In the Valleys of the Earth

The Watchers, Book 1

De: R.R. Pearl

Narrado por: John York

The only thing more dangerous than their chemistry...is their enemies!

Mild-mannered xenoarchaeologist Dr. Alec Coimheed and his best friend Dr. Clemy Armistead are certain that they've just found the ancient location of an apocryphal battle between demons and angels.

Whisked away on a rollicking adventure, Alec finds himself under the watchful eye of Rafe, a taciturn mountain of a man with a mysterious past. Working with the enigmatic Praesidium, which claims to have protected humanity for generations, Alec clashes with his ethereally handsome bodyguard.

As the New Watchers pursue the rambunctious pair across the globe, Alec and Rafe will have to battle ancient terrors and mythical creatures come to life. Racing to the ancient tomb of a fallen angel, Alec and Rafe may lose it all - and each other - to save the world.

In the Valleys of the Earth is the first book in the MM action adventure paranormal romance series The Watchers.

©2020 Randy Ian Fabricant (P)2020 Randy Ian Fabricant

good listen

This book was pretty good. It had a lot of action in it which was good. The narrator did what I felt was a good job. The charters I had some trouble connecting with. I don't know if it was just me or not. The storyline was ok it seemed a bit predictable. Overall it was an ok listen.

Very good

Enjoyed this one from both a new to me author and a new to me narrator! It was well written and thoughtful and was very compelling. I would definitely recommend this to those of you who enjoy fiction based on Biblical thoughts.

Very entertaining!!!

So, yesterday, I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. As I began to listen to it, I was immediately immersed into an action-packed adventure. Think of a tiny bit of the Mummy, National Treasure, and The Davinci Code all thrown into the mix along with some biblical mythology, and a little bit of some hot MM action. I listened straight through.

The narration was great. A lot of characters and lots of different accents. All were very distinctive so you are never confused as to who is speaking.

RR Pearl is a new to me author. At least I don't recall reading anything by this author before. However, I have to say that John York and this author made a good combo. This was book one of the Watchers series and I am looking forward to listening to the rest of the series if each book turns out as good as this one.

Fantastic start to a new series!

Full of adventure and action! As well as a hot romance thrown in as well.

Entertaining

I began this story with a lot of expectations and some of them were fulfilled but sadly, most of them weren't.

Don't get me wrong, this is a fun book, entertaining, and with an excellent idea supporting the plot. My problems with it are, first, the insta-love. This is a series, and the romance could have been better developed. As it stands now, I simply can't see why these two want to be together when they can't trust in each other.

And then, there is the issue of the writing. I went to check, and yes, this is the first book by the author. It shows. Names are incessantly repeated, dialogues are quite formulaic and there are so many muscled things! Chests, upper-bodies, hugs, even FINGERS! C'mon, not everything needs to have muscles!

The characters lack a true personality. Alexander is... too much of everything. He is intellectually astounding, he knows from where everybody is after one word and a cough and he fights at Indiana Jones' level. That doesn't make him attractive. And Rafael... well... he's there to protect Alex and be loved by him? Yes, yes, there is foreshadowing about who he really is, but as it stands now, we know nothing about him, and neither does Alex.

But I like the general concept and I am curious about where this is going, so I'll keep reading.

The narration was good but somewhat plain.