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Magic's Promise
- Valdemar: The Last Herald Mage, Book 2
- By: Mercedes Lackey
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,157
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,050
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,053
The wild magic is taking its toll on the land, and even Vanyel, the most powerful Herald-Mage to ever walk the world, is almost at the end of his strength. But when his Companion, Yfandes, receives a call for help from neighboring Lineas, both Herald-Mage and Companion are drawn into a holocaust of dark magic that could be the end of them both.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great story, frustrating narrator
- By L. Hubertus on 01-03-21
- Magic's Promise
- Valdemar: The Last Herald Mage, Book 2
- By: Mercedes Lackey
- Narrated by: Gregory St. John
A great story ruined by a terrible narrator
Reviewed: 02-14-25
I love the Last Herald Mage Trilogy (this is Book 2). I've tried to ignore the terrible narrator but they ruin the story.
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Lose You to Find Me
- By: Erik J. Brown
- Narrated by: Kirt Graves
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 129
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Tommy Dees is in the weeds—restaurant speak for beyond overwhelmed. He’s been working as a server at Sunset Estates retirement community to get the experience he needs to attend one of the best culinary schools in the world. And to make his application shine, he also needs a letter of recommendation from his sadistic manager. But in exchange for the letter, Tommy has to meet three conditions—including training the new hire.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not good, not bad, just okay.
- By Anonymous User on 05-20-23
- Lose You to Find Me
- By: Erik J. Brown
- Narrated by: Kirt Graves
The performance needs 10 stars
Reviewed: 11-10-24
Great story with lots of fun and serious twists
A good story is only good if you believe the performer is the lead character, and I did from the first chapter. And please write a sequel
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Cirque du Slay
- Hayden and Friends Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Rob Osler
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Pint-sized Seattle middle-school teacher and gay dating blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister are invited to a fundraiser for Bakers Without Borders. The celebrity performer, Kennedy Osaka, is the artistic director of Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show combining magic, acrobatics, and a Michelin-star dinner. But Kennedy is a no-show—until she’s found dead in her hotel suite. When frenemy Sarah Lee is discovered in the room with the body, Hayden and Hollister are on the case to find the real culprit before Sarah Lee is charged with the crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovable quirky characters and a fabulous performance
- By JWatson on 07-06-24
- Cirque du Slay
- Hayden and Friends Mystery Series, Book 2
- By: Rob Osler
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
Lovable quirky characters and a fabulous performance
Reviewed: 07-06-24
This book and the first book in the series are delightful stories made even better by a truly excellent performer. I completely bought in to the narrators take on the lead character as well as the other characters in the books. I heartily recommend both books and look forward to perhaps a third.
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Providence
- A Novel
- By: Craig Willse
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3 out of 5 stars 10
Mark Lausson has everything he thought he wanted: a coveted job at elite Sawyer College in Ohio. But at the start of his second year, stuck in a small town with deadlines piling up and paychecks falling short, Mark can already feel the fantasy crumbling. And then, a few weeks in, sophomore Tyler Cunningham shows up in class. In Tyler—confident, mysterious, and popular—Mark glimpses another way of being in the world. He finds Tyler’s self-possession both compelling and unsettling. Caught in the rush of sex and secrets, Mark ignores the increasing evidence that Tyler can’t be trusted.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Time I can never get back
- By A. Gaglione on 07-09-24
- Providence
- A Novel
- By: Craig Willse
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
Lots of Surprises
Reviewed: 06-20-24
Based on the blurb summarizing the book I had much different expectations for the story. Happily the actual story is much better, more nuanced, and full of the unexpected. A good audiobook needs a good performer. They have to be believable as the characters. This performer captured the essence of both of the leads, switching effortless and convincing between each.
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Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- By: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,628
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,531
Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. This is the inside story we’ve all been waiting for about modern Silicon Valley and the biggest boom in wealth creation in the history of the world. When tech titans crowed that they would “move fast and break things,” Kara Swisher was moving faster and breaking news. While covering the explosion of the digital sector in the early 1990s, she developed a long track record of digging up and reporting the facts about this new world order.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Let me save you 8 hours
- By Momx4 on 02-29-24
- Burn Book
- A Tech Love Story
- By: Kara Swisher
- Narrated by: Kara Swisher
Kara at our most fabulous
Reviewed: 03-12-24
There's only one thing better than listening to Kara on her two podcasts and that is having her read a book to you. this is a wonderful peek inside the development of the tech industry as we know it. Kara this insightful, self-deprecating, humble, and completely self-aware of her role in reporting on the tech industry which is more than you can say for every tech bro she reports about. Her credibility is enhanced by her point of view as a woman and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Check out her weekly podcast On with Kara Swisher and Pivot with her sometimes tiresome partner but always a worthy foil Scott Galloway
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From the World of Percy Jackson: Sun and the Star
- A Nico di Angelo Adventure
- By: Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
- Narrated by: A.J. Beckles
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 969
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 884
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 882
As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life—literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo. Together the two demigods can overcome any obstacle or foe. At least, that's been the case so far . . . Now Nico is being plagued by a voice calling out to him from Tartarus, the lowest part of the Underworld.
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1 out of 5 stars
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This is nothing for Percy Jackson
- By jesse on 05-12-23
- From the World of Percy Jackson: Sun and the Star
- A Nico di Angelo Adventure
- By: Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro
- Narrated by: A.J. Beckles
Fair Warning this is a depressingly sad tale
Reviewed: 10-03-23
My first read of a book from this universe. Are all the books this sad and depressing? The narrator is quite good, capturing the youth of the lead characters, the absurdity of the secondary characters and the terror of the world the story takes place.
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Fraternity
- By: Andy Mientus
- Narrated by: Andy Mientus, Kyle Beltran, Daniel K. Isaac
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 64
In the fall of 1991, Zooey Orson transfers to the Blackfriars School for Boys hoping for a fresh start following a scandal at his last school. Before he knows it, he’s fallen in with a group of boys who all share the same secret, one which they can only express openly within the safety of the clandestine gatherings of the Vicious Circle—the covert club for gay students going back decades. But when the boys unwittingly happen upon the headmaster’s copy of an arcane occult text, they unleash an eldritch secret so terrible, it threatens to consume them all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A real page turner
- By BigMorningStar on 10-26-22
- Fraternity
- By: Andy Mientus
- Narrated by: Andy Mientus, Kyle Beltran, Daniel K. Isaac
A delightful mix of genres
Reviewed: 09-09-23
I loved this book. Having 3 narrators doing the 3 main characters is a brilliant idea. Allowed for distinctive development of each character. The combination of the LGBTQ storylines mixed with the occult is unique and brilliant.....yep I think this was a brilliant book. Excellent ending , still would love a sequel, really would like to know what happens next for these characters
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Drawn Together
- By: Z. A. Maxfield
- Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,493
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,399
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,398
Rory's just a simple southern boy from St. Antoine's Parish, Louisiana, but he knows what he wants - the girl of his dreams, reclusive and mysterious artist Ran Yamane. He's loved her since junior high school, and now he has the chance to meet her. He chucks everything and travels 1,500 miles to Anime Expo in Long Beach just so he can tell her. He's determined that nothing and nobody are going to stand in his way. Turns out, Ran Yamane isn't a girl, but he gets that a lot.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Almost Perfect !!!
- By HZ on 11-16-16
- Drawn Together
- By: Z. A. Maxfield
- Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
Just OK
Reviewed: 05-29-22
Generally boring and repetitive. The sex scenes did not advance the story so not sure why there were so many. The southern accents while done well by the narrator got really annoying
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Nick and Charlie
- A Heartstopper Novella
- By: Alice Oseman
- Narrated by: Huw Parmenter, Sam Newton
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,935
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,452
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,428
Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple – that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question – they’re ‘Nick and Charlie’ for God’s sake!
But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever....
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5 out of 5 stars
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literally the most realistic and gay novella ever
- By Daniel on 06-18-22
- Nick and Charlie
- A Heartstopper Novella
- By: Alice Oseman
- Narrated by: Huw Parmenter, Sam Newton
Another wonderful chapter
Reviewed: 05-11-22
Love these characters. The author writes superbly, pulling the reader/listener into Nik & Charlie's world from the 1st sentence. Looking forward to more
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I Was Better Last Night
- A Memoir
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,016
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 884
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Story5 out of 5 stars 875
Harvey Fierstein’s legendary career has transported him from community theater in Brooklyn, to the lights of Broadway, to the absurd excesses of Hollywood and back. He’s received accolades and awards for acting in and/or writing an incredible string of hit plays, films, and TV shows.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it
- By Mary Ellen Guadagno on 03-09-22
- I Was Better Last Night
- A Memoir
- By: Harvey Fierstein
- Narrated by: Harvey Fierstein
Harvey is magnificent
Reviewed: 04-23-22
What a fabulous story. It should be required listening for all queers of any age
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