Inception

By: Bianca Scardoni

Narrated by: Bailey Carr

Be careful who you trust, for even the Devil was once an angel.

My name is Jemma Blackburn, and I have a secret. I know vampires are real. I watched one murder my father eight months ago, and even though they tried to convince me it didn't happen - that I'd lost touch with reality due to the trauma, I know what I saw was real. Hollow Hills is now the place I call home. It was supposed to be my chance at a normal life. My chance to bury my secret and start over. But everyone around me is keeping their own secrets, whispering lies into my ears like promises, and one of them is about to turn my entire world upside down.

I thought I had it all figured out. I thought I had the answers. I thought I knew who I was. The truth is, I didn't even know the half of it. There's a reason these vampires are still after me. There's a reason they will always hunt me. Because I'm not human. I'm the devil they fear and the angel they crave.

Only problem is, I don't know it yet.

Inception is the enthralling first installment in The Marked series. A YA paranormal romance full of atmosphere, supernatural adventure, and jaw-dropping twists that will keep you guessing until the very last minute.

©2015 Bianca Scardoni (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Please edit further

I’m so sorry, but there’s just so many disconnects from the author’s world building that I can’t recommend this story until it goes through a major editing. There’s plenty of creativity to start with, so I hope the author gets the honest support she needs, not smoke. I also couldn’t connect with the characters as there were too many TSTL moments.
I usually listen at 1.25 or 1.5 speed, but I had to speed up to 1.75 (thanks for adding that speed, Audible!). Ok, I also had to do some skipping.
Carr has a sufficiently young voice which fits the character.

Overall I enjoyed

The story is a little bit like "Twilight" and was engaging. The narrater's voice is very good and changes well between the characters but her cadence took me a bit to get used too. I'd recommend.

Good story, but...

The story is wonderful. The narrator not so much. And the main character is an extreme Doubting Thomas and you want to kill her.

Slow narration, thesaurus words tossed in for fun

I really enjoyed the story! The narrator has a rather slow pace for me so I listened at 1.3X speed and it was perfect! I tend to think of myself as having a pretty large vocabulary but I was forced to look up a few words and then wondered why simpler ones couldn’t have been used instead… I guess I can now say I know of words like “analeptic”-which is a restorative drug- to add to my vocabulary. Can’t wait to keep listening, I think the story is engaging and I love the twists as they come.

awesome

I loved this book. I listened to it and read it on my Kindle cause I couldn't get enough. can't wait to read the next one.