The Trouble With Fate [Dramatized Adaptation]

Mystwalker, Book 1

By: Leigh Evans

Narrated by: full cast, Jonathan Feuer, Scott McCormick, Patrick Bussink, Nanette Savard, Gregory Linington, Dawn Ursula, Kimberly Gilbert, Joel David Santner, Eva Wilhelm, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Eric Messner, Michael John Casey, Thomas Keegan, Bob Payne

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

My name is Hedi Peacock and I have a secret. I'm not human, and I have the pointy Fae ears and Were inner-bitch to prove it. As fairy tales go, my childhood was damn near perfect, all fur and magic until a werewolf killed my father and the Fae executed my mother. I've never forgiven either side. Especially Robson Trowbridge. He was a part-time werewolf, a full-time bastard, and the first and only boy I ever loved. That is, until he became the prime suspect in my father's death....

Today I'm a half-breed barista working at a fancy coffee house, living with my loopy Aunt Lou and a temperamental amulet named Merry, and wondering where in the world I'm going in life. A pretty normal existence, considering. But when a pack of Weres decides to kidnap my aunt and force me to steal another amulet, the only one who can help me is the last person I ever thought I'd turn to: Robson Trowbridge. And he's as annoyingly beautiful as I remember. That's the trouble with fate: Sometimes it barks. Other times it bites. And the rest of the time it just breaks your heart. Again....

Performed by Colleen Delany, Jonathan Feuer, Scott McCormick, Patrick Bussink, Nanette Savard, Gregory Linington, Dawn Ursula, Kimberly Gilbert, Joel David Santner, Eva Wilhelm, Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey, Eric Messner, Michael John Casey, Thomas Keegan, Bob Payne, Laura C Harris, Elizabeth Jernigan, Christopher Graybill, Drew Kopas, Rebecca Sheir, Matthew Bassett, Terence Aselford, Yasmin Tuazon.

©2013 Leigh Evans (P)2015 Graphic Audio, LLC

Avoid the audio book at all costs

So the graphic on the cover describes "A movie in your mind" and at first, the sound effects and cheesy music didn't bother me. I even was sort of enjoying the silliness of it. But about the time the first love scene happens, someone, somewhere made the choice to incorporate kissing and moaning sound effects, along with a cheesy pseudo 70s style adult-movie soundtrack.

It. Is. Uncomfortable.

Up until then, the acting performances were... okay overall, although there were some line reading choices I wondered about, but it was a solid three stars. After that, however, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to finish the book at this point to be able to tell you more about the plot. And for the record, I'm no prude. I generally have no problem listening to far raunchier scenes in audio format.

I wish I could return it, but apparently, I can't dislike more than one book in a certain arbitrary period of time and Audible's return policy won't allow me to. Trust me, whatever that other book I returned was, the kiss-into-the-microphone sound effects in this one were worse and I would take that one back just to get rid of this one.