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Title: Where the Light Falls

Subtitle: A Novel of the French Revolution

Author: Allison Pataki, Owen Pataki

Narrator: Bruce Mann

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-17

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A rich and sweeping novel of courage, duty, sacrifice, and love set during the French Revolution from New York Times best-selling author Allison Pataki and her brother, Owen Pataki

Three years after the storming of the Bastille, the streets of Paris are roiling with the spirit of revolution. The citizens of France are enlivened by the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity. The monarchy of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette has been dismantled - with the help of the guillotine - and a new nation is rising in its place. Jean-Luc, an idealistic young lawyer, moves his wife, Marie, and their infant son from their comfortable life in Marseille to Paris in the hopes of joining the cause. André, the son of a denounced duke, has evaded execution by joining the new French army. And Sophie, a beautiful aristocratic widow, embarks on her own fight for independence against her powerful, vindictive uncle.

As chaos threatens to undo the progress of the Revolution and the demand for justice breeds instability and paranoia, the lives of these compatriots become inextricably linked. Jean-Luc, André, and Sophie find themselves in a world where survival seems increasingly less likely - for themselves and, indeed, for the nation.

Featuring cameos from legendary figures such as Maximilien Robespierre, King Louis XVI, and Alexandre Dumas, Where the Light Falls is an epic and engrossing novel, moving from the streets and courtrooms of Paris to Napoleon's epic march across the burning sands of Egypt. With vivid detail and imagery, the Patakis capture the hearts and minds of the citizens of France fighting for truth above all and for their beliefs in a cause greater than themselves.

Members Reviews:

An enjoyable listen

I wasn't wild about this book, but I enjoyed it. I was put off at first by the narrator's voice, but he grew on me, and actually he was quite good with women's voices, which isn't always the case. It had a lot of interesting history in it, and it led me to look into a few historical things that I wanted to know more about. I guess my criticism is that it edged toward melodrama; there's nothing subtle about the plot events. Also, I feel a scene at the end was missing -- especially given the melodramatic edge. But, I listened to the end, and I did enjoy it.

Great Story with a History Lesson!!

What disappointed you about Where the Light Falls?

There were no parts of the book that disappointed me. I couldn't stop listening!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Where the Light Falls?

The executions and the atrocities that occurred back then.

Have you listened to any of Bruce Manns other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Where the Light Falls?

None

Any additional comments?

Simply an awesome read!!

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Title: Summary: Small Great Things, A Novel by Jodi Picoult

Author: Readtrepreneur Publishing

Narrator: Donna Lorenz Motta

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-04-17

Publisher: Readtrepreneur Publishing

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 57 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Disclaimer: This is not the original book. This summary is wholly written and published by readtrepreneur.com. It is not affiliated with the original author in any way.

Who would have thought that the discrimination of a black woman could lead to so many tragedies unfolding?

This book Small Great Things tells the story of Ruth - a discriminated black woman from the perspectives of the main characters Turk, Kennedy, and Ruth herself. Ruth was relieved from her duties as a delivery nurse because of her skin color by a white supremacist father. The baby she was supposed to attend to died while Ruth was alone with the baby in the nursery, and this led to a court case that teaches us lessons about empathy, forgiveness, and love.

This incident has not only affected Ruth's life, but also the people around her - especially her son Edison. However, with empathy, forgiveness and love, all things can heal.

Racism comes in many forms: active racism, passive racism - even when we are being overly nice to the minority groups.

P.S.: Small Great Things is an important novel that not only sheds light on discrimination that people of color face, but also teaches us important values in life that we must keep close to our hearts.

"Some lessons can't be taught. They simply have to be learned." - Jodi Picoult

Members Reviews:

enthralling!!!

this incredible writing led me to discover other riveting stories written by jodi picoult herself.

Fine writing

What a fine writing! Summary: Small Great Things, A Novel by Jodi Picoult is very smart and real!

the publisher did an excellent job

Picoult sure knows how to tell a great story. while this is not the original book, the publisher did an excellent job in summarizing the events.

It sure is compelling

I got mixed emotions when i was listening to this compelling book. It's hatred for those white supremacist couple, strong pity for Ruth and admiration for the public defender. Love the dialogues! Obviously, it's written by a pro.

What a brave stand!

Through this summary, I was able to relate what it really feels like to belong to an African-American class like the main character in the story. It's one difficult and challenging topic as it's also happening in real life. I salute Jodi Picoult for making a brave stand!

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Title: In Freedom's Cause

Subtitle: A Story of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce

Author: George Alfred Henty

Narrator: Jim Hodges

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-13-17

Publisher: Jim Hodges Productions

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings.

Liberty or death - this was the choice the people of 14th-century Scotland faced if they rose up against their English ruler. Most would say it was no choice at all. Many of the Scottish nobles were English supporters. Few could be expected to rise up against the numerically overwhelming English army. The hero of the story, Archibald Forbes, joins the struggle for Scottish freedom led by the valiant Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The extraordinary valor and personal prowess of these men rival the deeds of the mythical heroes of chivalry. Henty weaves a wonderful story around the actual events of 1314 at Bannockburn.

The Henty Historical Novel Collection, written by George Henty in the 1800s, covers many time periods in history throughout the world. In this collection, you will learn history, geography, and vocabulary while also discovering hero characters for your children to emulate.

Members Reviews:

Great story, could use better reader.

This is an excellent historical fiction by a real historian, that really could use a reader who sounds more like Gerard Butler than Pewee Herman.

The book follows the fictional Sir Archibald Forbes on a detailed journey through the Scottish war of independence, as he meets, befriends, fights, and rescues any number or real historical figures and participates in the real historical events surrounding them.

The performance, however, is by an American who doesn't know how to pronounce a lot of Scottish names, and I think a lowland Scot accent would have added immensely to the atmosphere of the audiobook.

excellent and accurate story of Wallace and Bruce

the story is old, written over 100 years ago and the historical elements took place many hundreds of years before that.

the history is accurate and the fiction feels real, as it was written by a noted historian. The reader is less than perfect, it sound like your uncle is reading the book instead of the protagonist or even a profesional story teller, but don't think it's too distracting.

if you'd like to learn more about the events that surrounded the character of Braveheart (William Wallace), or the war of the many against the few, I'd highly recommend it.

ps. the stone of scone that is mentioned in the story was recently recovered by Scotland and has helped them make great strides in the battle to becomes an independent nation.

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Title: The Lioness of Morocco

Author: Julia Drosten, Christiane Galvani - translation

Narrator: Henrietta Meire

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 44 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in 19th-century London, where her strong will and progressive views have rendered her unmarriageable. Still single at 23, she is treated like a child and feels stifled in her controlling father's house.

When Benjamin Hopkins, an ambitious employee of her father's trading company, shows an interest in her, she realizes marriage is her only chance to escape. As Benjamin's rising career whisks them both away to exotic Morocco, Sibylla is at last a citizen of the world, reveling in her newfound freedom by striking her first business deals, befriending locals - and falling in love for the first time with a charismatic and handsome Frenchman.

But Benjamin's lust for money and influence draws him into dark dealings, pulling him ever further from Sibylla and their two young sons. When he's arrested on horrible charges, the fate of Sibylla's family rests on her shoulders, as she must decide whether she'll leave him to his fate or help him fight for his life.

Members Reviews:

Enjoyed it.

I was only disappointed with the ending. I understand they tried to keep to facts but I could imagine a much more satisfying end to dear Old Benjamin. I would have liked an epilogue to round out Sabilla's life. Overall well done! Narration was excellent.

It was ok not bad

It started slow but got better as the story progressed. I do not have much to say about it.

The Lioness o Morocco

Very interesting and romantic. I enjoyed narration with the different accents. I would recommend this book.

Great read !

I enjoyed this well written book, I couldn't put it down. It moved at a nice pace but also allowed you to get to know the characters and story.

Worst audio to date

I enjoyed the story for its descriptive writing, which I thought splendid and even the story a little weak was all linked together, but the person reading it was awful, the accents were laughable. It spoilt it for me Im afraid.

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Title: The Color of Water in July

Author: Nora Carroll

Narrator: Kate Rudd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-19-17

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

It's been a long seventeen years since Jess last saw her grandmother or visited the family cottage set on an idyllic lake in Northern Michigan. For all that time, she's been haunted by loss - of her innocence and her ability to trust and, most of all, of a profound summer romance that might have been something more. So when her grandmother leaves the house to her, Jess summons her courage and returns to a place full of memories - and secrets.

There, she stumbles upon old letters and photographs of a time not so much forgotten as buried. As she begins to unravel the hidden histories of her mother and her grandmother, she makes a startling discovery about a tragic death that prompted her family's slow undoing. With every uneven and painful step into the past, Jess comes closer to a truth that could alter her own path - and open a door to a different future.

Members Reviews:

An enjoyable debut novel!

When my Aunt Margaret passed away, I spent days going through boxes of letters, diaries and memorabilia. It actually made me feel like I had never known her. Thatâs the premise of this book, and I really related to it. You almost feel like you are doing something bad â snoopingâbut SO interesting to have this kind of insight to another timeâNot only is Jess learning secrets about the grandmother she hasnât seen in seventeen years, but her mother as well.

This is a very good debut novel. Nora Carroll is a talented author. She possesses the ability to grab you and pull you into the story. You feel like you are right there with the characters. You are seeing what they see, hearing what they hear. What a journey! It held my interest from beginning to end.

The Color of Water in July was an incredibly memorable story. With better editing, it would have been a 5 star read for me. Thatâs all I can say without spoiling the book for you â and I know youâll enjoy discovering the answers as much as I did, as you take this journey with Jess Carpenter â guided by her grandmother, Miss Mamie. I hope you enjoy sifting through the sands of time as much as I did. Iâm looking forward to see what comes next from Nora Carroll.

*An advance readers copy was generously provided by the publisher and NetGalley for an honest review.

Natural beauty comes from within so keep it safe..

You wonder sometimes what makes up the fabric of people and this is a story that weaves together the threads to create the fabric. A story of wealth that trickled down through the generations. There were those to whom it mattered and those it did not. Loves were lost and tragedy ran through each generation regardless of and in spite of affluence. Lies and deceit try to cover them over.

A entertaining summer read.

Really good book

This book is set in Michigan and the main character is an old summer cottage - much like the ones found in Cape Cod. I loved the human characters but it is the old cottage that drew me to this book. A mystery, a love story with an interesting and unexpected twist, and a setting from a time long gone. Loved this story.

Just okay

An interesting story line. The early 20th century was a good choice for this story because of the morays of the time. I wasn't impressed with the chapters jumping from one to another character. The story would have flowed smoothly with better organization.

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Title: Raven One

Subtitle: Flip Wilson Series, Book 1

Author: Kevin P. Miller

Narrator: Corey M. Snow

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-17

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

For a moment Wilson froze and looked at the white-helmeted pilot who sat high on the nose of the colossal fighter. Across the small void, he saw the pilot's eyes peer over his mask. Dark, chilling eyes. Wilson kicked right rudder to slide closer and jam any chance for a bandit gunshot. When the bandit pulled all the way over, almost on its back but in control, he cursed in frustration at what he knew was coming next. The hostile fighter reversed over the top in a negative-g maneuver, his nose tracking down on Wilson like a falling sledgehammer in slow motion. Horrified, Wilson realized he faced an imminent snapshot. With the little air speed he had, he inverted his Hornet to avoid the attack. His aircraft still rolling, Wilson saw that the monster had another weapon at its disposal.

Critic Reviews:

"A page turner...Raven One makes a major contribution to aircraft carrier history during difficult deployments. The author has skillfully woven the intense combat maneuvers with a fascinating human interest story." (Naval Historical Foundation)

Members Reviews:

Great Listen

Thoroughly enjoyed the story line. I'm a non-navy guy, so had to get used to the lingo. But once I did, I felt like I was one of the guys in the Ready Room or Cockpit. Characters were well developed. Bad guys made you dislike them. Good guys made you love 'em. Built good tension and suspense.

Highly recommend!

Great story!

While inclusive of the camaraderie, exhilaration, and triumph of Naval flight ops, the author includes for realities sake the less appreciated aspects of deployment such as separation from home and loved ones, misapplied and undeserved authority, life errors, fears to be faced and death of friends and allies. In this mixture, reflective of scenes oft repeated in both geography and time, the reader watches and listens to events relating to a warrior whose subservience to God, disciplined practices, his duty and his compatriots, in a representation of what we as US citizens pray is the composition and demeanor of our men at arms. The author is either intimately familiar with the subject matter in its entirety, or has one amazing imagination. In either case, I'll be anticipating more from this talented and follow-worthy teller of tales.

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Title: The Color of Our Sky

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Amita Trasi

Narrator: Zehra Jane Nacqvi, Sneha Mathan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-18-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 63 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi, and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice - a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night.

India, 1986: Mukta, a 10-year-old village girl from the lower-caste Yellama cult, has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high-spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to an entirely different world - one of ice cream, reading, and a friendship that soon becomes a sisterhood.

But one night in 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara's family home and disappears. Shortly thereafter, Tara and her father move to America. A new life in Los Angeles awaits them, but Tara never recovers from the loss of her best friend or stops wondering if she was somehow responsible for Mukta's abduction.

Eleven years later Tara, now an adult, returns to India determined to find Mukta. As her search takes her into the brutal underground world of human trafficking, Tara begins to uncover long-buried secrets in her own family that might explain what happened to Mukta - and why she came to live with Tara's family in the first place.

Moving from a traditional Indian village to the bustling modern metropolis of Mumbai to Los Angeles and back again, this is a heartbreaking and beautiful portrait of an unlikely friendship - a story of love, betrayal, and ultimately redemption.

Members Reviews:

Moving story of 2 girls whose lives are intertwined.

I was touched by the hope and innocence of a girl who lives through nightly horror and abuse. She holds out hope for her 1 true friend, Tara. I listened to it twice! Highly recommend !

A very important book

A sad but compelling read...a story that needs to be told about the modern slave trade where young girls are sold into prositution in slums across India.

loved it!

I really enjoyed how the narrators has the perfect accents and cadences to make the narration feel authentic and true to the culture the author so artfully portrays.

beautiful... kindness

touched my heart. love this book... kindness, love of others, and helping others without complaint.

Fast moving ,gripping ,emotional ,well depicted.

It was a great read I was so touched by the story and the life of both the girls Tara and Mukta was heart ranching I got so involved in the book I felt I was a part of it. I had to finish listening to it and finished it in a day. The book says a lot about the life of a devadasi

in India its awful that girls like Mukta who are so young have to go through life in such misery and pain.I hope the world will change for girls like Mukta and they get educated and this tradition of devdasi is abolished forever.

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Title: One Good Mama Bone

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Bren McClain

Narrator: Bren McClain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-16-17

Publisher: Bren McClain

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer's quest to find her "mama bone", after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor, a woman she calls "sister". When her husband drinks himself to death, Sarah, a dirt-poor homemaker with no family to rely on and the note on the farm long past due, must find a way for her and young Emerson Bridge to survive. But the more daunting obstacle is Sarah's fear that her mother's words, seared in her memory since she first heard them at the age of six, were a prophecy, "You ain't got you one good mama bone in you, girl."

When Sarah reads in the local newspaper that a boy won $680 with his Grand Champion steer at the recent 1951 Fat Cattle Show and Sale, she sees this as their financial salvation and finds a way to get Emerson Bridge a steer from a local farmer to compete in the 1952 show. But the young calf is unsettled at Sarah's farm, crying out in distress and growing louder as the night wears on. Some four miles away, the steer's mother hears his cries and breaks out of a barbed-wire fence to go in search of him. The next morning Sarah finds the young steer quiet, content, and nursing a large cow. Inspired by the mother cow's act of love, Sarah names her Mama Red. And so Sarah's education in motherhood begins with Mama Red as her teacher.

But Luther Dobbins, the man who sold Sarah the steer, has his sights set on winning too, and, like Sarah, he is desperate, but not for money. Dobbins is desperate for glory, wanting to regain his lost grand-champion dynasty, and he will stop at nothing to win. Emboldened by her lessons from Mama Red and her budding mama bone, Sarah is committed to victory even after she learns the winning steer's ultimate fate. Will she stop at nothing, even if it means betraying her teacher?

Members Reviews:

Simply the Best!

I look forward to any suggestions for my next book with Sincere gratitude and thanks!

To help you know what books I'm attracted to, I have read scores of Audible books, but loved these best:

One Good Mama Bone by Bren McClain

The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan

We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter

All of Sandra Dallas books

The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler

Peaches for Father Francis and all audio books by Joanne Harris

The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

All of the Robyn Carr Virgin River, Thunder Point and Grace Valley Series

Had me at Chapter 1

Loved this book. Very well written. Main character, Sarah, doesn't realize just how strong a woman she is. She digs deep...

A Must Listen

Would you consider the audio edition of One Good Mama Bone to be better than the print version?

Yes.

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Title: Selection Day

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Aravind Adiga

Narrator: Sartaj Garewal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-03-17

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 52 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From Aravind Adiga, the best-selling, Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger, a dazzling new novel about two brothers in a Mumbai slum who are raised by their obsessive father to become cricket stars and whose coming of age threatens their relationship, future, and sense of themselves.

Manjunath Kumar is 14 and living in a slum in Mumbai. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his older brother, Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling, and is fascinated by curious scientific facts and the world of CSI. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesn't know. Sometimes it even seems as though everyone has a clear idea of who Manju should be except Manju himself. When Manju meets Radha's great rival, a mysterious Muslim boy privileged and confident in all the ways Manju is not, everything in Manju's world begins to change, and he is faced by decisions that will challenge his understanding of it as well as his own self.

Filled with unforgettable characters from across India's social strata - the old scout everyone calls Tommy Sir; Anand Mehta, the big-dreaming investor; Sofia, a wealthy, beautiful girl and the boys' biggest fan - this book combines the best of The Art of Fielding and Slumdog Millionaire for a compulsive, moving story of adolescence and ambition, fathers, sons, and brothers. Selection Day is Adiga's most absorbing, big-hearted novel to date and proves why "with his gripping, amusing glimpse into the contradictions and perils of modern India, Aravind Adiga has cemented his reputation as the preeminent chronicler of his country's messy present" (Newsweek).

Members Reviews:

Nuanced and surprising

I greatly enjoyed "WhiteTiger" and this is perhaps even better because it deals with brothers and love. Adiga has a feel for India that compares with Flannery O'Conner's feel for the American South.

Cartoonish narration

Would you be willing to try another one of Sartaj Garewals performances?

I really don't like this narrator, whom I try to avoid, and who made this novel sound like an episode of South Park. It's a satirical novel, not an idiotic one. Are there no other South Asian voice actors?

Disappointing and Depressing

I bought this book because I loved The White Tiger so much. If that is what you are looking for forget it. I don't know anything about cricket and don't care about it so all the cricket references lost me. I think that it is a very well written book, but I was anxious for it to be over because it was just very sad to me.

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Title: The Cross and the Curse

Subtitle: The Bernicia Chronicles, Book 2

Author: Matthew Harffy

Narrator: Barnaby Edwards

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-16

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 69 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

634AD. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and second instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.

Warlords battle across Britain to become the first king of the English. After a stunning victory against the native Waelisc, Beobrand returns a hero. His valour is rewarded with wealth and land by Oswald, king of Northumbria. He retires to his new estate with his bride only to find himself surrounded by enemies old and new.

With treachery and death on all sides, Beobrand fears he will lose all he holds dear. On a quest for revenge and redemption, he accepts the mantle of lord, leading his men into the darkest of nights and the bloodiest of battles.

Members Reviews:

Could not stop until the end! Fantastic!

If you could sum up The Cross and the Curse in three words, what would they be?

Riveting, Gripping , Engrossing!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Beobrand, such a great warrior!

Have you listened to any of Barnaby Edwardss other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes, The Serpent and Sword, he is awesome! A phenomenal narrator!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes! And I did listen in one sitting, it was that great!

Any additional comments?

Matthew Harffy is the next Bernard Cornwell, no doubt! Please have Barnaby Edwards perform all your novel narrations!

A Struggle

Any additional comments?

This was a struggle to read since the main character, Beobrand, becomes unlikable. That is going to be hard to change for the 3rd book. Overall not a bad story, somewhat predicable.. but I have never been fond of characters that have anger issues and fly off into a rage and hurt people without thinking or make situations worse for all those around just because they can't stop and think for 10 seconds... right now, at the end of book 2, I would have no issues if someone took Beobrand out.

not as good as the first but not bad

Book dragged on didnt really ever keep me as intrested as most book in this genre but will listen to the next one.

great book !!!

Would you consider the audio edition of The Cross and the Curse to be better than the print version?

The unabridged audio book version allows me to read while doing other things.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Cross and the Curse?

The warrior ethic was interesting in various scenes. The strong sense of honor and loyalty impressed me.

Have you listened to any of Barnaby Edwardss other performances before? How does this one compare?

He is a good reader and makes you enjoy the performance.

If you could rename The Cross and the Curse, what would you call it?

I would not rename it --- the title is fine as the author chose it.

Any additional comments?

would recommend the Book series---this is Book 2

Great listen!

Longtime friends and followers of mine might know that I endorsed Harffys debut novel, The Serpent Sword. That was a self-published affair which garnered enough interest and sales that Matthew was taken on by a major publisher, Aria, and this is the resultant sequel.

The tale is quite straightforward with love, action and beautifully written prose aplenty and, combined with a really good narrator, makes for a great listen.