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Zodiac Academy: The Awakening
- By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,558
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,941
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,933
I’m a Gemini. Impulsive. Curious. Headstrong. A twin. Heir to a throne I know nothing about. And it turns out, I’m Fae. But of course, there’s a catch - all I have to do to claim my birthright is prove that I’m the most powerful supernatural in the whole of Solaria. And sure, technically that’s true, as I’m the daughter of the Savage King. But the bit they didn’t put in the brochure was that every single Fae in this Kingdom would claim my throne if they could.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is not ‘hot bullying’
- By J on 06-04-21
- Zodiac Academy: The Awakening
- By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux
Disappointing at best
Reviewed: 09-10-24
This book is a grim reminder about why all authors, indie or not should hire a great editor.
The authors are constantly using adverbs when it would be better to show the action. All the telling shows their lack of skill.
All they could think about was how it could be so much better had someone helped them.
The characters are lacking in any backbone and fall for every trick in the book. They learn nothing and certainly don’t change in any positive or negative way. I was so annoyed.
And why, why is there a constant push for sex? The romance was so overdone and when something did happen, it was because of weakness in the character- ugh!
I don’t get it.
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Wizard for Hire
- By: Obert Skye
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,939
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,465
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,456
Fourteen-year-old Ozzy lives near Portland, Oregon, and is desperate for help. His scientist parents have been kidnapped after discovering a formula that enables mind control. Their work was so top secret that Ozzy is afraid to go to the police, but without help, he fears he'll never find his parents. Then he stumbles across a classified ad in the local newspaper that says "Wizard for Hire. Call 555-SPEL." Ozzy has read about wizards in books like Harry Potter, but wizards couldn't exist today, could they? After Ozzy meets the wizard Labyrinth - a.k.a. Rin - he's even more skeptical.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good Story
- By LizzyD629 on 09-12-20
- Wizard for Hire
- By: Obert Skye
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Fun. Joyful
Reviewed: 02-02-24
Made me laugh at all the coincidences. Loveable characters. I’m a wizard. Hee hee. Hee.
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Fourth Wing
- Empyrean, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 51,160
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47,232
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 47,237
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Erotica with Dragons
- By Trev on 05-13-23
- Fourth Wing
- Empyrean, Book 1
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
It’s just too bad
Reviewed: 01-11-24
This story was pretty great, but the author put in such unnecessary terrible language and sex scenes, it ruined it. I can understand the use of swears in particular circumstances, but this- way over done and unnecessary. This would have been a 5 star if the author had chosen better words to show satisfaction or dissatisfaction. Disappointed
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Sky Without Stars
- System Divine, Book 1
- By: Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Joy Osmanski, Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 89
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Story4 out of 5 stars 78
When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope, a new life for a wealthy French family and their descendants. But 500 years later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets; where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing. Whispers of revolution have begun - a revolution that hinges on three unlikely heroes.
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1 out of 5 stars
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StuPeed (Their word, not mine)
- By RRR on 05-22-19
- Sky Without Stars
- System Divine, Book 1
- By: Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam, Joy Osmanski, Emily Woo Zeller
Pretty good
Reviewed: 08-15-23
If the narrator for the Lark was not so breathy and quiet, I might’ve gone on with the series
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Demigods Academy Box Set: The Complete Series
- Young Adult Supernatural Urban Fantasy (Demigods Chronicles, Book 1)
- By: Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
- Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen, Stephen Dexter
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 667
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 603
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 603
Gods do exist. And if the scroll in my hands says the truth, they have a secret academy where their recruits train to become demigods. I’ve done really bad things in my life, but stealing Callie’s opportunity to attend the God’s Academy? It’s got to be the worst. If Gods find out I’m a faker, what was supposed to be someone else’s gift may turn into my personal curse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Such a good book series!
- By Allison on 12-01-20
- Demigods Academy Box Set: The Complete Series
- Young Adult Supernatural Urban Fantasy (Demigods Chronicles, Book 1)
- By: Elisa S. Amore, Kiera Legend
- Narrated by: Vanessa Moyen, Stephen Dexter
Not for young adults
Reviewed: 04-16-23
Just because your main characters are young adults doesn’t mean it’s appropriate for young adults. Way too explicitly sexual.
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Watched: Murder Was Just the Beginning
- By: Cindy M. Hogan
- Narrated by: Cheri Julander
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 34
It takes more than a school trip to Washington, D.C. to change Christy's life. It takes murder. A witness to the slaying of a senator's aide, Christy finds herself watched not only by the killers and the FBI but also by two hot guys. She discovers that if she can't help the FBI, who want to protect her, it will cost her and her new friends their lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriquing Storyline
- By Lynn Shaw on 03-13-15
- Watched: Murder Was Just the Beginning
- By: Cindy M. Hogan
- Narrated by: Cheri Julander
Fun, romantic and suspenseful.
Reviewed: 09-12-22
I had a hard time putting this down. Teenagers, hot FBI agents and first love and kiss. This is a fun one
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75,526
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 69,083
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 69,024
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bad ending and Immaturity
- By The Story Adict on 09-13-17
- A Court of Thorns and Roses
- By: Sarah J. Maas
- Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Skipped the last 3 hours
Reviewed: 08-18-22
It was too frustrating to listen to. Such dumb decisions that didn’t seem to match the main character’s personality.
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Failure to Thrive
- My Journey to Mental Health
- By: Julie Ann Toomey
- Narrated by: Brittany Schank
- Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Do you ever feel like you are the only one who feels so miserable? You’re not as alone as you think. I felt lost and alone. Mental illness was destroying my life. To understand a mental illness, you have to get into the mind of someone who has one, which isn’t normally something I would recommend. Trust me, my mind can be a scary place.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story of survival, acceptance and overcoming
- By Susi on 10-10-20
- Failure to Thrive
- My Journey to Mental Health
- By: Julie Ann Toomey
- Narrated by: Brittany Schank
Great story of survival, acceptance and overcoming
Reviewed: 10-10-20
Well written, engaging, thoughtful and purposeful. Read on and discover how not only one life, but many can not only be saved, but also recreated by acceptance of mental illness and ones ability to thrive despite it.
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The Mark of the Assassin
- Michael Osbourne, Book 1
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,616
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,105
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,103
When a commercial airliner is blown out of the sky off the East Coast, the CIA scrambles to find the perpetrators. A body is discovered near the crash site with three bullets to the face: the calling card of a shadowy international assassin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Uncanny Portentous Prophecy
- By Snoodely on 10-27-13
- The Mark of the Assassin
- Michael Osbourne, Book 1
- By: Daniel Silva
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
Bummer!
Reviewed: 08-25-17
Love his Gabriel Alon series. This was awful. Stilted women. Way too much sex and terrible at that. No likeable characters. Kept thinking of stopping but hoed for better. Never came. Ugh
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Gone
- Gone Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Grant
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 953
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 852
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 854
In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no Internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents - unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers - that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Please rerelease this book w new narration
- By Kim on 02-12-17
- Gone
- Gone Series, Book 1
- By: Michael Grant
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
Kids that aren't kids
Reviewed: 06-08-17
This book was full of tension. That is the only good thing I can say about it. It was disturbing on many levels- the violence and the language. God is used by all kids in exclamation and regular talk even though they are young. This is supposed to be for kids. Gosh or wow or something else would have been appropriate. Too bad.
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