Runes

De: Ednah Walters

Narrado por: Stephanie Terry

The Amazon YA paranormal romance best seller that launched the Runes series introduced listeners to Raine and Torin.

Seventeen-year-old Raine Cooper has enough on her plate dealing with her father's disappearance, her mother's erratic behavior, and the possibility of her boyfriend relocating. The last thing she needs is Torin St. James - a mysterious new neighbor with a wicked smile and an uncanny way of reading her. Raine is drawn to Torin's dark sexiness against her better judgment, until he saves her life with weird marks, and she realizes he is different. But by healing her, Torin changes something inside Raine. Now she can't stop thinking about him. Half the time she's not sure whether to fall into his arms or run.

Scared, she sets out to find out what Torin is. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more she uncovers something sinister about him. What Torin is goes back to an ancient mythology, and Raine is somehow part of it. Not only is she and her friends in danger, she must choose a side, but the wrong choice will cost Raine her life.

©2013 Ednah Walters (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Won't be listening to book 2

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Majority of the voices were done well.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

Any additional comments?

I will not be reading book 2. What happens in the cliffhanger has been told a million times and it is not for me.

I was really enjoying listening to this story, but then the last 20 percent, I just wanted it to end. I loved the banter between Raine and Torin, but I did not like how Raine treated Eirik.

The heroine's mother annoyed me. Her protectiveness felt forced. She just seemed like the airhead mom anyway.

And then Raine's BFF, Cora, could not be more annoying. Then I see later Cora will have her own story...PASS. I kind of want my money back for the audible.

Easy listening...very enjoyable

Listened to the full audiobook in one day. The reader was easy to listen to and did an awesome job with the voices of each character. Loved it.

Surprisingly good

I avoided this book for awhile due to the audio clip. It sounded very immature - mainly the narrator. I finally gave it a shot when some more positive reviews showed up and I figured it must be decent if there are so many books in the series.

I'm glad I did. Yes, the book has many similarities to other young adult paranormal books, but it's still good. It caught my attention and kept me interested the whole time - never felt like it was dragging. It also was different than other books in that the characters didn't deny the signs of something paranormal going on. Torin told her right away that he used magic (though couldn't give her any other details). The type of paranormal is also different from other books I've read, though I won't give away the details.

I didn't like the narrator in the beginning. Sounded too young, and the accent she gave Torin sounded really cheesy, but I got used to it quickly and didn't mind it as the book continued. The only problem I had later was that some of the characters sounded the same at times, and I couldn't tell who was talking. That was confusing.

I look forward to the rest of the series!

a good teen fantasy romance

it's for a younger audience but I've read the whole series a dozen times at least

Good start... very interesting

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Yes, the story is simple, but interesting. I love mithology, so this book was something great to listening, since brings the norse mithology as centaral element of the plot.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I get interesting to know what is hte Norns goal, and curious about what would happened after all.

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

No. THis was the first time, and I appreciate it.

Was Runes worth the listening time?

Yes, as I said, he story is simple, but interesting.