I loved every, single thing about this one, including Nick J. Russo's outstanding voice performance. I've not read many Amy Lane books (though I own qI loved every, single thing about this one, including Nick J. Russo's outstanding voice performance. I've not read many Amy Lane books (though I own quite a few) but this one sure will make me hurry up on the rest of them. <3
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I loved every, single thing about this one, including Nick J. Russo's outstanding voice performance. I've not read many Amy Lane books (though I own quite a few) but this one sure will make me hurry up on the rest of them. <3...more
4.5 stars. I loved listening to this. Great characters (loved Aric!!) and a terrific performance by the reader, K.C. Kelly, made this a favorite for m4.5 stars. I loved listening to this. Great characters (loved Aric!!) and a terrific performance by the reader, K.C. Kelly, made this a favorite for me.
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4.5 stars. I loved listening to this. Great characters (loved Aric!!) and a terrific performance by the reader, K.C. Kelly, made this a favorite for me....more
4.5 stars! Holy wow, this one went all out on the nail-biting factor. There were several places I didn't think Devlin *and Tom!* were going to get out4.5 stars! Holy wow, this one went all out on the nail-biting factor. There were several places I didn't think Devlin *and Tom!* were going to get out *relatively* unscathed.
I genuinely love Sebastian. Considering all that he has been though, all he's seen and had to do, he has a surprisingly tender heart beneath all the casual insouciance that he shows to most everyone but those few closest to him. (view spoiler)[I dread to think what it will do to him when Kat's secret comes out. And it will. All secrets do, eventually. (hide spoiler)]
This one was kind of a "locked door" mystery, with the newly appointed Prince-Regent being accused of the murder of a married Marchioness, who he claims was already dead when he found her. Supposedly waiting for him for a assignation she had invited him to by a secretly delivered note. Lord Devlin is pulled into investigating by Jarvis *the worst kind of political snake*, because the murdered woman is wearing a necklace belonging to Sebastian's mother, who drowned while wearing it when he was only eleven years old. Jarvis only wants to prove the prince innocent but Sebastian can't resist the lure of that necklace. And I'm convinced there are some dark and awful things represented by that necklace on the horizon for Sebastian.
The plot and the setting are marvelously well done by the author and I am well and completely hooked on this series, and happily so. The audio was superbly narrated by Davina Porter. With the first book, it took a few chapters to get used to some of her male voices but her performance is just stellar, and she kept me locked into the story. This was an awesome listen!...more
I have no idea exactly when I finished this, and I'm about to do this phenomenal book wrong by not leaving it the review it deserves. But what can I sI have no idea exactly when I finished this, and I'm about to do this phenomenal book wrong by not leaving it the review it deserves. But what can I say besides I'm lazy? LOL.
Andy Weir already wrote his way onto my auto buy authors list but damn, he really outdid himself this time. He gave me an apocalypse-type situation and a hero who was anything but a hero that was the only one who could save us all. And on top of that, damn if he didn't make me cry too, and I loved every single minute of it.
Ray Porter was new to me as a reader but he absolutely nailed every second of his narration, every character, every tense, nerve-wracking moment. The way he made every minute of this live was exceptional.
Sheer, utter science-fiction perfection. This is definitely going on my reread list....more
I've been putting off this review for 2 weeks, and honestly, I've been sitting here with this screen open for the last 2 hoAudio reread June 24, 2021
I've been putting off this review for 2 weeks, and honestly, I've been sitting here with this screen open for the last 2 hours, still not knowing how to say all the twisted up, barbed-wire emotions this made me go through.
Usually in reading any story, I always have a feel for where it's going or who did it or what the characters are going to do. Not this time, and that was also true for most of the book. I was pretty much gobsmacked by the ending though I guess I shouldn't have been *the old 20/20 hindsight*. Maybe more that I didn't want to see the ending.
Through all of North & Shaw's stories, it's always impressed me how patient and understanding North is with Shaw. Yeah, they're always squabbling and Shaw makes North yell at him a lot, but a good deal of that is Shaw yanking his chain on purpose. That's just part of their best friend dynamic, and mostly I love it, it makes me laugh. This time, North's patience gets pushed too far and all the things he's buried down deep so he can function and be who he thinks he's supposed to be finally come out.
For the first time, I was so angry with Shaw that it bordered on the edge of dislike. It's never been a secret that both guys have big issues that neither one of them will deal with. And Shaw has always just kind of done whatever he wants, and North always gives in, to make Shaw happy. However, this time he just kind of rides roughshod all over what North wants, about almost everything. I do love Shaw and he's quirky, funny and soft-hearted but that doesn't excuse the way he disregards North, however unintentionally it may be in doing. Then some of Shaw's issues that he has been hiding come out in the most painful way possible for North McKinney and breaks the dam on his own, all those buried things that he swallows down all the time. And it freaking hurt. ...more
This book deserves some words from me bu*audio reread/listen December 2021*
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**First read February 2021**
I can't get over how much I love them.
This book deserves some words from me but unfortunately I just don't have them today. Gregory Ashe continues to let Tean and Jem grow in such a way that they own their own space in my heart already, and it gets bigger each time I read their story. I can't believe how far they've come in just three books.
The mystery this time comes from one of the worst of the nightmares that make up Jem's past, and he comes pretty close to being unhinged by it. Finding their way through this case costs them each deeply. But it also allows them to come to a place where they might start new, away from the parts of those pasts that chained them before.
I look forward to where they go next more than I can say. ❤...more
I already loved Jem & Tean fiercely but listening all my favorite moments with them *which, to be clear, is all of**Audio reread/listen October 2021**
I already loved Jem & Tean fiercely but listening all my favorite moments with them *which, to be clear, is all of them* just locks them up even tighter inside my heart. JF Harding has both their hilariousness and their heartbreak down flawlessly. I can't get to the next one fast enough. ...more
Gregory Ashe continues to age me, because I swear every time I finish one of his books I've stressed, cussed, raged and/or cried enough that I'm prettGregory Ashe continues to age me, because I swear every time I finish one of his books I've stressed, cussed, raged and/or cried enough that I'm pretty sure I've lost at least a couple of years. But what keeps me coming back is the characters that barge right into my heart and stay there. Uninvited, I might add. ...more
Really enjoyed this one. Excellent characters, amazing writing and edge of your seat action all made it a complete winner for me. The reader, Tim GilbReally enjoyed this one. Excellent characters, amazing writing and edge of your seat action all made it a complete winner for me. The reader, Tim Gilbert, was new to me but his voice performance was the icing on a fabulously rich cake. ❤...more
Before I made it through the first 30 minutes of this audio, I knew Gregory Ashe was going to do it to me again, in the "why the hell do I keep doing Before I made it through the first 30 minutes of this audio, I knew Gregory Ashe was going to do it to me again, in the "why the hell do I keep doing this to myself?" kind of way. I guess because I'm addicted to fantastically plotted, well written, brutal crime fiction with complicated, broken men who frustates me equally much as they make me love them? ...more
4.5 stars. Another wonderful romance from Mimi Matthews! (view spoiler)[I have to confess though that I was kind of angry when I figured out that Nich4.5 stars. Another wonderful romance from Mimi Matthews! (view spoiler)[I have to confess though that I was kind of angry when I figured out that Nicholas never had any intention of seeking Maggie out, had she not unknowingly sought him out. That excuse about being afraid to see her married, as he was sure she was, was a little weak for me. But Maggie forgave it, so I could do no less. Besides, he definitely did make up for it. (hide spoiler)]...more
4.5 stars. I loved this! Asa was a complete ass but as we find later, he has some reasons. Eve was born of the aristocracy but on the outside of it, a4.5 stars. I loved this! Asa was a complete ass but as we find later, he has some reasons. Eve was born of the aristocracy but on the outside of it, as the Duke of Montgomery’s bastard sister. Both of them as completely opposite of the other as it was possible to be.
The way their relationship developed was first kind of hilarious, with the constant friction between them. Then in the way that it sometimes does, that friction caused some seriously combustible chemistry. Eve and Asa together were pure fire. ...more
Even though I just read it two months ago, I loved it just as much if not more this time around. And I am ecstatic that Audio reread/listen March 2021
Even though I just read it two months ago, I loved it just as much if not more this time around. And I am ecstatic that I'm getting the amazing J.F Harding's narration of who are absolutely going to end up being two of my very favorite men from Gregory Ashe. I genuinely loved listening, and J.F. Harding's voices for Tean and Jem *and Ammon ...more
You know, it's crazy but 11 books and quite a few novellas later and I'm still not ready to let Hazard and Somers go. But at least I can be happy withYou know, it's crazy but 11 books and quite a few novellas later and I'm still not ready to let Hazard and Somers go. But at least I can be happy with where they are now, with each other. I honestly can't think of any other book people that put me through the kind of suffering that these guys did through this series but I also have loved very few like I do these two. They're absolutely maddening, hilarious, snarky and sarcastic, damn brilliant, fiercely loyal, brave and sometimes, very, very sweet. ❤️
And I did tell myself I was not going to be all gushy fangirl here. Ooops?
The Keeper of Bees is active again, and this time he makes it his business to go after both Emery and John in a way that makes it clear it's personal. Complicating this is the obnoxious new chief of police ...more
A great ending to the series, and a lot darker than I expected. If you'll pardon the pun, the series grew teeth here at the end. I quite liked it. :)A great ending to the series, and a lot darker than I expected. If you'll pardon the pun, the series grew teeth here at the end. I quite liked it. :)...more
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