The Drafter Volume 1

De: Kim Harrison

Narrado por: January LaVoy

The Bourne Identity meets Minority Report in this “truly wild ride” (RT Book Reviews) set in a futuristic Detroit—the first in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s Peri Reed Chronicles.

Peri Reed is a Drafter—a special ops agent with the unique ability to jump back forty seconds in time when missions go wrong. But this skill allows her partner, who is responsible for replacing her memory of events, to feed her false memories and set her up as a corrupt agent.

Working with Silas, a broody, intriguing psychologist trying to bring Opti corruption to light, Peri begins to piece her twisted reality together as she flees the organization she once trusted implicitly.

Peri is caught: rebuilding the memory of the night she killed her partner risks her sanity and in trying to put an end to Opti, she is only getting closer to the very faction that wants to see her dead. Can she get her revenge, or will her tenuous grip on reality leave her vulnerable all over again?

Didn't Think I Would Like It, But I Did !

Would you consider the audio edition of The Drafter to be better than the print version?

I enjoy the audio versions of most books better as I listen to the story while falling asleep. I enjoyed the narrator of this series very much.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Drafter?

As with all Kim Harrison's work I enjoy her ability to completely shake up the plot line. The most memorable moments for me were the complete plot shifts.

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

I don't believe that I have heard Ms. LaVoy's work, I really enjoyed this narration.

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

No extreme reaction. I was surprised at how entertaining the story was. I had read reviews of fellow Hallows fans that did not like the series. So I was dubious but found myself really liking the new heroine.

Any additional comments?

Being a Hallows fan, I found it difficult to shift gears for the Peri Reed series. As I read reviews for this serious I believe that I was not alone. Sometimes, we have to step away for a series and read something else then come back to our beloved authors to appreciate their newer incarnations. I will be reading all of the Peri Reed Chronicles in future.

Good story

Very interesting story, good characters. I like the way the story twist and comes back. Very realistic reactions and consequences. Looking forward to another book.

NOT BAD

Not sure if this is the beginning of a new series or a stand alone.
The narrator was fantastic.
This is not the fabulousness of The Hollows, but not bad all & all.

Loved it!

This is the beginning of a new series by Kim Harrison. I absolutely loved it! January LaVoy did a wonderful job with narrating. I can't wait for the next one!

Had great potential

Peri Reed works for the government entity “Opti” as a drafter. A drafter is one who has the ability to time travel, but only by a few minutes. Her anchor/boyfriend Jack connects with her in the sense that he is able to reconstruct lost memories in the drafted time line. Together they work for the good guys to catch terrorists. However, as with any well intentioned group, they tend to create corruption within, and that starts closer to home for Peri than she would have ever guessed.

Peri is a very young, naive, and driven woman. She's strong and smart, but blindly believes and follows like a good little sheep. Opti has taught their agents to never disobey them. They are never to be alone, to always trust and confide in their anchor, oh and of course to keep a detailed daily dairy as part of their routine in case they ever find themselves lost and without their anchor to recover their memories. But when Peri walks into some shady meeting, drafts, and then does the unthinkable, that's when chips hit the fan. So lets talk about where this story went wrong...

I walked into Peri's life three years into her relationship with Jack. After only a few chapters into it is when the corruption starts and Peri goes on the run. I felt a total disconnect with the two main characters! Throughout the entire book, I never “feel” any connection with them, and then they jump to insinuate a hook up between Peri and Silas, a new guy to her now, but she knew him in the past, she just forgot. To put a twist and add to the total mind fuck, Peri loses her memory again and again, we start all over with her discovering the corruption. This happens a few times, and really waned on my nerves. With each pass for Peri the characters relationships still did not connect with me. The chapters just repeated the same spiel over and over to fill space, but when we got out of that loop the action scenes were great! There were too many major no no's throughout that never drew me into the story fully. Unfortunate for me because I am a huge Kim Harrison fan, but I will not be continuing on with this series because although the story idea is genius, the delivery fell flat.

The narrator January had a good tone of voice to listen to but not a wide range. When she would do her sarcastic inside my head voice, it sounded an awful like Joe what's his names voice. It was off putting to say the least.

Amazing

Fantastic premise and a storyline that keeps you guessing. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one.

Okay but not as good as the Hollows series

I am kinda confused as to why the character can't remember stuff she thinks she'll remember. The character is bad azz 60% of the time but the 40% when she wasn't irritated me.

Kim Harrison takes a new direction.

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

Yes I would recommend this book. The story line and characters are fantastic.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Peri is very likable she keeps you on your toes.

Any additional comments?

If you are a fan of Kim Harrison or not the book was well written and a new direction for Kim. I hope the story line continues on with future releases.

Potentially the start of another great series.

Interesting storyline that has some great potential. It was a great book but it had what felt like a rushed ending.

great first book of the new series

narrator did an excellent job, Kim has an excellent book and I can't wait to see where she goes with this one.