Nichole R.

Loving this space opera fantasy prophecy series

Reviewed: 03-18-25

I enjoy genre bender books and I love magic this series had it all. Sort of like Harry Potter with spaceships.

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Enjoyable urban fantasy based on religion

Reviewed: 08-23-23 Listener received this title free

I enjoyed the story and would like to see how it unfolds in the next book. The narration was fine for the female perspective chapters but I didn't like the narration for the male perspective chapters.xxx

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1st Kaiju book for me

Reviewed: 01-23-23

I loved it; couldn't stop reading it.
It is a fun book told in the 1st person.
I hope he writes more of these.
I wish it had been available at my library as an audiobook.

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Fun fantasy with lots of adventure

Reviewed: 10-22-22

I enjoyed the adventure it reminded me some of a Percy Jackson story but without such clear targets and with a more adult sense of humor. I liked the world building OK and the character but I didn't love anything.

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Liked Content Some Narration Complaints

Reviewed: 08-12-22 Listener received this title free

The narrator says "Two Chronicles" not "Second Chronicles" and the same for every Book of the Bible with multiple books. Most Americans don't do this so that was annoying.

I also disliked the echo and reverb effects. I don't mind a Bible reading with sound effects if the sound effects are stuff that goes with the text but echo and reverb just no.

I do like that the content gives a lot of references and author notes. I do wish that the audiobook had a nice table of contents and chapter titles that would support going to a specific chapter of the book. It sort of has thus but because of commentary the Chapter number in the Audiobook is higher than the Chapter from the Book of Enoch.

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Love this narration, it is perfect

Reviewed: 08-09-22

This story has unicorns actually neighing and other sound effects, it is so perfect as a sweet story about rainbows, friends, fairies, and unicorns. I was skeptical about a kids audiobook that was only 8 minutes and a kids' story without pictures. But, I wanted to read it because I got a free code in order to leave a review. I did not expect to leave a 5-star review because I don't give a lot of 5-star ratings. But, I was immediately drawn to this world and thought that most children would love to listen to this probably multiple times. I could see this being played every day for some children who love unicorns. I don't have a child to test this on because my daughter is grown but this does make me feel like a child again.

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Best book in the Crossroads Witch series

Reviewed: 08-09-22 Listener received this title free

Note: I did receive a free code to read and review this book. But, I went back and read the 1st two books in the series out of interest once I started this book, then I restarted this audiobook.

I loved the humor Cassie asking Amaya about her sex life was just one example of this.
I loved all the new creations who were not simply one thing.
I loved the audiobook narration.
I shared the book with a friend.
The Crossroads Witch series was my 1st introduction to J S Malcom. I now plan to go back and read the other books and I hope I get to read more about the adventures of Cassie, Amaya, and the other characters I have come to love throughout the series.
This is a series that is great escapism. It has magical robots or magical skeletons depending on the book and it has people who are challenged by their dual natures. I do feel like there were some tendrils left dangling after finishing this book but it did not end on a cliffhanger there was a satisfying ending (or at least sort of satisfying).

I don't give out 5 stars often and don't think this book was excellent enough for 5 stars but a lot of the complaints I had about the 2nd book (Demon Soul) were not problems for this book.

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Demon Soul was not as good as the previous book

Reviewed: 08-08-22

Here are the reasons I gave Demon Soul a lower rating than The Shadow Order
1. I didn't like the robot waiters as much as the skeletons and in general the author didn't introduce as many new fantastical creations in this book.
2. Amaya was lacking romance.
3. The way the author handled the backfill for new readers was very poorly done so if you read both books, then you had to hear the same wording. I do find the author to be repetitive quite a bit in both the 1st and 2nd books but it bothered me more in book 2.
4. It wasn't as funny as the 1st book. I didn't find myself laughing at all in this book.

What did I like? I still like Amaya and Cassie, I liked their drinking together, I liked them working together. I liked the magical world that J S Malcom created. I want to read the 3rd book to see what happens next.

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Loved the narrator, enjoyed the story

Reviewed: 07-27-22

I loved the heroine, and how she left home to do what she loved. I loved how she came back because of tradition and was committed to caring for the home that cared for her family. This book has an enchanted land and house and magical item. It has different levels of enchantments and it has fae. It also has mystery and did I mention the narrator has a voice that I can get lost in forever. I was glad I had the chance to discover the enchanted land of Stariel.

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Who doesn't enjoy a reverse harem with 3 alphas?

Reviewed: 07-27-22

If you are like me and you enjoy getting lost in a paranormal romance with some tall, dark and dangerous, and gorgeous guys then this is your perfect escape. I love that 3 alphas find her as their mate and who doesn't love a heroine who can't be killed and loves to punish. There wasn't a lot of erotica in this book but it is only book 1 of the series. So it was more about getting to know the characters and the issue of 3 supernatural alphas all having the same second-chance mate and her being sent to deal with the three of them as her demon assignment. You have all kinds of supernatural beings in this book and you also have 3 very different hunky alpha males and a very strong heroine. I listened on 1.5x speed.

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