The Perils of Effrijim
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Narrated by:
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Saskia Maarleveld
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Scott Aiello
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Katie MacAlister
About this listen
He's on the vacation from hell. She's on her honeymoon with a husband who isn't what he seems. They're both in the wacky world of New York Times best-selling author Katie MacAlister's paranormal Otherworld.
On his first day of vacation, Jim ended up naked, alone, and banished to limbo. Things went downhill from there.
In a wild ride through Finland with very non-Shakespearean Titania, double-dealing Oberon, and a plethora of militant nymphs bent on revenge, "The Perils of Effrijim" is loaded with quirky characters, a fast-paced story, and an adorable demon who just wants to be with his beloved.
In "Cat Got Your Tongue", Joy Randall thought her honeymoon with husband Raphael was going to fulfill all her expectations, but almost immediately they run into a decades-old curse, a spurned ghostly first wife, and a long-dead randy Scottish Laird. As if the odd inhabitants of their castle wasn't enough, Joy finds she isn't going to get the honeymoon she deserves until she settles an ancient feud...which uncovers some pretty shocking secrets about her new husband.
This collection of two short stories and assorted mini/short pieces were published previously, and gathered here for the first time. The Perils of Effrijim and Other Stories also includes excerpts of the two books that launched the characters in the stories: You Slay Me and A Girl's Guide to Vampires.
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- Narrated by: Vivienne LaRue
- Length: 2 hrs
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All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.
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Endless insecurities and translation fails
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-12-24
By: Ali Hazelwood
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Verity
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- Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon
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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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intriguing but skip if triggered by child abuse
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By: Colleen Hoover
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Holiday Hideaway
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- By: Mary Kay Andrews
- Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
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Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
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By: Mary Kay Andrews
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The Plight Before Christmas
- By: Kate Stewart
- Narrated by: Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
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Gaslighting and games
- By FMC on 12-22-22
By: Kate Stewart
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How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas
- By: A.J. Pine
- Narrated by: Andi Arndt, Jason Clarke
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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After a snowstorm grounds her flight, Lucy makes a last-ditch effort to get home for Christmas using a rideshare app. She thinks she’ll be taking a road trip with a stranger...but the guy who shows up is someone she knows all too well. He’s the hookup she ghosted a few months ago, and now she’ll be stuck in a car with him for the most awkward road trip of her life.
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Nearly pitch perfect holiday romcom novella
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 11-17-23
By: A.J. Pine
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Resting Scrooge Face
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- Narrated by: Carly Robins, Aaron Shedlock
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After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown of Bright Harbor, Maine. Infuriatingly charming and cheery, Nola’s surroundings only worsen her sour mood. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is all grown up and still living in town. While doing her best to avoid him, Nola bumps into the local mailman, who gives her a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting.
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No-sex, “enemies to lovers,” Christmas short story
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By: Meghan Quinn
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Nocticadia
- By: Keri Lake
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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.
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Good but a slight miss
- By Destinyreadsbooks on 01-17-24
By: Keri Lake
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- April
- 08-07-18
Good Story but miss Barbara Rosenblat's narration.
Jim is the always the best in Aisling Gray stories, however, this one is super short and hilarious. It leaves the reader wanting more of the demon newfie. The narration was okay but Barbara Rosenblat was fantastic in previous books, and wish she narrated this one.
I also enjoyed the story "Cat Got Your Tongue," a novella from a Dark Ones story that indeed was fun to listen to concerning the honeymoon of Joy and Raphael. Katie, keep the stories coming.
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- Cheryl
- 11-17-18
Disappointed
After the series I had high hopes for more of the same. Stories ok but not happy with narrators.
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- Nana_PEE
- 10-10-24
Funny short stories
Most have Efrijim as the star.
One features Joy and Raphael from the Dark One series. There’s a twist on Raphael’s character and he is forced to accept that he can’t keep burying his head in the sand about other world characters and events.
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- Amanda Romeo
- 02-06-18
Very Entertaining!
If you could sum up The Perils of Effrijim in three words, what would they be?
Laugh a minute
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Poor Jim, I just love that rascally demon!
What does Saskia Maarleveld and Scott Aiello bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I absolutely love Scott Aiello as Jim. After listening and loving Barbara Rosenblat's impersonation of Jim, I thought I would have a hard time, but I didn't! He was Jim! I also enjoyed Saskia Maarleveid narration as well.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The first part of the book had me cracking up! The second story was entertaining as well.
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- 🔥 Phx17 🔥
- 08-01-22
Loved the Effrijim half, the other not so much
I haven’t listened to the two series that these shorts are drawn from, but I found them wacky and fun, as advertised. These were frisky, but cozy, although it sounds like the full length books do have nookie.
The Perils of Effrijim features the adventures of what I assume is a puckish supporting character from the Aisling Grey series: Jim the Djinn is normally in a Newfoundland dog form, but finds himself trapped in human form while in some sort of magical creature prison dimension. It’s all a bit pinball crazy, but if you just roll with it, you’ll have a good laugh. Based upon this, I’ll try the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cat Got Your Tongue was okay, but felt very teen-wolf meets Scooby Doo mystery, with an oddly leering Laird. It makes the series seem a little too juvenile cringe. You can also get this story in a nine-story collection titled My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding.⭐️⭐️
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- Clay Lady
- 04-05-20
meh.
I did not enjoy the Male narrator at all. I also thought the stories were sorely lacking in comparison.
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- J W Gibbs
- 11-02-24
Jim’s narrator not the same
Jim’s narrator’s voice is not the same lovable dog voice as portrayed in previous books. Instead, sounds bratty & obnoxious. Takes away from the writer’s story & this character’s comical lovable dog persona.
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- Devoted Devourer
- 01-28-19
Not sure how to feel
Well the story was okay, just a bit confusing to say the least. The narration was okay as well. I’m assuming this will play a part in the next book?
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- Texas Mom
- 04-22-22
Horrible. Waste of a credit!
This is a hodgepodge of ideas from different storylines and doesn’t use the regular reader for the dragon bits. Horrible. Waste of a credit!!
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Not worth a credit
Totally disjointed and I can’t believe I wasted a credit on this. Starts as one story hops around and makes no since
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