The Magnolia Manor Mysteries

A Delightfully Witty, Small Town Cozy Mystery Series, Books 1 - 3

By: Joy Patrick

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

Solving crimes at a crusty old Florida inn was NOT in D.C. urbanite Lilly Livingston’s 5 yr plan.

But when she discovers she is the executor of a forgotten stepfather’s will and is gifted Magnolia Manor, in little Drifter’s Cove, Florida, things get a little off track.

The town coroner reports her stepfather died of natural causes, but Lilly is not convinced and joins a motley crew of locals to solve her first case.

Leaving D.C. for good, Lilly’s excited to start her new small-town life and reopen the inn. But, a murder at the grand opening of her newly inherited inn wasn’t exactly the kickoff Lilly was hoping for.

Distraught when a guest goes missing, and a local fisherman pulled up an unidentified body in his fishing net, accusations fly, the inn’s initial warm fuzzies fizzle, and Lilly found herself knee-deep in another murder.

Finally settling into Drifter’s Cove life with this murder mystery behind her, Lilly’s on her way to making the renovated inn an upscale destination and plans her summer kickoff party. But as the posh party ensues, personalities clash, tempers flare, and a guest ends up dead.

Magnolia Manor. Enter at your own risk.

Weird AI

I don't enjoy the AI reading. Human interpretation of mood and emotion is better. It's unnerving.

didn't like the virtual reading

did not like the virtual reading...tone inflection and pausing was way off and changed the meaning of the sentences.

Well plotted mystery with significant subplots kept this interesting.

While this mechanical voice was not as bad as some, it still had an unrealistic quality and jerkiness which took away from the overall experience.

Use of AI is HORRIBLE!!!!

It’s hard to follow the story because the narration sucks so bad!!! The storyline wasn’t bad but horrible narration can mess up any story.

Loved the story line and characters but couldn't get passed the narration. If i could give it negative stars, I would.

ABSOLUTELY HATE VIRTUAL VOICE! Inflections at the wrong times, incorrect reflection for content, mispronounce a word one time, then the next time pronounced fine, very monotone, puts me to sleep unless I tune it out. Defeats the purpose of listening. Will not be spending my credits OR my time listening to VIRTUAL VOICE performances.

Hated Virtual Voice

The story was great. A fun little mystery. But the virtual voice was horrible!!!!!! It’s fine if you just want a book read to you with no emotion or different voices for different characters. I would recommend the books but not the audio version unless they have a real person to narrate it!!

Good short series

The stories were interesting which is what kept me listening. The AI narration was annoying. The diction of words was incorrect and it lack the emotion of someone reading. The scenes would have been easier to follow with a human narrator. There were also many confusing times with the he and she use throughout the series.

No more Virtual Voice books!!

Do not use Virtual Voice until it has been greatly improved. I will not purchase another book using that technology. The intonations were off and many words were mispronounced.

AI needs lots of work

As near as I could tell, the stories had good plot lines and the characters were well fleshed-out. But the delivery was horrendous.With no modulated delineation between the characters, the listener was forced to concentrate more on the interpretation of the the narration rather than enjoying the story. Also the voice read each sentence the same eay, often leaving a slight inflection on the wrong word and changing the meaning of the written sentence. Nice try but no thanks.

plot

A.I. is terrible, the voice has very little inflection. story is too Scooby-Doo ish