she looked up to throw in. He is a dark geek God and she a broken geek goddess together they make what epic love stories are made of.

Great surprise

What an awesome book, good storyline with a modern day background. I enjoyed the characters. Steamy hot scenes and just the rifht amount of drama.
Narration was great capturing the characters perfectly. Definate 'must listen' rack.

Good listen

Would you listen to At Any Price again? Why?

Possibly if I needed to listen to something that I didn't already read or listen to.

What other book might you compare At Any Price to and why?

Easy love. Because of the friendships.

Have you listened to any of Kirsten Leigh’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No. This was a new for the narrator and author

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

It was a great listen/read. I ended up purchasing the book so I could also read it if I was not able to listen.

Any additional comments?

Great book. Looking forward to reading/listens to more from the author/narrator.

Just okay

I'm not sure how this book has such a high rating??? It was okay, but definitely nothing special.

Predictable & boring

I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing ever did. It felt like a chore to listen to this book.

Virginity auction series

Great start to the series, Mia and Adam's story begins in an unexpected way, I have read books with the same theme before so I'm waiting to see how it all pans out and see if it will all go differently from previous alike stories, giving it a plus side to it. Their story is longer than expected going on 6 books, the romantic and funny side of it was interesting to keep me reading, I expected the cliffhanger as it's obviously part of a series. I got the audiobook and I really liked how Kristen Leigh narrated it, the next books get Jason Clarke and he is one of my favorite narrators. Will like to see how the story progresses.

Loved this!

I loved this twist on the geek/ virgin auction book starting Mia and Adam. Mia is such a strong, while still developing, character while Adam is an interesting combination of alpha and geek! The story progressed at a great place, with so much happening and now I cannot wait to get on to the next book!
Kirsten Leigh narrates so well. She captures the spirit of Mia infuses life, fun and hotness into it so successfully! 💖💖💖💖💖

50 shades

I’m surprised there have been no copyright issues with this book - can’t believe how similar it is to 50 shades! Very disappointing 🙄

Enjoyable

I really enjoyed this audiobook. It was a very different take on the virgin heroine and I loved the twist. Adam was swoonworthy too. The narrator is fantastic

Intriguing storyline

This book! This book has a brilliant storyline. Selling something so precious to a stranger could of gone so very wrong. I love the strength shown to go through with such an arrangement. Excellent performance.

An Enjoyable Read

I've not read Brenna Aubrey before and was a little dubious about this 'Geek' novel, but I'll eat my hat. I loved the story. The plot was cleverly sculpted and I couldn't put it down.
It was well narrated, which for me can make or break a book. I give this an all round 5 stars and cant wait to move onto Book Two.

Fantastic Read

This book is an absolutely fantastic read it starts the series off really well I recommend it.

Enjoyed it but resemblance to FSOG is uncanny!

Very enjoyable romance novel however the resemblance in the plot, characters etc resembles fifty shades A LOT!

I will continue to read the series but I sincerely hope it branches away and stands on its own two feet from book 2 on...

Predictable bland

I couldn't get into this book at all I haven't listened to all of it having fallen asleep whilst listening. I heard a few pages towards the end when I woke up and a prediction I made early on of how the plot was going to spin out was correct so I haven't bothered with the rest. The story wasn't very original and the reasons why the heroine needed to raise money were even more mundane. Is the desire to become a doctor meant to make us feel empathy with a character? This plot line is so old I think it is time for it to be put out to grass. Don't waste precious time on this book unless you are an insomniac.

Great

An amazing book looking forward for the others. captivating story really good and exciting exceptional.