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A Curse for True Love
- By: Stephanie Garber
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Rebecca Soler
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,388
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,300
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,300
Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out. . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Addition of male narrator...BAD idea
- By Sarah on 12-07-23
- A Curse for True Love
- By: Stephanie Garber
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner, Rebecca Soler
Addition of male narrator...BAD idea
Reviewed: 12-07-23
I've highly enjoyed this series and the world that Stephanie Garber has created. I appreciate a love story with substance! Thank you!
My only negative comments are for the change in the narration from books 1 & 2. Rebecca Soler as the sole narrator of book 1 & 2 was perfect and I loved her performance in bringing this world to life. But book 3 has the addition of Dan Bittner narrating chapters for Apollo and Jacks.....ugh....I CRINGE every time he starts speaking. It's like he never listened to Rebecca's previous narrations to even TRY to match what she had done for these characters. It's so confusing and unfortunately ruined the world that Rebecca's performance brought to life. Dan's narration is comical and overly dramatized and extremely distracting. It's like I'm listening to two different stories.
In the future, PLEASE keep the same narrator throughout the entire series. Highly disappointment in the performance change on this one.
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The Mapmaker's Apprentice
- Glass and Steele, Book 2
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,289
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,077
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,073
When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the guild is what they seem, and the lad's unearthly maps caused jealousy, suspicion and fear. With one of the apprentice's magic maps in their possession, India and Matt must use their wits and India's fledgling, untried magic to find him.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Moving on to ebooks due to narration.
- By bluestatereader on 07-30-18
- The Mapmaker's Apprentice
- Glass and Steele, Book 2
- By: C. J. Archer
- Narrated by: Marian Hussey
Warning - new narrator from 1st book!
Reviewed: 05-05-23
I really enjoyed listening to the 1st book in this series with Emma Powell as the narrator. Like others have commented, I was disappointed that the narration was done by a new actor on this book and all books in the remainder of the series, it seems. Nothing against Marian Hussey, but it was disappointing to get to know all the characters in the first book with Emma's Powell's narration (which I much preferred) and then having to get to know them all over again through Marian Hussey...her nuances are different and the characters appear more whiney and dramatic.
The story itself is brilliant and entertaining, but the new narration is distracting. Just a heads up if you're someone that gets attached to narrators throughout a series like I do.
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The Bone Houses
- By: Emily Lloyd-Jones
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,031
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,799
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,795
Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don't always stay dead.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good for those who don't like YA
- By Anonymous User on 12-31-19
- The Bone Houses
- By: Emily Lloyd-Jones
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
Boring….Returned
Reviewed: 06-16-22
I couldn’t follow nor did I find myself wanting to. Confusing story that jumps around and doesn’t clarify or connect.
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Woman in the Shadows
- By: Jane Thynne
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 14 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
Berlin, 1937. The city radiates glamour and ambition. But danger lurks in every shadow. Anna Hansen, a bride-to-be, is a pupil at one of Hitler's notorious Nazi Bride Schools, where young women are schooled on the art of being an SS officer's wife. Then, one night, she is brutally murdered and left in the gardens of the school. Her death will be hushed up and her life forgotten. Clara Vine is an actress at Berlin's famous Ufa studios by day, and an undercover British Intelligence agent by night.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Everything was great...except
- By Sarah on 10-18-16
- Woman in the Shadows
- By: Jane Thynne
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
Everything was great...except
Reviewed: 10-18-16
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Love this book and this series! The only thing that I had trouble with is the narrator's American accent. TERRIBLE! But otherwise, the narrator is charming and I really enjoyed her. The story is a fun escape!
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The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 108,577
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 98,677
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Story5 out of 5 stars 98,454
With courage, grace, and powerful insight, bestselling author Kristin Hannah captures the epic panorama of World War II and illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the women's war. The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France—a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. It is a novel for everyone, a novel for a lifetime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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HEARTBREAKINGLY POIGNANT AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
- By PatrioticMimi on 02-17-15
- The Nightingale
- By: Kristin Hannah
- Narrated by: Polly Stone
Wonderful!!!!
Reviewed: 03-03-15
Just finished this book for the 2nd time. Amazing story if love and courage. My new favorite book of all time.
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