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Title: Any Port in a Storm

Subtitle: Ayala Storme, Book 2

Author: Emmie Mears

Narrator: Amber Benson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-01-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 91 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

After months of training a budding army of human/demon hybrids, Ayala and Carrick have worked out most of their differences. Who gets to use the bathroom first in the morning. Who'll feed the bunny before they go out to make mayhem. Who gets to keep the jeeling claw they found in Forest Hills. You know, the important stuff.

But when Gregor sends them out with their battalion of shades and the mission quickly lands on the wrong side of Ayala's "don't kill norms" moral line, she quickly discovers that maybe morality wasn't the motivator behind Gregor's pet project - or at least not when money's involved. And when a trio of shades starts murdering the populace in Nashville again and targeting places and people significant to Ayala, her desire to help her own comrade shades stay on the good side of the Mediators will place her at their mercy again. With the Summit fracturing and demons closing in on the city, saving the shades and herself may cost Ayala everything.

Cover design by Jes Negron.

Members Reviews:

Very odd narration

I liked this book, better than the first one of the series, but the narration was really bad. The cadence was strange, and when the narrator reads other characters' voices - particularly male ones - she sounds like a woman trying unsuccessfully to sound like a man. And Ayala's boss sounds like Minnie Mouse!

wow

a wonderful urban fantasy.i love the characters and the story plot. the ending is a surprising twist. i really am looking forward to the next story in this series.

Ayala is fighting for herself and loved ones

Any additional comments?

Im surprised at the depth this audio gave me. The first book in the series I had to get used to, but this second book really moved the marker up a few notches.

Ayalas world is somewhat complicated. She is still snarky and swears a lot, but Id do that too if I had had to deal with hordes of demons. Besides the Hellkin that are flooding the place, someone in the Summit is just wrong. She needs to protect the Shades and the Shades are learning humanity as quickly as they can (reading romances for goodness sake!), but they are also disappearing. Ayala doesnt know who she can trust to cover her back and while shes fighting the good fight, she still has the mystery of who is betraying her to figure out.

Fantastic series continuation

This second book is amazing and I found it perhaps better than the first. Great character development, excellent pacing, awesome story.

Great Second Book

Some folks are adjusting to having Shades, half-hellkin half-human, be the good guys. Some folks are not adjusting at all. Ayala has to figure out who is who.

While it took me a bit to warm up to Storm in a Teacup, it didnt take any time at all for me to enjoy Any Port in a Storm. Im more familiar with the rules of Ayalas world and am accustomed to Amber Bensons voice as Ayala.

The world building in this series does come slowly, but its there. I know some readers, like me, enjoy the world building and want a lot of it up front. Others want to jump into the action and learn whats needed when its needed. It can be a rock and a hard place for an author.

In Any Port, Ayala is learning to let others in despite her childhood with the Summit and the dangerous nature of her lifefirst the Shades she wants to protect, then other mediators who are on her side.

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Title: Spellwright

Author: Blake Charlton

Narrator: Kevin T. Collins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-06-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 65 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Nicodemus is a young, gifted wizard with a problem. Magic in his world requires the caster to create spells by writing out the text...but he has always been dyslexic and thus has trouble casting even the simplest of spells. And his misspells could prove dangerous, even deadly, should he make a mistake in an important incantation. Yet he has always felt that he is destined to be something more than a failed wizard.

When a powerful, ancient evil begins a campaign of murder and disruption, Nicodemus starts to have disturbing dreams that lead him to believe that his misspelling could be the result of a curse. But before he can discover the truth about himself, he is attacked by an evil that has already claimed the lives of fellow wizards and has cast suspicion on his mentor. He must flee for his own life if he's to find the true villain. But more is at stake than his abilities. For the evil that has awakened is a power so dread and vast that if unleashed, it will destroy Nicodemus...and the world.

Members Reviews:

it was a good book

I really loved the world and the idea behind the magic. I however found parts of it very annoying. the book would often jump forward in certain areas leaving parts out entirely or it would go back and explain what happened a little bit further on. it made little hiccups in the story that was confusing and I had to rewind and make sure I hadn't just missed something. it really pulled you out of the story.

Overall I will probably read more books of this series but I have no drive to look for them right away.

Dyslexic Wizard in world w/ Magic through Language

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend the book to fans of High Fantasy, with lots of politics, and requiring some mental investment.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I like the idea of a dyslexic wizard in a word where magic relies on reading and writing in multiple languages. However, the language angle also distracts from the action at times. The many factions also mean you need to be paying close attention to follow the audio edition.

Was Spellwright worth the listening time?

I liked the book, but I think it might be better read in print instead of listened to. Of course, your mileage may vary.

Hate/Love

What made the experience of listening to Spellwright the most enjoyable?

I enjoyed the book but it required me to push past the first few chapters. If I was reading this I'd have set it down 20 pages in. I wasn't until the author finished building into the spell system, onslaught of descriptions, and I understood how the spells worked that I started to enjoy the book.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character was the demon. The way he tried to reason and nearly seemed caring.

What about Kevin T. Collinss performance did you like?

I'm not sure if it was part of the book or not. The narrator spent a small amount of time reading and then spelling out the word letter by letter. It wasn't a long time but he did it in a way that never once bugged me. I was never distracted from the story.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I was excited about the lost languages.

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Title: Firesoul

Author: Gary Kloster

Narrator: Kristin Kalbli

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 35 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Jiri has always been special. Found as an infant in the ashes of her village, she was taken in by neighbors and trained to be a powerful jungle druid. Yet when Aspis Consortium mercenaries release an ancient evil that burns her adopted home to the ground, Jiri must gather a group of her own in order to get revenge and drive the mercantile foreigners from her land before they cause further damage. For in the heart of the Mwangi Jungle, sometimes the secrets of the past are best left buried.

From acclaimed newcomer Gary Kloster comes a tale of jungle adventure and lost civilizations, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Members Reviews:

OK story, excellent voice actress

The story and characters were OK, nothing particularly memorable but I loved the voice actress, great range and really helped bring the story to life.

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Title: The Shadow Aspect (The Harvesting Series Book 3)

Author: Melanie Karsak

Narrator: Kristin James

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-28-15

Publisher: Clockpunk Press

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 71 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When Layla took the final step through the labyrinth, she thought she was saving the ones she loved.

She couldn't have been more wrong.

Layla and the other survivors now find themselves caught in a war for our world, the unwitting victims of a grudge seething for eons. Surviving the zombie apocalypse has become the least of their worries as they come up against vampires, shapeshifters, and fae. When she uncovers an unspeakable horror, whom can Layla trust? The carnie girl? The doctor searching for a cure? The tarot reader? The stranger with alluring gold eyes? Or the man she loves?

The wrong choice could doom them all.

When the world burns, mankind's shadow side rises. Do we deserve to survive?

Members Reviews:

LAYLA STILL KICKS BUTT LIKE A PRO!

What did you love best about The Shadow Aspect (The Harvesting Series Book 3)?

That Layla and Cricket's group finally joined forces...I really like both of them!!!

What other book might you compare The Shadow Aspect (The Harvesting Series Book 3) to and why?

This is a unique zombie series, there are not only zombies...there are vamps, fairies, shape shifters...really a cool concept!

Which scene was your favorite?

I liked many, but especially when Layla frees the Zombie mom, and gives her her baby...and Zombie mom gets her due justice!

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

I could have....I did listen to it in 1 day though...

Any additional comments?

** I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review **

I loved book 1, and 1.5, and this one was pretty good too....This one picks up after the group has escaped the vamps...and is on the run...Well Cricket finds them with a tip from her card reading friend...they come back to a university where people have been surviving for awhile...Well there is a Doctor there up to no good...and as things always happen in a Z-Poc they barely escape, but now they have help....I love Cricket...and her and Layla are going to make a great team!

Thanks Melanie!!!

a whisper of fantasy in dark zombie fiction

Another strong installment in Karsak's The Harvesting zombie series. I've had the pleasure to read the accompanying novellas as well as the books, so that's how I can say that about book supposedly #2. As usual, Karsak writes deftly and smoothly, with good dimensional characters that speak and act like real people - and she puts those poor souls in so much danger! She's not above killing off a character. It IS a zombie series, after all.

This book starts immediately where The Harvesting left off, so I had to go back and re-read my review to catch up with who was who. The book starts right into peril and action, so I feel jealous of those that come to the series able to read straight from Book 1 to Book 2 as they won't lose the emotional ties to the characters as I did over the wait for this book. Layla is there and fiercely protecting her band of survivors. They are offered shelter, but are leery of help and unsure who to trust. Cricket and Tristan are here (from the novella Midway). More magic is revealed, and the zombies are not as simple as we thought at first. Karsak doles out the hints and foreshadowing deftly, edges the to high tension with the zombie fighting and mistrust, and then knows when to relieve the tension with a bit of sweet romance or childhood innocence.

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Title: Retribution

Subtitle: Dragonlands Book 3

Author: Megg Jensen

Narrator: Emily Kleimo

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-15

Publisher: 80 Pages, Inc

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Tensions are mounting in the Dragonlands. The dragon hordes are mustering, each with its own agenda. But Tressa must conquer her personal demons before answering the call to war.

Gravely ill, her body undergoing mysterious and frightening changes, she travels to a distant land for the answers crucial to her survival. What she discovers rocks her to the core.

As the battle begins, a long-slumbering magic - dark, powerful, and brutal - awakens. And Tressa learns the ones you love most can become your greatest enemies of all.

Members Reviews:

different

Very different from most of this genre. I can't say much of why without spoilers so I'll keep it short. Twists and turns that you don't see coming and that will make you say ..wait.. WHAT?!?! The only thing that I didn't particularly care for was the narrator. Don't get me wrong, she did a good job but just sounded too young for this book and it put me off a bit. I think I'll read the next one but I'll definitely buy it. I have to see where this is going from here.

Great!

Keeps me engaged- many unexpected twists in the storyline. Really enjoyed the story and the narration

Good Series

I liked this series, but I hope there's another book coming because this one ends in a cliff hanger .

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Title: The Secret Treasure

Author: Winter Morgan

Narrator: Lauren Fortgang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-23-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 16 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A new series from the author of The Quest for the Diamond Sword. Will Noah and Violet protect an enchantment book to save the Overworld?

Treasure hunters and protectors of the Overworld, Noah and Violet stumble upon a chest in a jungle temple. The treasure chest includes a rare enchantment book that can make diamond swords and armor extremely powerful. Daniel, who runs the powerful league of griefers, wants the enchantment book for himself. Noah and Violet have to battle the league of griefers, including the tricky and powerful rainbow griefers.

Can the duo do it alone, or do they need more people to help them protect the Overworld from this powerful league of evil griefers? This is a test of survival, as griefers use several tricky tactics to steal the enchantment book and use it to destroy life in the Overworld. But the battle isn't just one between the good guys and the griefers.

With unpredictable hostile mobs attacking without warning, can Noah and Violet come up with a good plan to hide the book from the griefers and stay alive? Find out in this first installment in a new series for Minecrafters!

Members Reviews:

Great for grades 3-5, boys, and/or Minecraft fans

As a children's librarian I am always on the lookout for good books that I think kids will like. This Minecraft series is full of books that I literally cannot keep on the shelf; as soon as they returned someone else checks them out. Kids who are reluctant readers may like this series as it is entertaining but not overly difficult, and those who like the Minecraft game will be especially pleased.

I recommend this series for boys especially, and the grades that check them out the most are 3rd-5th (older kids or advanced readers may not be challenged enough by these books).

Amazing Series! (review by product user, age 11)

This is book 1 out of 6. At first I was fine with reading a minecraft book. But once I finished this book, I wanted to read all of them in one day! This series is awesome. I recommend it to all those people who play minecraft, and all the people who like twists in books. There is also an AR test for it.

Great book.

Item arrived on time. Great book.

My 8 y/old is obsessed with the Winter Morgan series ...

My 8 y/old is obsessed with the Winter Morgan series and reads them cover to cover when they arrive. The other Minecraft series don't appeal to him at all; writing style, I guess.

Keeps him interested in reading!

My son loves reading these books. I can't say that I totally understand the Minecraft draw, but he loves them, he enjoyed reading this book, and it kept him occupied and coming back for more. I'll definitely be ordering more books from this series in the future!

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Title: Cat Magic

Author: Whitley Strieber

Narrator: Maria Marquis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-02-15

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 23 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Some people in Maywell, New Jersey, commute to New York. Some are working on a lab project that will change the world - if it is allowed to succeed.

And some people are witches.

Amanda Walker is not a witch - yet. She's an artist, looking for work - unaware that someone has a desperate need for her, a dark plan that may require Amanda to enter death itself.

If she is allowed to live long enough to make the choice.

Amanda's tale is far stranger than she knows. It is ancient beyond memory. In times of great change it must be relived, in all its fear and hope, its wisdom and its passion.

One of those times is now.

Members Reviews:

Magick indeed!

There is a lot packed in to this novel - a Frankenstein style science lab, Lazarus resurrection, reincarnation, magick, witchcraft, and a chilling portrayal of an oh-so-too-real bible thumping madman.

The story is read with much skill and a rather engaging performance.

Book was just okay

BOOK REVIEW....

I had trouble getting into this story from the beginning. A good part of that was the reading itself. But also the story. It was very wordy. I found myself wishing it was a paperback so I could skip in places. Over all it was just an okay story.

AUDIO REVIEW......

I found the narrator to sounded like she wasn't really interested in the story. The characters were different enoughsounding to be able to tell the difference of who was speaking for the most part. However they were annoying sounding. I didn't like the sound of them at all.

*****Received this via audiobookblast in exchange for an unbiased review. ****

L.

Where Witchcraft, Religion, and Science Crashes

Cat Magic takes place in Maywell, New Jersey where the some of the residents are witches. Amanda Walker came to Maywell, New Jersey from New York City in attempt to get her name as an illustrator for a well-known author, Constance Collier. She is staying with her uncle, George to get her illustration done if Constance Collier hires her.

Little does Amanda knows that she will be involved with Witchcraft, a mad scientist, and a fanatic preacher in a life and death confrontation of who she is in the past and what she has to do to break the cycle.

Cat Magic has its all, witchcraft, religion, and science. Each tampered with the theme of resurrection and reincarnation. It is about love, hatred,guilt, redemption, and most of all, a lesson in tolerance.

When I received this audiobook, I was more intrigued by the book cover and the title of the book. I'm not particularly interested in religious theme. In some of the books containing the religious theme, there is always a crazy preacher leading his followers to do some extreme acts which puts me off. This story goes deeper into each of the characters' background that the readers will understand why each has a place and a lesson involved.

The best character I loved in this story is Tom, the black cat. He plays a minor part throughout the story and somehow connect each of the characters' roles.

The narrator, Maria Marquis does an excellent job of telling the story. I enjoyed listening to her narrating the story.

I was given this audiobook by the author/narrator via Audiobook Blast in exchange of an honest review.

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Title: Requiem's Song

Subtitle: Dawn of Dragons, Book 1

Author: Daniel Arenson

Narrator: Paul J. McSorley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-29-15

Publisher: Digital Media Revolutions

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 66 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Weredragons, men call them. Monsters. Cursed ones. People who can turn into beastly reptiles.

In an ancient world just rising from darkness, they are everywhere. Some wander the plains with clans of mammoth hunters. Others are born in riverside huts. Some live across the ocean, where seafaring tribes are discovering the secrets of bronze and writing in clay. Everywhere their curse is the same - they are people who can grow wings, breathe fire, and take flight as dragons.

And everywhere, they are hunted. They hide in forests and caves, dispersed. Many are alone, unaware that others exist. They are shunned, afraid, dying...until a group of these lost souls binds together and stands tall.

A blacksmith in a world of stone tools. A mammoth hunter exiled from her tribe. A traveling juggler and a wandering warrior. An elderly druid and an outcast prince. They are weredragons. They are cursed and hunted. Together they will forge a new tribe, a home for their kind. A dawn of dragon rises. The nation of Requiem is born.

Members Reviews:

Good story

While I enjoyed the story I did not enjoy the performance. Technically it was well performed yet some of the characterizations got on my nerves. Definitely not a book for children yet the Lyra characterization was, to me, done in a childish sounding manner. This is the one that bothered me the most.

On to the story...It is a great portrayal of self loathing and disastrous consequences. It is a portrayal of struggle and triumph. It is a portrayal of persecution, perseverance, the search for family and carving out a niche with others like one's self and making a place in the world.

good book

I own this book as well I love it. it has a good plot a week made story line.

horrible

What would have made Requiem's Song better?

Less flopping around between and less degradation of the main characters. They got beat, raped and killed so often I just couldn't keep track of who was doing what to whom.

Would you ever listen to anything by Daniel Arenson again?

Everyone deserves a second chance but I will never listen to this series again

completely disappointed

was really looking forward to this title. not worth the money. narrator was annoying.

maybe if was in 5th grade

the characters were not believable. the story was good but poorly written. the narrator made me feel like I was 6 and I was being told a spooky story.

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Title: Bill, the Galactic Hero: The Planet of Bottled Brains

Author: Harry Harrison

Narrator: Christian Rummel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Bill should know that you never complain in the Troopers. But when his new foot looks like it's turning into something green, scaly, and abundantly clawed, a visit to the medics would seem to be reasonable. But before he can say "Quintiform computer error", he seems to have got himself volunteered again, this time for a suicide mission on Tsuris - the planet nobody ever comes back from.

A number, exactly a billion in fact, of Tsurisians have no bodies at all to speak of and reside in bottles, which, as Bill remarks, is an awful lot of bottles. And Bill is going to need all the bottle he possesses to get himself out of this one....

If you want to bravely probe where no one has ever probed before, then join Bill, Splock, and Captain Dirk as once again our Galactic Hero investigates new depths in the realms of the science-fiction cliché.

Members Reviews:

A major disappointment from two well-regarded writers

An episodic novel that wants to be comical but comes off as mindlessly silly. It's so eminently forgettable that you can read several chapters, put the book down and, after an interval, pick it up again without recalling what happened previously. And it doesn't matter because what happened was inane to begin with.

I've read only one other book by Harrison, one from his Stainless Steel Rat series, and thought it was good entertainment. Ditto several of Sheckley's works, both novels and short stories. On the assumption that other titles in the Bill the Galactic Hero series are as insipid as this one, I have no desire to read any of them.

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Title: The Relic

Subtitle: Flame of Destiny, Book 2

Author: Colleen Helme

Narrator: Antoinette Broderick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-30-15

Publisher: Celeritas Unlimited LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In the aftermath of a recent battle, Callista has become the sole guardian of the relic, a powerful crystal full of darkness. She hopes to use it to turn the shadowbeasts back into the men they once were, but so far, has not been successful. Unless she can change them, she will have to kill them, and that is not an option she is willing to face. Left on her own in the Ruins of Belton, she realizes the relic is growing more powerful. For each day that passes, it becomes more difficult to keep that power under control. Desperate to find the answer that will ultimately destroy it, she seeks the origins of the relic in the Eastern Province. As Justin battles a deadly enemy, Callista is caught in a personal fight between the forces of good and evil. The relic is the key to unleashing an even darker power that will ruin everything, and Callista's determination to destroy it is the only thing that will save them all. The epic conclusion to Flame of Destiny

Members Reviews:

What an Excellent Book Really Thrilling

I enjoyed this series very much. Thrilling and exciting She is a fantastic story teller