Sexiest Vampire Alive

By: Kerrelyn Sparks

Narrated by: Aimee Castle

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

The secret is out... Vampires do exist!

When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it’s up to “young” vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax. But first the president wants a favor, one that requires Gregori to spend forty-eight hours in very close contact with the First Daughter.

Abby Tucker would rather spend her nights in a lab than attend her father’s state dinners. She’s dedicated her life to finding a cure that will save her dying mother and needs only two more ingredients. To find them, she’ll have to venture into the most dangerous region of the world - with a vampire. Her Armani-clad escort may be Undead, but he still makes her heart race. And the greatest danger won’t be the predatory hordes lying in wait for them; it will be her undying desire for the Sexiest Vampire Alive.

©2011 Kerrelyn Sparks (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers

Funny

The love at stakes series is one of my favorites, this book has the same funny antics as the rest of the series. The narration is great, I wish they would use a man for the male voices.

Great Story Ruined by Narration

Any additional comments?

As usual, Ms. Sparks’ story is well written and extremely entertaining. It was good to see Gregori’s story, even though he is one of the youngest vampires. It felt like too much time was spent dealing with the buildup of the story. There was more extraneous information and dialogue that didn’t further the plot or was pertinent to the story.
Now for the con: It’s so discouraging when such popular authors are assigned untalented narrators. A person who doesn’t have a talent for accents, should not be assigned a book with so many accents. Poor Roman sounded like he was either about to fall asleep or high on something, which could explain his constant changing accent.

very disappointed in the narrator

Gregory mother sounded like a over protective Jewish mother and Roman sounded whiney.
love the story not the reader

Book is Great - Reader not o much

Would you listen to Sexiest Vampire Alive again? Why?

I'm listening to it for the 3rd time.

What aspect of Aimee Castle’s performance would you have changed?

Consistency in Character's voices. She is constantly changing voices of Characters. Roman goes from a strange accent to a screeching old hag.

Good Story, Bad Narration

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, because it is a good story and I love the "Love at Stake" series.

What other book might you compare Sexiest Vampire Alive to and why?

Can't think of one

What didn’t you like about Aimee Castle’s performance?

She was unable to perform male characters. She made Angus McKay sound like a woman with a high voice. She did an OK job with Gregori's and Abby's voices. She was absolutely horrible with Roman's voice.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No.

Any additional comments?

None

Loved this book!

I really enjoy this author's writing! She is has a way of infusing humor into her writing that left me rewinding the book to catch all of the story. I definitely will be reading more of her work. I also loved the narrator as well and find she is able to bring unique voices to the cast of characters in the book.

love the story but the narrator.....

I loved this series but the narrator was so annoying. I can't bear to hear her voice ut tthe actually story was alright

Good story,narration was not

Good story, but the narrator used weird voices that were very different from other audiobooks in this series. they were all overdone and extreme.

I love this series!

Would you consider the audio edition of Sexiest Vampire Alive to be better than the print version?

Although not my favorite of the series, I truly enjoy Kerrelyn Spark's vampire world. I love how she ties the characters together as if she's writing about a family. This was my first audiobook and I enjoyed the experience.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Though most of the performance was good, I was disappointed in the way the narrator read the male characters. They came off as oafish, not strong, sexy vampires. This lessened my enjoyment of the book.

The reader is horrendous...

Would you listen to Sexiest Vampire Alive again? Why?

I would NOT listen to Sexiest Vampire Alive again. It was sheer horror getting through it the first time. Kerrelyn Sparks deserves so much better from a reader. The story was great, but the reader was awful. She could probably read a normal story, but one that requires Eastern European accents (Roman sounds like an old woman) and Scottish accents (she ALMOST sounds good occasionally, but not consistently) and Grigori's mother who should be an older Eastern European women but sounds like she's straight out of New Jersey - Aimee Castle is terrible.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Grigori. I've always wanted to read his story.

What didn’t you like about Aimee Castle’s performance?

Yuck! She had good timing and good performance when she was reading an American, but otherwise, she needs to stick to no accents and probably work on her men a bit.

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the story but not enough to get around the reader.