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You Are Fatally Invited
- A Novel
- Written by: Ande Pliego
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Dawn Harvey, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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When renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor hires former aspiring writer Mila del Angél to host a writing retreat at his private manor off the coast of Maine, she jumps at the chance—particularly since she has an axe to grind with one of the invitees. The guest list? Six thriller authors, all masters of deceit, misdirection, and mayhem. Alastor and Mila have masterminded a week of games, trope-fueled riddles, and maybe a jump scare or two—the perfect cover for Mila to plot a murder of her own.
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Really Enjoy It
- By Anynomous on 2025-03-18
- You Are Fatally Invited
- A Novel
- Written by: Ande Pliego
- Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz, Dawn Harvey, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, John Lee, Will Damron, Victoria Villarreal, Mia Hutchinson-Shaw, Feodor Chin
Really Enjoy It
Reviewed: 2025-03-18
I liked this novel a lot. The writing was interesting and the characters were strong; the narration was also fantastic. The ending was pretty obvious, tbh, but there were enough twists and turns throughout that I was never bored nor was the story overly trite. Would definitely recommend!
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Bury Your Gays
- Written by: Chuck Tingle
- Narrated by: André Santana, Charlie Jane Anders, CJ Leede, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Misha knows that chasing success in Hollywood can be hell. But finally, after years of trying to make it, his big moment is here: an Oscar nomination. And the executives at the studio for his long-running streaming series know just the thing to kick his career to the next level: kill off the gay characters, "for the algorithm," in the upcoming season finale.
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AMAZING
- By Anynomous on 2025-03-07
- Bury Your Gays
- Written by: Chuck Tingle
- Narrated by: André Santana, Charlie Jane Anders, CJ Leede, Georgia Bird, Liz Kerin, Mara Wilson, Mark Oshiro, Sarah Gailey, Stephen Graham Jones, T. Kingfisher, TJ Klune
AMAZING
Reviewed: 2025-03-07
This is instantly one of my favourite books. It's smart, dark and funny, captivating as hell, excellently narrated, and exceptionally written. It's almost the radical queer inverse of Yellowface, which is everything. F*cking brilliant.
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Zetas Till We Die
- Written by: Amber Brown, Danielle Brown
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo, Ariel Blake
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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It’s been ten years since Priscilla and her Zeta Phi Zeta sorority sisters graduated college. Ten years since they were all in the same room together. Ten years since one of them died. And now Lupé’s killer has been released from prison on a technicality, days before their ten-year reunion. Priscilla decides that the party must go on; Lupé would have wanted it to. And besides, an epic reunion bash might be the perfect distraction. Back together, the Zetas party like it’s 2012, and it’s wild, just the way it used to be. Maybe too wild.
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Weirdly Offensive
- By Anynomous on 2025-02-22
- Zetas Till We Die
- Written by: Amber Brown, Danielle Brown
- Narrated by: Inés del Castillo, Ariel Blake
Weirdly Offensive
Reviewed: 2025-02-22
So the story is well narrated and the prose is compelling and often beautiful, if not hauntingly so, but the ending is pretty obvious and then there's a couple plot twists that are random-ish and not well integrated/developed. Also, and a bit of a spoiler alert, but the book is weirdly offensive and conservative. The white guys end up being heros and overly sympathetic, the only Black Lesbian character, and poor sister, is not only the killer but a stocker and sociopath (played out queerphobic trope). Also the ony featured Black husband is a cheater and the plot is kinda irrelevant. The book feels like it was written by two authors with two different stories and that it had a problematic white editor who f*cked it up. I do not get it, but I did listened to the whole thing.
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Known to the Victim
- Written by: K.L. Armstrong
- Narrated by: AJ Bridel
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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When Amy Gibson's mother is brutally murdered by her boyfriend, Amy's world is completely undone. Overcome with grief and heartache, she withdraws from everything around her—college, her friends, her entire life. Until her estranged half-brother, Oliver, saves her, pulling her back into her life and giving her family. Giving her a home.
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Stand Out
- By iyixi on 2025-02-26
- Known to the Victim
- Written by: K.L. Armstrong
- Narrated by: AJ Bridel
Thoughtful, slow burn suspense
Reviewed: 2025-01-28
I really enjoyed this novel. It mirrors the way that domestic abuse escalates and exposes itself to victims/survivors and uses that mirroring to drive the suspense and intrigue of the novel. It has the typical surreal/dramatic elements of domestic thrillers that makes them captivating while also creating real and relatable characters struggling with real and relatable issues around abuse, sexism, and power. It was a bit too (albeit subtly) pro cop for me, especially because it's Canadian and the narrator is a PhD student studying domestic abuse (as a Canadian with a doctorate in the social sciences and who examines violence I don't believe this is a realistic perspective for her to have) but otherwise it's good. The narrator is also great; highly recommend.
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The Surrogate Mother
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Abby wants a baby more than anything. But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true. But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret. And she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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Alison Crawchuk is a TERRRRRIBLE NARRATOR
- By Books99 on 2022-11-01
- The Surrogate Mother
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Alyson Krawchuk
Great but bad editing
Reviewed: 2024-12-20
One of my favourite books by the author, the suspense was fantastic, and the narrator was good, but the editing for it is so bad and takes away from the overall impact
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The Wife Upstairs
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Angie Kane
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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Victoria Barnett has it all: a great career as a nurse practitioner, a handsome and loving husband, a beautiful home in the suburbs, and a plan to fill it with children. Life is perfect—or so it seems. Then she’s in a terrible accident...and everything falls apart. Now Victoria is unable to walk. She can’t feed or dress herself. She can’t even speak. She is confined to the top floor of her house with 24-hour care.
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Had to turn it off
- By Jennifer on 2023-03-01
- The Wife Upstairs
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Angie Kane
Good
Reviewed: 2024-12-11
It's not my favourite book by the author, but not as bad at some reviews suggest. First, the narrator is really good and a lot better than sone of the narrators this author has had, idk what everyone's beef is with her. Second, the story is interesting, it's just a bit slower, and similar to a lot of her other plots. But if you like this author, I'd recommend the novel.
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The Ex
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Cassie thinks she has met the perfect man. Joel is sweet, handsome, romantic, and best of all, he’s crazy about Cassie. She thinks she’s found the guy she’ll spend the rest of her life with. Have children with. Grow old with. Yes, she knows about his perfect ex-girlfriend, Francesca. The beautiful, brilliant chef, beloved by all his friends. But she thinks Francesca is out of the picture. She thinks Francesca is gone for good. Think again, Cassie.
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Great book
- By Anonymous on 2024-11-06
- The Ex
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
One of my favs by the author
Reviewed: 2024-12-11
I've read most of this authors book and this one might be the most cleverly written one. The level of detail that had to go into making the story consistent and the ending unpredictable, or at least not trite, is really impressive, and the narration is fantastic-my only critique is that I wish the whole book was in first person present tense, and also there were these two random ass moments where the second person narrator goes into first person narration and it's hella confusing. It honestly seemed like an editing/publishing error. But besides that, highly recommend!
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Do You Remember?
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Tess Strebel can’t recognize her own face. She can’t recognize her home. Her bedroom is unfamiliar. And she can’t remember the handsome stranger lying next to her in bed. A stranger who claims he’s her husband. Tess reads a letter in her own handwriting, composed during a rare lucid day, explaining her life as it now exists: she was in a terrible car accident one year ago. Every morning, she wakes up unable to remember most of the last decade. Including her own wedding.
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Fantastic narration and another amazing book by FMcFadden!
- By Books99 on 2022-11-05
- Do You Remember?
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
Really well written
Reviewed: 2024-12-04
This is one of my favourite books by this author. It's hard to write something entertaining and fresh within the ground hog format of this novel but she does it well. It also has a smart anti domestic violence + disability justice message that I've seen elsewhere in one of her books and which she is good at. It's a thoughtful and captivating book. Also great narrator. Definitely recommend!
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The Housemaid Is Watching
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman, Ina Marie Smith
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next installment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone listen: and once you start, it will have you up all night until the final explosive twist.
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Fantastic
- By Jayne on 2024-06-17
- The Housemaid Is Watching
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Lauryn Allman, Ina Marie Smith
Best of Series
Reviewed: 2024-11-24
A few people commented that this book isn't as good as the first two books and I strongly disagree. If you know the author's writing, the twist in book one is pretty obvious and the second book follows the exact same formula of book one just in reverse. Book three, however, is richer and has enough going on where you don't see everything coming right away. Also, I really enjoyed following Millie and her family over time and the throw backs to book one. Great way to end am enjoyable series!
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Brain Damage
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.
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A great book.
- By Shauna on 2025-03-17
- Brain Damage
- Written by: Freida McFadden
- Narrated by: Megan Tusing
Disability Justice Suspense
Reviewed: 2024-11-14
This is different from Freida Mcfadden's usual MO but in a good way. Usually her books are driven by plot and an unexpected twist, which is great, but her character development isn't that strong (although not always) and there isn't really a bigger meaning or idea in the story. It's just a good, psychological story. But in this book, the twist is pretty predictable, but it's OK because that's not the point. The strength lies in the perspective and how the author makes you feel the horror of being completely dependent on an abusive man as a disabled woman and the embodied struggles of recovering from a traumatic brain injury. She plays with themes of memory and identity, disability justice, and domestic abuse and you feel deeply connected to the main character, even though she's disconnected from herself. The book is also excellently narrated. I was pleasantly surprised and would definitely recommend this novel.
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