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Raging Rival Hearts
- The Lost Clan, Book 4
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie G. Fritz
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Breaking my engagement to the man I had loved my entire life was a dangerous move, one that got me expelled from the faerie isle. I’d known the risks, though. I’d known that if Cruz, Cat, or my brother didn’t find a way to get me home, the fire in my veins would dwindle until it was gone, and with it my life. With mere weeks left to live, I set out on a last adventure: Discover if more Daneelies had survived the massacre, the same way Catori’s ancestor had. Although I’d decided to go alone, Kajika insisted on accompanying me.
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Olivia delivers another must read/listen book!
- By cmoulton on 06-18-20
- Raging Rival Hearts
- The Lost Clan, Book 4
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie G. Fritz
My favorite so far
Reviewed: 01-11-23
This is my favorite of the Lost Clan series. Lily and Kajika are such great characters and really captured my heart. I’ll always love Ace and Cat, but in this book everything tied together so wonderfully.
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Shadow and Ice
- By: Gena Showalter
- Narrated by: Melissa Moran, Leo Barnabas
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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Knox of Iviland, the most ruthless warrior in the history of war, has spent his life fighting others to the death, winning new realms for his king. Now, the stakes are higher than ever. If he prevails in the battle for Earth, his slave bands will be removed. Victory is his sole focus...until he meets her. On an Arctic getaway with her foster sister, Vale London is shocked to stumble upon a cave filled with ancient gods waging epic combat. When she is inadvertently drawn into their war, she is forced to team up with an unlikely ally - the sexy god who makes her burn with desire.
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The narrations ruined the story, I had a hard time
- By Teresa Velazco on 11-02-18
- Shadow and Ice
- By: Gena Showalter
- Narrated by: Melissa Moran, Leo Barnabas
Beware the male narrator
Reviewed: 01-02-23
I wish I’d read this book myself first. The male narrator is so hard to listen to that it ruins the story. I’d find myself thinking more about how awful his performance was (just too over the top, almost pervy) instead of the story so I had to re-listen to so many parts. My enjoyment of the book suffered because of it. The female narrator did a great job and I hated when it switched.
The story itself was okay. Not the author’s best but that could have been due to my inability to really get lost in the world.
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Fallen King
- By: C.N. Crawford
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Salem is the light-bringer, gorgeous as sin and just as evil. Some call him Lucifer. What do I call him? Whatever he tells me to, because he's cast a mind-control spell over me. He hates me, but I have a plan. I'll lead him to a sorcerer who can kill him. But as I journey with the fallen god, I see him watching me, wanting me. And it's mutual. Turns out fate has a sick sense of humor because my destiny ties me to Salem. Still, I have to stop him before he gets what he wants. Because if I fail, he will unleash hell on earth.
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WOW
- By brenda l. moreno on 06-20-20
- Fallen King
- By: C.N. Crawford
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
Just kinda boring
Reviewed: 10-31-22
I had to force myself to finish this book. Maybe I’m just in a book funk, maybe my expectations are just too high because others rave about the series, but I struggled to connect to the characters. I find the main characters all unlikable and they do nothing to redeem themselves. I get that’s part of the world building but I can’t cheer for characters who are selfish and self centered and constantly hurt each other. The whole Fae community in these books seems pretty awful. The men are constantly using Aenor and gaslighting her. In this book in particular, her lover decides to take away her newly returned powers because he believes a prophecy over what he knows/has experienced of her and gets upset that she doesn’t docilely obey with his plan. Fight scenes fail to grab me, the switch between love interests was canned and unbelievable, the action falls flat and seems anticlimactic. Overall, for me, it’s a bland story.
The narrator does an okay job. She did give Salem his own distinct accent in this book (in the previous narration she just did a British accent for him) but she doesn’t pronounce Salem the same every time. It really takes you out of the story. Her cadence is off for me, almost too plodding. It made the story more of a slog.
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Blood Oath
- The Darkest Drae, Book 1
- By: Raye Wagner, Kelly St. Clare
- Narrated by: Sierra Kline
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Everything I know is a lie. I'm an ordinary mortal girl. Lord Irrik is a depraved dragon shifter. King Irdelron is an immortal tyrant. In the disease ridden land of Verald, life is mapped out much like the established rings of our kingdom. Everyone has a role. Me? I'll be uselessly serving potato stew for the rest of my life because I can't make anything grow. But starvation brews rebellion. When the king strikes, I'm captured by Lord Irrik. Instantly, I'm embroiled in a deadly game. One where I'm desperate to understand the rules.
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Wow!
- By shimmers1AW on 10-13-18
- Blood Oath
- The Darkest Drae, Book 1
- By: Raye Wagner, Kelly St. Clare
- Narrated by: Sierra Kline
Some audio errors
Reviewed: 08-25-22
It’s overall a great book. I like the story, though it is torture heavy and the main character makes some…stupid, ill thought out decisions. That did get tiresome. The narrator is good but there is weird editing in the book. Skipped lines, repeat lines and in one instance audio recorded over other audio.
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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
- Blood and Ash, Book 2
- By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
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Everything Poppy has ever believed in is a lie, including the man she was falling in love with. Thrust among those who see her as a symbol of a monstrous kingdom, she barely knows who she is without the veil of the Maiden. But what she does know is that nothing is as dangerous to her as him. The Dark One. The Prince of Atlantia. He wants her to fight him, and that’s one order she’s more than happy to obey. He may have taken her, but he will never have her.
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Way too much filler
- By LovelyD on 02-01-21
- A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
- Blood and Ash, Book 2
- By: Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
Oh, so good!
Reviewed: 03-03-22
This is one of my all time favorite books. The whole series, so far, is just amazing. The story telling is rich and complex and the characters are compelling. I’ve read and re-read and listened and re-listened to it many times. The narrator’s performance is wonderful, bringing depth to each character. A not to be missed book all around.
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Rising Silver Mist
- The Lost Clan, Book 3
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie Fritz
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
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There were three things I was certain about. First, I would never kill another person. But when a family friend murdered someone I loved, I destroyed her with a power I didn't even know I possessed. Second, I would never strike another bargain. But faeries could bring the dead back, so when Cruz offered to revive my father, I accepted. Third, I would never marry an enemy, but every bargain comes at a price. The price of mine: I had to marry Cruz and move to the faerie isle. For the first time in my life, I wondered if death wouldn't be a kinder end.
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Cat and Ace's conclusion!!
- By Hillary P on 05-18-23
- Rising Silver Mist
- The Lost Clan, Book 3
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie Fritz
Wild ride
Reviewed: 12-11-21
This series has been a wild ride! This book in particular had so many twists and turns and there were times I genuinely didn’t know who Cat could trust. I loved Cat and Ace and am happy they got their happy ending.
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Sin & Surrender
- Demigods of San Francisco, Book 6
- By: K.F. Breene
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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It's the moment Kieran and Lexi have been preparing for. The Magical Summit. Ready or not, they will take their assembled team into the belly of the beast. The stakes couldn't be higher. If the powers that be don't approve of Kieran, he will not earn the official title of the Demigod of San Francisco. The real danger concerns Lexi, however. With Kieran away in meetings, she must brave the treacherous halls of the Summit with just her crew and her wards, fighting for social placement and status, open to attack from all angles.
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Wonderful ending
- By REW on 06-14-20
- Sin & Surrender
- Demigods of San Francisco, Book 6
- By: K.F. Breene
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
Such a great series!
Reviewed: 11-28-21
This book wraps up the Demigod of San Francisco book and it is such a wonderful ending! This book has so many twists and turns and is full of action(of all kinds).
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Rowan Wood Legends
- The Lost Clan, Book 2
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie Fritz
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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The Vampire Diaries with faeries. Welcome to Rowan.... I wasn’t the sort of girl who believed in fairytales, let alone tales about faeries. But that changed the day Faeries came to my small town and Hunters rose from their graves. On that fateful day, I received a book, a peculiar collection of myths and legends. Turns out it was so much more than stories. And just as I was on the verge of unlocking its secrets, it was stolen from me by someone I called a friend. Now, I don’t know whom I can turn to, whom I can trust.
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A great follow up to Rose Petal Graves!
- By Hillary P on 07-03-22
- Rowan Wood Legends
- The Lost Clan, Book 2
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie Fritz
The series is really heating up
Reviewed: 11-05-21
The second book in the Lost Clan series, I felt this book really got the story going. I liked the first book but this book really hit it out of the park. The narrator is good at the different voices and overall it’s a enjoyable performance. Can’t wait to see what happens next in the story!
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Rose Petal Graves
- The Lost Clan, Book 1
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie Fritz
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Founded two centuries ago by a powerful tribe of Gottwa Indians, Rowan was a quiet town, so quiet that I fled after graduation. Staying away was the plan, but Mom died suddenly. Dad said she suffered a stroke after she dug up one of the ancient graves in our backyard, which happens to be the town cemetery. Creepy, I know. Creepier still, there was no corpse inside the old coffin, only fresh rose petals. As we made preparations for Mom's burial, new people began arriving in Rowan, unnervingly handsome and odd people.
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Glad I listened to Karen Lynch’s recommendation!
- By Jan Anderegg -Author of the Julu Series on 06-29-20
- Rose Petal Graves
- The Lost Clan, Book 1
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Stephanie Fritz
Great start to a trilogy
Reviewed: 10-15-21
I really enjoyed this book. I have wanted to read it for awhile and I had the opportunity to get the audio book and jumped at it.
Cat’s story is just starting in this book. It’s a bittersweet book, with love and loss. I was heartbroken listening at times but also given hope. The writing is brilliantly done. I look forward to the rest of the trilogy and seeing how Cat’s story unfolds, especially as she wars with the two sides of herself.
The narrator is good at both male and female voices and for the most part I do get lost in the performance. There is is just something about how she reads that sits funny on my ears but once I lose myself to the story I don’t tend to notice. Overall, she performs well and her voice fits who I imagine Cat to be.
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Feather
- Angels of Elysium, Book 1
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Holly Fielding, Thomas Locklear
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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It was supposed to be a quick mission. The only thing quick about it was how rapidly I failed. With only a month left to earn her missing feathers, twenty-year-old Leigh embarks on a trip to Paris to meet her newest project, twenty-five-year-old Jarod Adler, leader of the Parisian Mafia and the worst kind of sinner . . . a Triple. If Leigh can get Jarod to accomplish a single act of kindness, she stands to win 100 feathers, more than enough to complete her wings and ascend to Elysium, the land of angels.
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Disappointing
- By Jake Boyle on 01-11-21
- Feather
- Angels of Elysium, Book 1
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Holly Fielding, Thomas Locklear
Perfect
Reviewed: 09-27-21
This book has stuck with me since I first read it. It’s haunting, a perfect re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet. I got it on Audible to listen during the holidays and am re-listening again on vacation. It’s so beautiful. The narration is okay. Holly Fielding isn’t my favorite narrator. She does decent men’s voices but she’s a very deliberate speaker and it doesn’t sit well on my ears when she reads. It comes across as staccato and slow. Regardless, I fell into the story and would highly recommend it.
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