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This American Ex-Wife
- How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
- By: Lyz Lenz
- Narrated by: Lyz Lenz
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
Studies show that nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women—women who are tired, fed up, exhausted, and unhappy. We’ve all seen how the media portrays divorcées: sad, lonely, drowning their sorrows in a bottle of wine. Lyz Lenz is one such woman whose life fell apart after she reached a breaking point in her twelve-year marriage. But she refused to take part in that tired narrative and decided to flip the script on divorce.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Someone Needed To Write This
- By Laurie on 03-03-24
- This American Ex-Wife
- How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
- By: Lyz Lenz
- Narrated by: Lyz Lenz
Fascinating perspective
Reviewed: 02-22-25
Very interesting listen and entertaining. I find it admirable that she just divorced her husband when she should have set him on fire. To each their own. I wish she was a stronger person though and found more value in herself. This is a perspective of the beginning g of a woman’s growth. I hope Liz continues to write and find herself. But I would have set the man on fire and used the flames to light a cigarette.
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The Fury of the Gods
- The Bloodsworn Trilogy, Book 3
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 19 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 892
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 847
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Story5 out of 5 stars 847
Elvar is struggling to consolidate her power in Snakavik, where she faces threats from without and within. As she fights to assert her authority in readiness for the coming conflict, she faces a surely insurmountable task: reigning in the ferocity of a wolf god. As Biorr and his warband make their way north, eager for blood, Gudvarr pursues a mission of his own, hoping to win Lik-Rifa’s favour and further his own ambitions.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rushed ending
- By Christian on 10-29-24
- The Fury of the Gods
- The Bloodsworn Trilogy, Book 3
- By: John Gwynne
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
Amazing characters
Reviewed: 11-05-24
I have enjoyed this entire trilogy so much and am terribly sad to see it end. The characters are so rich that they are like old friends and it is hard to let them go. Gwynne is a master weaver of story and mythology and human nature, a true artist when there are so many vapid stories out there. This trilogy is amazing and incredibly performed. I am so thankful that he finished it despite the tragedy he continues to live with. Beautifully done and I thank him for his commitment to his fans.
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Heart of a Valkyrie
- The Vinland to Valhalla Saga, Book 1
- By: Melanie Karsak
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 17
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17
Iceland, 976—Freydis Eiriksdottir, born to a völva mother and berserker father, lives a quiet life on her remote farmstead. Busy dreaming of the sea and haunted by the loss of her mother, she has no idea what the Norns have in store for her. When her father, Eirik the Red, marries the daughter of a powerful chieftain, the course of Freydis's life changes forever. Deciding that Freydis would be better off with the Gothar, Eirik sends his only daughter to serve the Norse gods. Freydis learns the ancient ways and discovers that her world is endangered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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No spoiler review
- By Amazon Customer on 08-26-24
- Heart of a Valkyrie
- The Vinland to Valhalla Saga, Book 1
- By: Melanie Karsak
- Narrated by: Sofia Engstrand
Excellent story
Reviewed: 09-22-24
Wonderful performance and excellent story. I am a long time Melanie Karnak fan and this story did not disappoint!
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To the Sun
- The Circle of Ceridwen Saga, Book Eleven
- By: Octavia Randolph
- Narrated by: Nano Nagle
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
On Gotland Sidroc wakes from a disturbing dream; one of his sons, Hrald or Yrling–perhaps both–are in trouble. Both are in far-off Angle-land, and beyond his reach. Eskil the Svear sails to the island, offering Sidroc a rare opportunity to gain untold riches, with equal risk to life for those joining the venture. Edwin, Lord of Kilton, returns empty-handed from his search for a bride, while his brother Ceric knows true delight with his young wife Dwynwen, the Princess of Ceredigion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous narration to a great book
- By Krista on 10-25-24
- To the Sun
- The Circle of Ceridwen Saga, Book Eleven
- By: Octavia Randolph
- Narrated by: Nano Nagle
Phenomenal
Reviewed: 09-10-24
I love this series so very much and this chapter in the lives of all the characters is so moving. The emotions are so carefully wrought and Nagle’s performance is exquisite! I will be anxiously awaiting the next!
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Iron Flame
- Empyrean, Book 2
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 28 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 38,455
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 36,264
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Story5 out of 5 stars 36,261
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College-Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I wish I could throw this book off a cliff.
- By Rebekah L Johnson on 11-10-23
- Iron Flame
- Empyrean, Book 2
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler, Teddy Hamilton
Great story and great performance
Reviewed: 12-21-23
Personally, I love the performance of the narrator and would tell the people that have given it a negative review a double check. It’s a performance, people, like an actor orating on stage. If you don’t like that, Audible is not for you and you should try reading it if you are literate enough to do so. Enough said. It’s a moving performance and an excellent story with many twists and turns. Yarros is an excellent up and comer in the genre and I can’t wait to see what she does next although I cringed at some of the ways I felt the main character was as dumbed down in the second book, they are all still very likable characters. Overall excellent and a very enjoyable listen.
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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 47,249
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43,725
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43,730
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
Great story
Reviewed: 12-14-23
I thought the story here was great. The characters have depth and are very well developed. The story is a fresh telling and the narrators were very good about delivering the emotions of the characters. Well done!
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The Liar’s Crown
- Dominion (Owen), Book 1
- By: Abigail Owen
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno, Samara Naeymi
- Length: 14 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 433
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 403
Everything about my life is a lie. As a hidden twin princess, born second, I have only one purpose―to sacrifice my life for my sister if death comes for her. I’ve been living under the guise of a poor, obscure girl of no standing, slipping into the palace and into the role of the true princess when danger is present. Now the queen is dead and the ageless King Eidolon has sent my sister a gift―an eerily familiar gift―and a proposal to wed. I don’t trust him, so I do what I was born to do and secretly take her place on the eve of the coronation.
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2 out of 5 stars
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DNF. So bad.
- By Mama Lewis on 02-05-23
- The Liar’s Crown
- Dominion (Owen), Book 1
- By: Abigail Owen
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno, Samara Naeymi
Great story and performance
Reviewed: 11-26-23
Great story and well performed. Very enjoyable listen. Much better character arc than anticipated. Impressive range of voices as well.
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House of Striking Oaths
- The Kingdom of Crows, Book 3
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Olivia King
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 428
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 428
People aren’t as they seem. And history…I’m still attempting to reconcile the truth with what I was previously told. My new allies have an agenda, but I have one of my own. Though there’s overlap—we all agree Dante must die—what I desire more than anything is to return to Lore before he levels the kingdom to find me…or loses his humanity trying. I may favor crowns over coffins, but I refuse to live in a world where my mate only exists as a bird.
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5 out of 5 stars
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narrator
- By Francis Massey on 03-09-25
- House of Striking Oaths
- The Kingdom of Crows, Book 3
- By: Olivia Wildenstein
- Narrated by: Olivia King
What a disappointment
Reviewed: 11-14-23
To start, I loved the series. But in this last book, the main character loses a hundred IQ points. She is just an idiot and the storyline is cloying and inane. There was so much promise in the set up and then the author just decided to write porn and forget any of the underlying themes from the first two books. I won’t be listening to any more of her work. It is well performed which I had to imagine was difficult since it’s basically half Penthouse letters, but otherwise I would say it is an utter failure. If you want to write porn, just write porn and stop passing it off as whatever this is supposed to be.
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Blood of Elves
- By: Andrzej Sapkowski
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29,384
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25,956
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25,866
For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But times have changed, the uneasy peace is over, and now the races are fighting once again. The only good elf, it seems, is a dead elf. Geralt of Rivia, the cunning assassin known as The Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. This child has the power to change the world - for good, or for evil.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A great start to a Promising Series
- By Joe Chad on 06-07-15
- Blood of Elves
- By: Andrzej Sapkowski
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
Great story and performance
Reviewed: 09-25-23
Peter Kenny does an excellent job at narration and these stories are always entertaining to listen to.
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
- A Novel
- By: Shannon Chakraborty
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq, Amin El Gamal
- Length: 16 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,049
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 925
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 925
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Not City of Brass, A Fun Swashbuckling Adventure
- By Pele on 03-23-23
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
- A Novel
- By: Shannon Chakraborty
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq, Amin El Gamal
Fantastic story
Reviewed: 05-21-23
This was a fantastic tale well written and performed. It had some unique moments of performance but the story was so well woven and entertaining hat it was easy to be drawn in. I hope that there will be more to follow for Amina and her crew!
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