The List: Alyssa's Revenge

Deep State Mysteries, Book 2

By: Casi McLean

Narrated by: Kristin James

Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's Summary

USA Today best-selling author, Casi McLean's new Deep State Mystery, The List – Alyssa’s Revenge, is a fast paced, cross-genre novel that combines supernatural, romantic suspense, and an NCIS mystery into a stunning thriller. Evil oozes from the story as she takes us on an incredible journey through the underbelly of society. 

When her fiancé is injured in Afghanistan, Harper Drake immerses herself in her military career. Now, as NCIS Director, she heads a secret faction, fighting corruption and terrorism — until she’s abducted by a trafficking cartel.

Wyatt Rose can’t overcome his loss — especially after his sister’s murder. When the New Patriots recruit him, he finds a traumatized girl that spirals him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy, drug smugglers, and slavery.

Obsessed with revenge, can a ghost save Wyatt and Harper before her rage explodes, or will she spin them all through the gates of Hell?

When revenge sparks danger — karma is hell!

"So many twists and subplots pepper this suspense, but they all come together into a tapestry of amazing imagination and powerful writing! Casi McLean has pulled off another genre bending tale that will draw readers in like bees to honey!" (ToMeTender Book Blog Reviews) 

"Casi McLean takes us on an incredible journey through the underbelly of society…[the reality of] a 15-year-old caught in the web of human trafficking…and a supernatural element I couldn’t put down." (N.N. Light’s Book Heaven)

©2019 Casi McLean, Inc (P)2020 Casi McLean, Inc

Get ready for an action-packed ride!

Get ready for an action-packed ride!

The opening of this book is a chilling reminder that horrific things happen to children every day. Once you read the first chapter, I promise that you will not be able to put this book down. I had to know what was going to happen to Hannah and I was scared to death for her.

Allysa's Revenge is a paranormal thriller. It is the story of Hannah's escape from slavery and her journey to save her sister. Wyatt's struggles with the horrors that he experienced in the military. Will Wyatt ever let love into his heart? Don't forget Allyssa! She is back with a vengeance. Now, she has better control of her powers. Watch out, bad guys!

I gave the narrator 4 stars because she overdramatized every declaration statement in the book. It comes off as cheesy and I didn't like it.

Sensitivity Warning: There is at least one scene with graphic sexual content between two consenting adults. Child rape and sex trafficking are also discussed in this book.

A good read

Although it has a ghost it's still a great story. The connection between the siblings is awesome. The terrifying journey that Harper chose to save the children was a nail biter. And once again I loved the dog. A very entertaining story

Alyssa is dead but her vision is perfect.

Wyatt stumbles on a girl trying to escape a sex trafficking ring. The young lady tells him that a lady Alyssa helped her get to him. Wyatt and his boss Harper work to find the others who were still in the building that she has escaped from. This story takes you from the US to across the globe. They are aided by Alyssa's ghost, his sister and her partner. This is a thriller with a ghost as one of the main characters. This is a perfect 2nd book in this series, I will definitely be looking for the next one. I was given an ARC copy of this book at my request and this is my honest review.

Loved This Book!

Title: The List: Alyssa's Revenge
Author: Casi McLean
Format: Audio
Narrator: Kristin James
Genre: Romantic Suspense, political, second chance, human trafficking, paranormal (ghost)
Standalone: Yes but better if you read Book 1 first
Part of a Series: Book 2 of the Deep State Mysteries
POV: Mostly Wyatt and Harper
Steam Level: Minimal, some kissing
5/5

This is the fifth book that i've read by Casi McLean. I enjoy her writing style and The List is no exception. I love the intermingling of suspense and paranormal. This List was both funny and emotional and I loved the characters. I look forward to more books in this suspenseful series.

I received this audiobook for free from StoryOrigin. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Captivating!

This is the second book in the Deep State Mysteries Series. This story is suspenseful, intricate, emotional, fast-paced, and breathtaking! The characters are wonderful. The storyline is captivating. I like the paranormal elements of this story. I enjoyed it. Kristin James did a great job with the narration.

Wonderful Strong Women

This is the second audiobook I listened to by this author and I was memorized by the story and understand how Wyatt was having a hard time after his horrible injury in Afghanistan and the tragic death of his sister he loses his self worth. With the help of his previous love, Harper who was also in the military and is now the the NCIS Director and the ghost of his sister, Alyssa they work on saving children and Wyatt. I do believe in guardian angels.

keeps you guessing

WOW... Novel 2 is just as good as the first novel. this one keeps you guessing and you totally don't see the ending but your praying for it during the storyline.
really good. hope there is a contination, sounds like it will be.

Loved it!!!

I loved it!!!! I was into it from the first to the last. The book is well written and flows well. The narrator was very, very good. I wish I had gotten book 1 first, then I would have known more of what was going on, but I caught on quickly. The characters were written well and had the best of intentions for all they did. Human Trafficking is a huge problem all over the world and the author has a good grasp of the problem. Throw in a ghost with awesome powers and it just gets better and better. And then you have a love story completed during the whole thing and it is just wonderful. I will be looking for more.

I received a copy of this audio book for free from story origin for an honest review.

Fell Short for Me

I received this book for free. I am voluntarily posting this review and any opinions expressed herein are my own.

This is the second book in the Deep State Mysteries series. It is a standalone book with no cliffhanger ending.

I liked the first book in this series, but for me, this one fell short. I know I am in the minority on this. The story involves sex trafficking [there are no graphic scenes]. The topic, in and of itself, did not bother me. However, I felt that I was being lectured to or in some way had to be convinced over and over again through character comments and narrative that sex traffickers are bad and this is horrible. The other issue I had was Alyssa. I got, in the first book, that she haunted/communicated with her twin sister because of their tight bond. But now, Alyssa is free-wheeling it around the world finding crimes - the sex traffickers -, helping the victims, and then reporting it all to her sister to come in to save the day. For me, it didn't quite make sense.

The narrator, Kristin James, is the same narrator for both books. She was fine. Several times there were repeats of phrases/sentences which were not caught in quality control.

Revenge Is Not Wise

The story isn't bad at all, but I could not get past the narrator.

Her voice isn't horrible, but the way she tried to change her voice for the different characters is awful. She is either, trying to hard or she is forcing it!!
Sadly, by doing so it really ruins my ability to get lost in the story!!
She does have a great voice & she made no mistakes that I caught myself. I really would love to hear her narrating another book, without all the forced voice changing. Her normal voice is easy to listen to, calming, relaxing & she speaks very clearly!! She's very easy to understand!!

No, I'm sorry...I myself can not recommend the narrator. (Honestly)
I can recommend getting the book & reading it yourself!

I was given this book for free at my request and I am providing this honest review voluntarily.
Just because I am given any book for free does not guarantee I will give a great review. I believe in being honest good story, bad story, good narrator or bad narrator.

I do feel if ppl are honest it can help many others in purchasing, editing, narrating. However, know that it is MY personal opinion & does NOT mean I am 100% right. It basically comes down to your taste in the above listed

A fantastic supernatural story!

As the title implies, there is some payback coming in this well written thriller. For anyone who is sensitive to human/child trafficking, this story is about that. As someone who has personal experience in this matter, it took a huge amount of strength to keep holding on and reading. If this is you, though, please do read the entire book. Moving forward for survivors is hard, and it's easy to be triggered, but please don't let that best you. The end is empowering and so worth the angst. It's actually helped me to remove my hesitation with anything that brings it all back. In fact, I'm going to read it again! I highly recommend this book!
The audiobook was just as powerful and the narration was excellent!

wow

Wow I just love these thrillers from Cassi McLean, I really do get right into them and feel all the excitement, terror and emotions along with the characters xxxxxxxxxx