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  • The House in the Woods

  • By: Zoe Miller
  • Narrated by: Clare McKenna
  • Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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The House in the Woods

By: Zoe Miller
Narrated by: Clare McKenna
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When actress Evie Lawrence is injured in a hit-and-run accident, she wants nothing more than to retreat to her woodland home in Wicklow to recover. But when she's forced to admit that she needs help, her grand-niece Amber is volunteered by her mother to move into Heronbrook House for a few weeks to take care of her. However, Evie has been estranged from her sister's family for many years and hopes that Amber's arrival doesn't mean that her dark secrets, or what happened in Heronbrook years ago, will be uncovered.

At first, Amber - preoccupied by turmoil in her professional life and her love life - is happy to be kept at a distance by her great-aunt but soon becomes very curious about the family rift and why they have never met until now. And when unsettling incidents begin to make Evie's secluded home feel less peaceful and more dangerously isolated, Amber starts to suspect that what happened to Evie wasn't an accident at all - and the person responsible still has Evie in their sights. But can Amber persuade Evie to confront the past and get to the truth before it's too late?

©2021 Zoe Miller (P)2021 W. F. Howes Ltd
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Narration Weak

I am sure this would have been a great book to read. Zoe Miller is extraordinarily talented and the premise sounds original and creative.
However, after two separate attempts (bc I love her work very much and didn’t want to give up on this one) I had to stop listening.
The isn’t much of a performance happening here. It’s as if the narrator is simply reading lines with little to no inflection, emotion, or annunciation for impact.
There should be an ebb and flow, each character should sound at least slightly different from the character speaking before, and so on.
I know that it’s quite a talent to bring life to books and the multitude of characters in them so I don’t like to review narrators with negativity. But this is an example of how flat narration, narration lacking passion or emotion can really put a full stop to an otherwise enjoyable listen.
Very disappointed, I was really excited to to give this book a shot…

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