Haunted

A Tale of the Mediator

By: Meg Cabot

Narrated by: Alanna Ubach

My name is Susannah Simon, and I am a mediator--a liaison between the living and the dead. If you think this gets in the way of my attempt at a normal sixteen-year-old, you'd be right. You try going to the mall while constantly being accosted by the undead.

Not that this is a bad thing all the time. Like, for example, when I discovered my bedroom is haunted by Jesse, the ghost of a nineteenth-century hottie. While I haven't made much progress with him (only one kiss so far), I remain optimistic. Jesse's inexplicable resistance to my charms is not my only obstacle, though: There's this other guy. A live one, who has the same gift of gab with the undead I have. In the same way I'm after Jesse, this guy is after me. And he knows hot to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good.©2003 Meggin Cabot; (P)2003 Random House, Inc. Imagination Studio, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

mixed feelings

This is one of my favorite books! I don't really like the narrator. The other audio books in this series have a narrator that reads just like I remember reading the characters myself over ten years ago. This one, though, makes Suze sound whiny, Father Dom sound feeble, Brad sound even more annoying than he is in the book, and Jesse sound like a villain. It's confusing to say the least.

Bad Narrator, Abridged Story

Love this book but this audiobook will only make you upset you didn’t just read the ebook. I only make it through 30 minutes.

Love the story, but...

Love the series, but wish they had the unabridged version and with the original narrator. She was not as good.

Pieces Missing and Not My Favorite Narrator

Firstly, this book in the series drove me crazy for plot reasons, so much of my 3 stars is based in that.
I’m also not a big fan of this narration. The narrator has a very distinctive voice and it sounds too much like a grown woman speaking like a young girl to me. Too heavy on some of the emphasis and drama.
Also, this version seems to be abridged or heavily edited. Large portions of the text are missing. I couldn’t tell why this audiobook seemed so much shorter than the others in the series until I compared it to the physical book and realized how much was left out. I’m frustrated that this wasn’t mentioned in the description and that there wasn’t an unabridged version available.

Wish it was Unabridged but it's Still Amazing

Like the title said, I wish it were unabridged. This version really skims over some of the details that I think are super juicy and great, but I love the story and would still recommend.