Blood Ties Book One: The Turning

The humor of Kari in the situation that she is in. She is a strong female lead that I could relate.

I honestly do not know. Other than Bram and Rice, I hadn't really paid much attention to vampire books. Too many flooding the market right now.

I think Elenna did a good job giving each character a sound, I like Dahlia the most, but unfortunately she sound a lot like Ziggy.

I didn't listen to it in one sitting. I listened to it while driving to and from work. The beginning was rough, on the first day which was 2 1/2 hours of listening I wasn't sure if I wanted to continue. I gave it a second day, and it grew on me.

I will be giving the second book a chance after this, if it entertains me while driving I'll finish out the series.

If there was one thing I would change, it would be the Narrator. I just could not get past her delivery of the character dialog. She really should limit herself to text books... maybe some self help books...

yes... even though I found many of her devices unbelivable (such as her protagonist suddenly becoming a martial artist in some cases)

oh.. a different Narrator!

It inspired me to wait for another cheap sale for book 2, as it has the same Narrator

I would recommend it to anyone who likes the
vamp/supernatural genre. I've listened to these several times. Don't know if they'll ever come out with a new book, though.

I am not normally into these kind of far out books but this was good--I am hooked!

As far as vampire stories go, this one isn't very good. For chick porn, I'm sure it's excellent. The story is driven by predictable formulaic plot elements, and offers nothing new to the genre. The most unusual aspect of the story, from my standpoint, is that it was one of the only ones I've ever encountered that was far more interesting at the beginning than at the end - in fact, it's the first I've quit listening to when within 1.5 hours of the end.

This is the 1st book that I have listened/read by this author. Decent story, not profound but engaging. I agree with others who have commented about the annoying way the narrator voices some of the minor characters. Esp. Ziggy. very annoying. Other voices were not so bad, but that character was especially difficult to listen too. Also, if you listen to the second book, the voice of the "oracle" is hideous. But, it was short lived. I would recommend this series, even though I didn't enjoy the second book as much. Just realize it's not a profound piece, but as I indicated in the beginning of this review, book one of "the turning" was fairly engaging. Enjoy :)

not as detailed as anne rice , but as well done, with a sense of humour.

Really good and unpredictable. As reviewed by my teenage daughter.

the story just didn't grab my attention.

I've read the other reviews and most are spot on about the narrator - every ancillary character is frankly cringe-worthy.

I feel like if I had read this in print it would have been better.

As for the claims of "porn" this book is pretty tame on that front.