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Just ok

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-27-25

Finished the book, but just a typical teenager's harem fantasy. Ample chested, stunning women who are happy seeing their man with other ample chested, stunning women. Liked the readers anyway.

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Weak harem story

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-27-25

Couldn't finish, just a teenage boy's fantasy. Pretty bad dialog during the spicy spots. Liked the readers, they just didn't have much to work with.

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Not my kind of J. Maberry story.

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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-14-25

This story just didn't do it for me. It started as an interesting sci-fi adventure with the characters lost in a galaxy truly far, far away. Ray Porter is excellent as always. The story becomes a mech tale with characters I didn't care about because they could die over and over again. Their battles become boring since you know it don't really mater. The last couple hours even became monotonous and a little annoying. I feel bad being negative to Mr. Maberry but any of his fans that have tastes similar to mine probably won't enjoy.

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Formulaic harem story

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-11-25

Started out as in interesting sci-fi action, adventure tale then turned into an overly predictable standard harem story. A beautiful woman that loves to see her man with other women. The first love scene was like the author was still in high school and had just watched his first porn vid. Almost quit it there. Never quit a book in the middle of a sex scene. Starting to believe that the hotter the women is on the cover art, the weaker the story will be.

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Couldn't finish it.

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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-28-25

No likeable characters. The main male in the story is a full of himself jerk who cheated on his wife. None of that maters though because he's good looking. The MC divorced him but is still stupid about him. The nice guy that keeps trying to date her is of no interest. Maybe this is purely a female fantasy story. Can't understand almost 4 1/2 stars by over 7,000 readers. I sometimes wonder if only the people that like certain books bother to write a review.

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Alien: The Cold Forge Audiobook By Alex White cover art

Not even for diehard ALIEN fans.

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-07-20

Nothing gets a person to writing a review like a bad book. I only forced myself to finish because it was an ALIEN story. The ALIEN story was a decent idea but was just a background for some terribly written characters that you didn't care to hear about. The main character is so overdone as the most uber a-hole that ever existed. It doesn't take long listening to the outrageous examples of how big a jerk this guy is in every way for you to just get sick of hearing about him. None of it is believable. Really, none of the characters are likeable and you end up not wanting to hear about any of them. Even if you are a diehard ALIEN fan I'd still say no.

Nothing against Michael Braun's reading. Nobody could read something this lame and make it worth listening to.

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Wow did that get bad!

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-21-19

The book is a decent mystery/thriller for the first 3/4 of the way then the authors must of let one's 13 year old niece finish. The last hour or two was very hard to get through. The mostly intelligent, adult writing that gets you that far is replaced by the main character leading with juvenile thoughts and actions, and a heavy helping of smarmy story lines. The intelligent, well trained, and experienced characters of the book are always out done by the thoughtless and childish actions of the main character. If you can make it to the end the sappiness there will make you groan and wonder why you went ahead and finished.

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