Living with the Dead

By: Kelley Armstrong

Narrated by: Jen Taylor

Length: 13 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's Summary

They're smart, sexy, and supernatural: they're the men and women of the Otherworld - a realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves who live unseen among us. Only now a reckless killer has torn down the wall, trapping one very human woman in the supernatural cross fire.

Robyn Peltier moved to Los Angeles after her young husband's sudden death. Though she's still grieving, the challenges of her new life as the PR consultant to Portia Kane - the world's most famous celebutante wannabe - can sometimes be amusing, even distracting. But when her client is gunned down in a nightclub, Robyn is suddenly on the run as the prime suspect in the murder. And as more bodies pile up around her, it seems like only Hope Adams, Robyn's best friend, and Hope's somewhat spooky boyfriend Karl are on Robyn's side. But it's not the police Hope is worried about, and the only way Hope can keep her friend alive is by letting her enter a world she's safer knowing nothing about.

©2008 KLA Fricke, Inc. (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks America

Worst narrator!

What did you like best about Living with the Dead? What did you like least?

The story was great, probably much better if you read the book instead of listening
The worst part was the narrator...everyone sounded like a teenage girl so at times it got confusing as to who was talking and the men's voices? They didn't sound male I'm not sure what they sounded like but either way they were not good

How could the performance have been better?

Different narrator

Any additional comments?

Do the author of the books actually listen to the audible versions before they are released? I'm not sure how it works but after finally getting used to the narrator of the last few books (who was ok) she then switched to this person. Like other reviewers said everyone sounds like a 16 year old valley girl...hope sometimes has a New Jersey accent the voices are hard to distinguish from each other even the males the only reason I know who was who was because it said "hope" or "Robyn" before each chapter.,.and the worst most annoying part of it was calling Jamie Vegas "hamie" where does that even come from? This is why I question if the author actually listens to the books ...I love this series and will buy the next book on audible because I dnt have time to read it. I see its the same narrator so hopefully these problems will b fixed and I can enjoy the story more because i know its about the pack and jamie will be in it....but I would recommend if u have the time read the book you will prob like it better

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Great Story brought down by terrible naration

I have been burning through this series enjoy each one more then the last, until now. This isn't the fault of the author, but the terrible narrator. This woman tried so hard to make male voices that all she did was destroy the narration, taking you out of the story. Her male voices sounded either drunk, mentally challenged, or like they smoked 4 packs of cigarettes every day. Add on to that the fact that she repeatedly miss-pronounced the name of Jamie Vegas. I have no idea how she got "Hamie" from Jamie, but she did. As I look forward to the rest of the series I am only filled with trepidation noticing that she is the narrator for the next few books also. I just wish a series could keep one narrator for the entire series.
As for the story. It was another great installment in this series with all the twists and turns that Kelley Armstrong is so great at creating. I love how she is able to give her characters depth and a well roundness that many authors lack. I feel like I know these characters as people. With faults, hopes and dreams. I would highly recommend this entire series to anybody.
In short, if you are debating reading or listening and don't care either way, Then read this book. Don't skip this one either way...just be forewarned.

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Boo Narrator.

Having the Narrator suddenly changing the way a character's name is pronounced is super annoying.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Really bad narrator

Decent story. It picks up 1/3 of the way in so that you notice the horrible narration a little less. The main female character sounds like a vapid whiny valley girl you kind of want to slap. Also she says "Hamie" instead of "Jamie" which is annoying.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Good book, horrible narrator.

The book itself is good, just as I expected from Kelley Armstrong. However, the narrator was just awful. In my opinion, she made Karl sound like some old pervert, Hope sound like an annoying teenage valley girl, and Robyn sounds pretty close to Hope, giving me problems telling them apart at times. I did enjoy the book, but I was very tempted to stop listening and deleting it from my Zune simply because of the choice of narrator.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

horrible narrator

I really enjoy listening to Kelley Armstrong's books but the narrator for this book is horrible!! The voices she used sound childish and they don't match the personalities of the characters. If this was the first book of Armstrong's I listened to I would stop and never consider buying another one. The storyline is another hit in the Women of the Otherworld series but please change narrators!!!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

~le sigh~

Much like the others I was irritated by the mispronunciation of Jaime Vegas’s name, if the narrator had read some of the previous stories then she would know the lineage of Jaime Vegas and how she got her name and that it is DEFINITELY not pronounced with an H like the Spanish name for Jimmy. Since Jamie Vegas is my favorite character in the Otherworld it really went against my grain, it was like fingernails on a chalkboard every time she said it. Also, like the other reviewer’s I too felt as though all of the voices were like valley girl bimbos. I guess that because the story was placed in LA that the narrator thought that this was how they were supposed to sound even tho NONE of them were actually from LA. Its also very true that she did make Karl Marston sound like an old pervert, I couldn’t put my finger on it until I read another review and that sums it up perfectly. I understand that she was trying to do a male voice but when you think of Karl you think of anything but an old pervert, except when you’re listening to Jen Taylor’s narration. However the actual story is another amazing one by Kelley Armstrong and absolutely worth reading. It has as many twists and turns and mystery that all of her other books have. She started doing multiple first person narration’s in Haunted, I actually really enjoy reading in another persons point of view and I think it kind of adds to the mystery, and the frustration because you know what that person’s intentions are but your heroine doesn’t always find out right away, and you’re so relieved when they finally do, it makes you feel like you’re an insider to the action. Kelley Armstrong is a gifted writer, I really wish the television show haven’t sucked so bad, just my two cents

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Not my favourite novel in this stellar series

My least favourite story in Armstrong 's Otherworld series. however, the narrator gave a great performance and the novel had a strong ending. All in all , I still enjoyed it.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Subject matter not to my taste

I am a big armstrong fan, so I'm sorry to say this one was too dark for me. Pedophilia and the abuse of incest-born retarded people just made me delete this one from my ipod. Sorry. Don't want to read more about that.

5 of 8 people found this review helpful

Hit or miss

I love the Kelly Armstrong books and I have listened to all of them on Audiobook so far after seeing the show "Biten". I wasn't totally happy with this book reading by Jen Taylor. My biggest complaint is the pronunciation of Jamie Vegas' name. ALL of the previous Audiobooks pronounce it the American form of Jamie and to hear it pronounced with a Spanish J, I was initially worried that Jeremy was in a relationship with a new woman and I totally missed it. I think if your going to jump in around book 9 you should stay consistent with what previous speakers have called a character.