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Incidents Around the House
- A Novel
- By: Josh Malerman
- Narrated by: Delanie Nicole Gill
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,719
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,574
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,574
To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth. But there is also Other Mommy, a malevolent entity who asks her every day: “Can I go inside your heart?” When horrifying incidents around the house signal that Other Mommy is growing tired of asking Bela the question over and over, Bela understands that unless she says yes, her family will soon pay. Other Mommy is getting restless, stronger, bolder. Only the bonds of family can keep Bela safe, but other incidents show cracks in her parents’ marriage. The safety Bela relies on is about to unravel.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Child’s voice narrates the ENTIRE novel.
- By NorthernNV on 08-06-24
- Incidents Around the House
- A Novel
- By: Josh Malerman
- Narrated by: Delanie Nicole Gill
Big flop at the end
Reviewed: 12-26-24
I thought the child narrator’s voice was annoying. There is a lot of extra fluff and the end was a flop.
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The Swimmer
- A Novel
- By: Loreth Anne White
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,290
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,231
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,230
Socially awkward Chloe Cooper divides her time between dog walking, bartending, caring for her ailing mother, and at a safe distance, watching people and inventing the stories of their lives. Like Chloe’s new neighbors: glamorous influencer Jemma Spengler and Jemma’s husband, Adam, a renowned surgeon. They’re attractive, wealthy, and in a house of open windows, so exposed.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating Characters
- By K. Elle Kinsey on 11-15-24
- The Swimmer
- A Novel
- By: Loreth Anne White
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr
Couldn’t finish it
Reviewed: 11-12-24
The story was too jumpy and hard to follow. Couldn’t get past the first few hours.
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Listen for the Lie
- A Novel
- By: Amy Tintera
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18,426
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,715
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,716
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Truth doesn’t matter
- By Ru on 03-08-24
- Listen for the Lie
- A Novel
- By: Amy Tintera
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Will Damron
Solid storyline
Reviewed: 05-26-24
Not the greatest book ever but it has a solid storyline and flows nicely. Characters are easy to keep straight and are likable.
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Haunting Adeline
- Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 1
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 20,523
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18,838
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18,824
The Manipulator. I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He's always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer. The Shadow. I didn't mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can't stay away. I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves. I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine. And once she is, I'll never let her go.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Seriously, check those TWs. Not for the faint of ❤
- By Kel on 09-05-22
- Haunting Adeline
- Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 1
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
Don’t do it - it’s AWFUL
Reviewed: 11-24-23
I finished this book (barely) and because it ends on a cliffhanger, I even listened to most of the second book. They are both HORRENDOUS. I don’t mind sexy books but this is not even near sexy. It glorifies stalking and rape. I am not a sexual abuse survivor but I was even triggered by this story.
If you get it, prepare to waste two credits because you’ll want to hear what happens. Let me assure you, it’s hours of repetitive sex scenes peppered with a storyline.
Absolutely the second worst book I have ever listened to. The first worst is the sequel to this one. I couldn’t even finish that one.
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Hunting Adeline
- Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 2
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13,855
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 12,827
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,815
Death walks alongside me. But the reaper is no match for me. I'm trapped in a world full of monsters dressed as men, and those who aren't as they seem. They won't keep me forever. I no longer recognize the person I've become. And I'm fighting to find my way back to the beast who hunts me in the night. They call me a diamond. But they've only created an angel of death.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Zero warning tags
- By Cassandra Luna-Rabine on 03-04-23
- Hunting Adeline
- Cat and Mouse Duet, Book 2
- By: H. D. Carlton
- Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Michelle Sparks
Worst book I’ve ever listen to
Reviewed: 11-24-23
I have listened to over 250 books and this is the first book I will not finish. I listened to the first book and barely made it through but it ended in a cliffhanger so I reluctantly started the second. I have 3 hours left and I can’t listen to another minute.
The CONSTANT sex scenes are one thing. But this woman is hunted by a stalker in the first book then is trafficked in the second. The story COULD have been good but it is ruined by the disgusting way her stalker turned love-of-her-life abuses her when she’s with him. It’s ridiculous - after a woman has been held captive and repeatedly raped and physically tortured, she is then “cured”by her boyfriend cutting her up and carving a rose in her chest while they’re having sex?
This book is a slap in the face to anyone who has been abused. It’s not worth your credit - much less two! If you are worried about the cliffhanger then here’s a spoiler alert - she’s abducted and then gets away. Zade makes everything better with his abuse and constant sex. She has an orgasm every single time and she falls in love with him. They torture and kill her captors. The end.
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Starling House
- A Reese's Book Club Pick
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,821
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,693
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,693
Opal is a lot of things—orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier—but above all, she's a determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors—and her home. Everyone agrees that it’s best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great spooky atmosphere captured well in audio
- By downtown on 10-09-23
- Starling House
- A Reese's Book Club Pick
- By: Alix E. Harrow
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
Don’t waste your credit
Reviewed: 10-23-23
I wanted to love this book. The story had potential. But it was wordy without being detailed. The descriptions were bland and vague. If the author would have “dug in” to the house and characters and used all those words to describe things in detail, it could have been a great book. Instead, it was boring and never-ending.
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Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 131,305
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116,196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 116,063
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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4 out of 5 stars
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intriguing but skip if triggered by child abuse
- By Amazon Customer on 05-16-19
- Verity
- By: Colleen Hoover
- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
Trigger warning: GRAPHIC CHILD ABUSE
Reviewed: 11-07-22
This book contains multiple graphic child abuse scenarios. Much of the rest of the book consists of sex scenes.
There’s nothing great about this book. The storyline was weak and the ending pretty predictable. The meat of the story is describing a mother’s horrible ways to hurt her children, beginning with a coat hanger during her pregnancy. Don’t waste your time.
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The Ursulina
- By: Brian Freeman
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,263
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,976
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,962
In this gripping follow-up to his Edgar Award-nominated mystery, The Deep, Deep Snow, Brian Freeman tells the story of Rebecca Colder, a young sheriff’s deputy who faces the most excruciating choice a mother can make.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Drivel, Well Not All
- By Empress Karen on 06-26-21
- The Ursulina
- By: Brian Freeman
- Narrated by: January LaVoy
I never write reviews
Reviewed: 07-08-22
I read the sequel, "The Deep Deep Snow" and liked it very much. Then when I saw this prequel, I was hesitant to try it. I am so glad I decided to give it a try.
This was one of THE BEST books I have ever listened to. There were twists and turns and my heart will also broke a little. It's not often that a book moves me to tears, but this one did. It was definitely worth the credit.
I can't wait for book three!
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The Perfect Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gilly Macmillan
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 957
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 864
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Story4 out of 5 stars 862
Zoe Maisey is a 17-year-old musical prodigy with a genius IQ. Three years ago she was involved in a tragic incident that left three classmates dead. She served her time, and now her mother, Maria, is resolved to keep that devastating fact tucked far away from their new beginning, hiding the past even from her new husband and demanding Zoe do the same.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This is NOT a new book. This book was previously released. Deceitful!
- By Nikole on 09-06-16
- The Perfect Girl
- A Novel
- By: Gilly Macmillan
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Anti-climactic
Reviewed: 05-29-20
I stuck it out. I kept waiting for a twist. But nope. It just ended. Predictable. Wordy. And the end made me realize I wasted my time.
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Flowers for the Dead
- By: Barbara Copperthwaite
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 33
After a devastating car crash wipes out her family, Laura struggles to get her life together. Grieving, she becomes forgetful. She doesn't remember how money got into her purse, or buying that pint of milk....Adam is the perfect boyfriend. He cooks meals. He does the housework. He looks after Laura's every need. He knows everything about her. But Laura has never met Adam. And she knows nothing about him. What turned him into a monster who stalks his victims? How did he become warped from a sensitive boy who adored the fairy tales his gran read to him?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Didn't work for me
- By Sheila S on 01-24-19
- Flowers for the Dead
- By: Barbara Copperthwaite
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
Awful narration
Reviewed: 01-04-19
I quit 20 minutes in. The narrator made me want to scream. Every sentence has the same intonation. Awful. I wanted to gouge my ears out.
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