Beyond

A Tale of Discovery on the Other Side of Life

By: Ruth Mitchell

Narrated by: Hannah Fuerst

Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

Laura is a successful fantasy writer who needs to get sober. She lives in a haunted hotel in San Francisco with her beautiful white German Shepherd, Cloud, who can see the ghosts. When Sean Wilson appears in her life, everything changes. Through the use of Artificial Intelligence, Sean and his crew revolutionize how ghostly apparitions are perceived. This leads to discovering who Laura's mysterious grandfather was and sparks an unlikely romance. Will Laura and Sean live happily ever after?

As Laura sobers up her life changes for the better. She finishes the book she has been struggling with, captures Sean's heart, which ultimately leads to a wedding in a Scottish castle, and has a faceoff with an Etheric Revenant. Once the family ghosts have been identified, the ratings for Sean's reality ghost show skyrocket and Cloud becomes famous, creating a new set of challenges.

Ghosts aside, listeners are in for a rollercoaster ride as they suspend their belief and get to know Cloud and his unique perspective as well as Laura's eccentric grandmother who once was a celebrated Madam, serving the elite gentlemen of San Francisco.

If you are one to "think outside the box" and want an exhilarating story with mind-expanding ideas presented in a skillfully written and entertaining fashion, then this book is for you.

©2020, 2021 Ruth C Mitchell (P)2023 Ruth C Mitchell

Good-natured romance with ghosts

I’m not a fan of romances as a genre, so take it all with a grain of salt.

This was a lovely light story of an heiress hotel owner/semi-successful writer who falls for a cutting-edge-tech-ghost hunter. Naturally, her hotel, and her family’s history are interesting to him, and it all brings them together.

Oh. And the dog makes comments here and there. I’m not certain how I feel about that, but I didn’t utterly hate it. It was almost endearing.

I will say, however, this is one of those where the plot twist makes you want to throw the book. If you like that sort of thing, go for it. If you can’t handle it, read it anyway.

The only criticism of the narration is that she seemed a little too chipper at times for the circumstances. But I also acknowledge that was how the book was written. And I can’t imagine how to achieve the balance between lighthearted romance and very serious life issues.

Overall well written, interesting, decent flow.

Sorry, good narrator irritating!

So far, this is a cute story with a good premise and I look forward to hearing the rest of the story but I’m not sure I can finish it on Audible as a narrator is driving me insane. She’s very hard to listen to. She sounds like a 10 year old boy whose voice is changing and is way to sing songy for me. I may just cancel this on audible and go get the book.

Talking Dog?

I never thought I’d listen to a book with a talking dog. I actually looked forward to his insights into the characters personalities. The premise of filming ghosts with new technology was clever but sometimes the high pitched voice of the narrator was annoying.

Paranormal paradise

I loved reading this book for many reasons, It is a story of paranormal, addiction, and hope. Wonderfully written and narrated.