Four

Rules Undying, Book 1

By: R. E. Carr

Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso

Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Finding a job is never easy, and the only employment Gail usually finds is acting as Girl Friday for the mob. Lucky for Gail, Georgia Sutherland has just the job for her - that is, if she can handle working nights, managing a little blood, and a boss who's been dead for centuries.

In a single interview, Gail's world turns upside down as she discovers that all she’s seen in Hollywood isn’t quite true; vampires don't combust in sunlight, but they do fall in love.

Are Georgia's stories enough to persuade Gail to take the gig catering to an antediluvian vampire who's thirsty for a new personal assistant? If Gail wants to live out the year and retire rich, she just needs to remember the Four Rules that govern undead society.

©2015 Rachel Carr (P)2018 Rachel Carr

Excellent listen.

This was a great book. Alejandra does an excellent job with the narration. I will definitely be wanting to see more of Georgia. Definitely can say its not your normal vamp love story.

Great Story

I've read this story on kindle and it was nice to be able to jump back into the world in audio format. It is still a fun ride.

I've seen some complaints about the narrator. I found that slightly increasing the speed helped me. I've done that before with another narrator, so it doesn't really bother me.

Definitely worth checking out if you want a vampire story with a twisting plot that will keep you on your toes.

GOOD!

I liked the story. The story was full of suspense and romance. I thought the narration was good. This author did a good job with her character builds and plot. This was my first book by this author but definitely will not be my last. I am looking forward to reading the other books in this series! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

twists and turns with an excellent narrator

this is one of my favorite books. it has action intrigue and a smattering of romance and it was funny and twisted in places too.

My 1st Audio book experience was great :)

The story is well written with many cool characters that are voiced by the amazing Alejandra Reynoso. It would’ve been hard to believe that she voiced every character in this 17 hr audio book but knowing her previous work as a voice over actor it just further shows the talents of Ale. Each character felt alive & different. I also liked the narrator voice that she does because it reminds me of Pegasus from yugioh but a female version lol :)
Calm & smooth
Always left me wanting to know what was next. I’m glad I chose this book as my 1st audio book. I look forward to future works by Ale & Carr :)

holy wow I just can't

wow the book was just wow it was written so good I can't even describe that the narrator was fantastic everything was spectacular very interesting one of the best books I have ever listened to it was just fantastic and great I enjoyed it enormously
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review

The Final Countdown to a unique twist on the genre

- Josh here

So, I’ve been following Rachel for some time thanks to a group I am a member of (Hi Team TW). Everyone in the group spoke very highly of this series and I have been pinging Rachel from time to time to find out if and when she would have an audiobook edition planned for the series. So, naturally, when I got word that this release was coming, I was one of the first people to pre-order my copy.

So, with all of that said, I really wanted to like this story. So many folks had such high praise for it, and I wanted to be one of them. To say that I enjoyed this story would be an understatement. What a unique take on the vampire genre. I absolutely loved Mr. Lambley! A ginger vampire…awesome! Specifically, I enjoyed his character because I would likely end up a similar style vampire given my level of nerdiness.

Let me start by saying I loved Georgia’s character and how she evolved throughout the story. I was also drawn to the various pop culture references thrown into the story; The Final Countdown!!! I also drew several connections to other stories I’ve listened to or movies I’ve watched, whether intentional or not. For example, the dance scene immediately reminded me of Sarah’s dance scene in Labyrinth.

There was a couple of great twists in the story and, from what I’ve read in other reviews, this appears to be a trend throughout the story.

The audio narration of the story left me torn. Alejandra did a great job with the dialogue for the story but the tags (he said, she said, etc.) had what felt like an unnatural, extended pause between the dialogue ending and the actual tag. There was also a vocal style shift between the dialogue and the tag. I don’t feel the tags were overused, but the pauses, at times, distracted from the narration. All of that said, I did enjoy Alejandra’s vocal differentiation between characters. Again, Mr. Lambley was wonderful! And the nervousness/timidness expressed by Gail was VERY believeable.

This was an easy 5/5 story. The recommendations I was given were well founded and Rachel has a real talent for putting a unique twist on the genre. Try out this series, you will love it!

Absolutely loved it!

Definately a twist on mondern day vampires. Loved It! Looking forward to the next book!

Great story and a lot of fun.

This is a very fun read/listen, great characters that grab you quickly and a story line that will leave you wanting more.

Horrendous narrating

I Could not stand listening to this book because of the narration, sluggish and weird.