Shades of Gray

A KGI Novel

By: Maya Banks

Narrated by: Adam Paul

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

The Kelly Group International (KGI): a super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: high intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. government can't...

P. J. and Cole were sharpshooting rivals on the same KGI team and enjoyed a spirited, uncomplicated camaraderie. Until the night they gave in to their desires and suddenly took their relationship one step further. In the aftermath of their one-night stand, they're called out on a mission that goes terribly wrong, and P. J. walks away from KGI, resolved not to drag her teammates into the murky shadows she’s poised to delve into.

Six months later, Cole hasn't given up his search for P. J., and he's determined to bring her back home where she belongs. Bent on vengeance, P. J. has plunged into a serpentine game of payback that will make her question everything she's ever believed in. But Cole - and the rest of their team - refuse to let her go it alone. Even if it means sacrificing their loyalty to KGI, and their lives...

©2012 Maya Banks (P)2012 Penguin Audio

I SO LOVE THIS SERIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

What did you love best about Shades of Gray?

Whats not to love???

Have you listened to any of Adam Paul’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, but please please please get Harry Berkeley back as the narrartor!! I love him! He is KGI!!!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I just love them all!!!!

Any additional comments?

Hurry with the next one please!!!

MY NEW FAVORITE BOOK IN THE SERIES!!

What about Adam Paul’s performance did you like?

I'VE READ SOME OF THE NEGATIVE REVIEWS ON MR. PAUL'S PERFORMANCE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT. YES, CHANGE IS HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE. I, HOWEVER, FOUND MR. PAUL'S PERFORMANCE TO BE DIFFERENT BUT MOST ENJOYABLE. I HAD NO PROBLEM DISTINGUISHING WHO WAS TALKING BECAUSE MR. PAUL WAS ABLE TO VARY HIS VOICE AND ACCENTS. I DID NOT FIND HIS FEMALE VOICE TO BE IRRITATING AS SOME MALE AUDIO PERFORMANCES CAN BE. MR. PAUL WAS ABLE TO CONVEY THE SUSPENSE IN THE STORY AND ALSO THE TENDER MOMENTS. I HAVE ENJOYED MS. BANKS OTHER KGI BOOKS WITH HARRY BERKELEY AS NARRATOR. I AM EQUALLY PLEASE WITH MR. PAUL. WHO EVER READS MS. BANKS'S NEXT CHAPTER IN THE KGI SAGA, I WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO PURCHASE IT!

Great book, terrible narration!

I love maya banks, she is a great author and I own several of her series. KGI is a great addition, hot determined, sexy, possessive , military men make for a great series. Shades of grey is a great addition to the series, with the gut wrenching plot twists that mark KGI Banks isn’t holding back the puches. This book isn’t for the faint of heart or for anyone who may have experienced sexual assault. I really love the way Banks shows how close a military team is, they are a true family, sometimes the only people the others have to turn to in a crisis and they’ll do or die for each other.
My one problem with this book is the narrator. It appears after book five the audio contract switched from recorded books to penguin audio, and the spectacular narration of Harry Berkeley was replaced with the oh so frustrating Adam Paul. Paul general narration voice is actually pretty nice to listen, but in some ways that makes the awe fullness of character voices worse, because I know he could do them nicely. Instead all of the males, strong, built military men, sound nasally and some nearly shrill, the women either sound masculine or nails on chalkboard shrill, and all the keys have a nice hick twang on top of the nasal tone. I nearly cried when Rio, my beautiful Spanish Rio, came on scene sounding like a high pitched southern hick. I kept gritting my teeth hoping it would get better, but it never did, and the longer I listened the more I had to grit my teeth. Finally I had to give up with 3.5 hours remaining and buy the kindle version. Maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad if hadnt had Berkeley’s awesome narration for the first five books, I don’t know. I know that with penguin in charge now there’s likely some contractual reason they can’t have Berkeley do the books but I know penguin has good narrators. I pray that they will have someone better redo these books. Because until they do I won’t be listening past book five.

Disappointed by the change of narrator.

I will never understand why the publisher changed the narrator on book seven of this successful and well-reviewed series, particularly when so many of the positive comments were directed towards the performance of the narrator for the first 6 books.

I have looked forward to PJ’s story for several books and as usual, the story was fantastic. Unfortunately, the new narrator didn’t provide a performance of the book but rather simply read it, fast, without much emotion. I didn’t care for the odd accent of Cole and the narrator failed to give justice to the intensity and emotion of PJ’s trauma as written by Maya Banks. I really wanted to like the new narrator, but it just didn’t work for me.

Maya Bank’s KGI novels are some of my favorites, in part, because you become invested in the characters, their missions and camaraderie, even more so with PJ and Cole. After listening to the audiobook, I read the book and it was even better the second time around.

Disappointed with the narrator change

Just finished listening to Shades of Gray... I LOVED it!
But why the change of narrator? He wasn't so bad with PJ's voice but the accent he gave the other Kelly men and Rio is gonna take a while to get used to. Can we have Harry back for Steele's story?

I wish she had more in this series.

What made the experience of listening to Shades of Gray the most enjoyable?

The series

What did you like best about this story?

Bad Ass. Chick

What about Adam Paul’s performance did you like?

He is great

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both

Any additional comments?

She needs to write faster. I am burning through all her books

Wishing it had a different narrator. Ugh!

Would you consider the audio edition of Shades of Gray to be better than the print version?

No. I love the story, but the narrator was one of the worst I have ever heard.

What didn’t you like about Adam Paul’s performance?

Monotone. I was used to the other narrator, so the change in voices of the characters was annoying. His southern accents were awful.

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

Yes, but I ended buying the Kindle edition because I couldn't listen to the narrator for long periods of time.

Any additional comments?

Bring back the other narrator. PLEASE!!

Deep!

This story reminded more of the beginning books and touching very hard subjects. The writer is amazing and th narrator was spot on. Worth the credit!

Narrator

I could not deal with the voice of the narrator.. he made Steel sound horrible..

Shades of Gray: A KGI Novel

In this book things don't go as planned. Steele's team go after human traffickers. PJ and Cole finally get together. But at what cost. This story revolves around PJ and what happened to her while on assignment. Won't give away the story line. But after reading this she is my hero. I want to be just like her. There are lots of triggers throughout the story line. Can't wait to read the next book in this KGI series. The narration kept me involved.