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Right up my fantasy magic Alley

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-28-24

I listen to audiobooks on my long commute to and from work. I can't remember if it took me some time to get into the story in the beginning, it usually does, what I can say for sure is I got myself so emotionally invested in the characters, I found myself sneaking listening time at lunch and at home. I bought the whole set and listened to it continuously. the narrator does a great job differentiating the vocal tones of each character with different accents, which to my American ears sounded pretty authentic to me. I love the whole Fantasy Genre and also love a good mystery/adventure. I was on the edge of my seat through some pretty tense moments. Also, just my thing, I'm not real fond of graphic sex scenes, these were steamy, but not over the top and certainly not the focal point of the book, just what was needed to bring the fated love connection to life for the listener without being smarmy. The girlfriend bonds with the other female characters was super cool, they all supported and fought for each other, a real sisterhood amongst gals from different magical backgrounds, I loved that. No mean girls. Bottom line, I found everything to love about this series and I wish it wasn't over.

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An angst-ridden punk rock version of literature

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-24-23

Before anything else... the piano piece at the end of each chapter and the guitar riff at the beginning ARE both relevant. They both come from the same song by Tim Black called "She Made the Angels Cry". you can find it on YouTube by searching the artist and song title, in that order.

This story IS cohesive, takes several chapters to begin to put the story together, is well written on a literary level, and, after a few chapters will coalesce enough to follow.

It is also very dark and also brutal. Not for listeners who need relationships to be aligned with societal norms.

I started listening for two reasons, I love the narrator, listened to her in two other stores... she can do just about any accent/dialect she needs for her characters.... and it comes in a boxed set that will take a long time to get through. Audiobooks get me through my work commute.

Some of the reviews say the narrator "screams" and they experience radical volume changes. It has to be their audio equipment, I have not experienced that at any point in the books. I am on JBL speakers in my car and Samsung Pro earbuds when not in the car.

One review stated she said "allow it" in places where the dialogue is "no" in the printed book. I heard her do it and looked it up, it's British vernacular for "just leave it alone" or "don't worry about it" depending on the context.

This whole story is dark, twisted and massively emo. if you can't stand listening to a story that is full of characters who only know hurt, pain, to dominate and subjugate, and sometimes protect in painful and heartbreaking ways, then just don't.

This misadventure is dark and dank. Love is twisted into something bearing no resemblance to what we know as love. Protection involves a lot of punishment and painful lessons.

I can't figure out the lies from truth. The Angels in no way resemble what we see and read about in our real lives. They are a bastardization of the beings... no halos, no white feathers. They are mean and sadistic.

There are some tender moments, they are few, and nothing in the story gives you much of a clue as to what is going on, who everyone really is or why things are about to happen as they do. This isn't a bad thing, you are figuring things out, on the whole, at the same time as the main character.

All that said, it's not for the mass population, but, if you can see art in literature and appreciate it at the artist's level, beyond your own preferences and perception of right and wrong, it is a stout and entertaining listen.

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a little hokey, but fun

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-07-22

worth the purchase. it's a cute story with a little bit of a mystery going on and it has really really great ending.

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Poorly written

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

Revisado: 10-22-21

This could have been so much better. I stuck it out to the end, but it was so cliché for so much of the book, it was hard to keep reading. much of the story was just overdone.

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Poor second half

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

Revisado: 08-27-20

The book was very engaging for the first half, the rest was disappointing and uninspiring. I guess I was waiting for a twist, some mystery, some justice. Nope. Just nope.

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Cute

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-05-20

cute fairytale. cute story. moderately entertaining on a long drive. I'm not sure I would ever recommend it to anyone except maybe if a mom or dad were reading to A school-aged small girl. but I enjoyed it.

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Missed Ellen Ripley

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3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-29-20

the story was pretty good, the performances were very good, just not what I expected from an alien book. I missed Ellen Ripley, she plays a very minor tertiary role and is not in most of it. sigourney Weaver is not voicing Ripley, which is probably why she didn't have more of a part. I'm not sure I like the way it ended it left it open, felt like there should have been more story. it was mostly fight, not a lot of story or character interaction or development.

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mystery, intrigue, and a surprise ending

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-17-20

This audiobook was quite a surprise, the story starts out with you thinking what's going on who is this what's the mystery? and then a little action, when that's done it has a very sweet neatly tied up ending. I really enjoyed listening to this book.

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I'm so confused

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2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-10-20

the narratives by all of the different voice actors were done pretty well, with a couple of exceptions that we're kind of annoying. I have no idea what's going on, some post-apocalyptic story from destroying to bits and pieces of all the characters and their experiences from adults to a few children one very small. definitely not the raptor, seems just really confusing and hard to get through. and the story doesn't end with the ending this is just one episode, you have to buy the rest to get the rest of the story and for me it's not worth it.

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Slow start, when Lisbeth showed up, bam. Loved it

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-08-20

the beginning started to lose my attention, but don't give up, this one is just as good as all the others and Lisbeth kicks butt! love the relationship between her and the boy and how she swoops in and becomes the hero. The ending is quite sweet.

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