Andrew Z. Sieminski
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Hooked
- The Never After Series, Book 1
- Written by: Emily McIntire
- Narrated by: Felicity Munroe, Rupert Hawthorne
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 354
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 307
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Story4 out of 5 stars 306
Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His belly full of laughter, his life full of joy. Until one day, something changed; stripped his innocence away. The hole inside making space for the devil to come and play.
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4 out of 5 stars
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better to read
- By Customer on 2023-11-21
- Hooked
- The Never After Series, Book 1
- Written by: Emily McIntire
- Narrated by: Felicity Munroe, Rupert Hawthorne
Smut
Reviewed: 2024-05-26
If you are looking for a novel with lewd writing and over sexualized story line, this maybe for you. Otherwise, just keep moving. Even free it was a waste.
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Sons of Valor III: War Machine
- The Sons of Valor, Book 3
- Written by: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story5 out of 5 stars 37
After a shootout in Dubai left Hamza al-Saud dead and elevated brilliant aeronautical engineer Qasim Nadar to hero status in England, everyone assumes the terrorist threat from al Qadar has been eliminated. Everyone except JSOC counterterrorism analyst Whitney Watts. But when she decides to help MI6 penetrate Nadar’s secret network, Watts gets a little too close to the truth and finds herself in a deadly situation not even her teammates from Tier One can save her from.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exciting read
- By cj on 2024-11-20
- Sons of Valor III: War Machine
- The Sons of Valor, Book 3
- Written by: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
Worth the wait
Reviewed: 2023-11-14
I preordered this book and waited patiently for its release. It was the best of the series so far and I hope there will be more in the series. The author creates a perfect combination of knuckle dragging, door kicking seals with a touch of humanity to make an amazing story. The narrator voices each character being life to all the characters. Love the story.
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Flu
- Flu Series, Book 1
- Written by: Wayne Simmons
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4 out of 5 stars 9
There's a nasty flu going round. An epidemic, they call it. The posters say to cover your mouth when you sneeze, and throw away the tissue. But such simple measures won't stop this flu. Because when you catch the flu, armed police come and lock you in your house to die alone. When you catch this flu, it kills you in days. And when you catch this flu, two hours after it's killed you, your eyelids snap open again....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A excellent story bad narration
- By Gerald Lefebvre on 2023-11-20
- Flu
- Flu Series, Book 1
- Written by: Wayne Simmons
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
Don’t waste your time
Reviewed: 2023-10-29
A story that starts out well with characters that struggle with morality questions. Then it sinks into a slow moving story, with little thought or plot. The characters aren’t built up leaving the listener with no connection to them or a care of what happens to them. The narrator makes an effort to keep it interesting by changing his voice for the different characters, but is otherwise flat. Even free this one will cost you time. Find something better to listen to.
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The Demon Cycle Novellas
- Brayan's Gold, Great Bazaar, and Messenger's Legacy
- Written by: Peter V. Brett
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
From the dangerous world of the Demon Cycle comes the early adventures of Arlen, Peter V. Brett's quintessential fantasy hero. These exciting origin tales follow Arlen as he learns to navigate a world where the elemental forces of evil conjure themselves from the earth each night. Humanity has barely survived a demonic onslaught by using magical wards that protect their cities and homes. Only a handful of mercenaries and explorers risk traveling after the sun sets. Arlen, seeking adventure, is barely protected by the warded armor upon which he has inscribed intricate defensive runes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth the wait
- By Andrew Z. Sieminski on 2023-10-27
- The Demon Cycle Novellas
- Brayan's Gold, Great Bazaar, and Messenger's Legacy
- Written by: Peter V. Brett
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
Worth the wait
Reviewed: 2023-10-27
A quick trip back to land of the Demon Cycle that just wets the pallet for more. Wonderfully written, excellently narrated. If you like the original books you will love this small trip back.
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Pieces of Her Part 2
- Written by: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 12
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 12
What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all? Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows Laura has spent nearly her whole life in the small beach town of Belle Isle, Georgia; she knows Laura's never wanted anything more than to lead a quiet, normal life in this conventional community; she knows Laura's a kind and beloved speech pathologist who helps others; she knows Laura's never kept a secret in her life. Andrea knows that Laura is everything she isn't—confident, settled, sure of herself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mediocre story saved by good narration
- By Andrew Z. Sieminski on 2023-05-09
- Pieces of Her Part 2
- Written by: Karin Slaughter
- Narrated by: Kathleen Early
Mediocre story saved by good narration
Reviewed: 2023-05-09
For most of the book you are left to wonder why most of the event are happening and by the time you find out who the characters are, what side they are on and their motivations, you may not actually care anymore. The narration was the saving grace of this audiobook.
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Dead Acre
- Written by: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 126
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
James Crowley met his mortal end in a hail of gunfire. Now, he finds himself in purgatory, serving the White Throne to avoid falling to hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his servitude and fade away. His not-so-sacred duty as a Hand of God? Use his new abilities to hunt down demonic beings that have infiltrated the mortal realm. This time, the White Throne has sent him to the middle of nowhere: a Western town called Dead Acre with a saloon, a moldy church, and little else worth talking about. There isn’t even a sheriff.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a voice!
- By Uncle Bosco on 2023-11-14
- Dead Acre
- Written by: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
Better than the original
Reviewed: 2023-03-21
I disliked the original book. The narrator has smoothed his voice into the part. This story is the background between Mary and our Crowley. If you listened to the main book you know most of the story, but this fills in some gaps. Being written as a prequel the author’s writing style has gotten better as well. It almost give me hope to want to listen to the second book. This was good on its own.
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Cold as Hell Part 2
- Black Badge Series, Book 1
- Written by: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Demons. Monsters. Witches. James Crowley’s sacred duty as a Black Badge is to hunt them down and send them packing, banish them from the mortal realm for good. He didn’t choose this life. No. He didn’t choose life at all. Shot dead in a gunfight many years ago, now he’s stuck in purgatory, serving the whims of the White Throne to avoid falling to Hell. Not quite undead, though not alive either, the best he can hope for is to work off his penance and fade away.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Forced story line with flat characters
- By Andrew Z. Sieminski on 2023-03-20
- Cold as Hell Part 2
- Black Badge Series, Book 1
- Written by: Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
Forced story line with flat characters
Reviewed: 2023-03-20
I almost gave up on this book in the first couple of minutes. As much as I appreciated the rough cowboy sounding narrator it made it hard to listen to at times. The character came out feeling flat and left me not really caring what happened to any of them. When one of the characters died it just reinforced the feeling that they aren’t worrying connecting with. The book felt like it was trying to introduce all the main characters in the first book to lead into the second, but it felt so forced that the second book lacks any appeal to me at this point.
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Rogue Heroes Part 2
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- Written by: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Britain's Special Air Service - or SAS - was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young, gadabout aristocrat whose aimlessness in early life belied a remarkable strategic mind. Where most of his colleagues looked at a battlefield map of World War II's African theater and saw a protracted struggle with Rommel's desert forces, Stirling saw an opportunity: Given a small number of elite, well-trained men, he could parachute behind enemy lines and sabotage their airplanes and war matériel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A good historical listen
- By Andrew Z. Sieminski on 2023-03-11
- Rogue Heroes Part 2
- The History of the SAS, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War
- Written by: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
A good historical listen
Reviewed: 2023-03-11
I came across this book after watching Rogue Heroes on TV. It fills in a lot of back ground information that the show wasn’t able to address. The insanity of the SAS was captured well on the screen, but it is unbelievable how true the events depicted actually were. A good historical listen.
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Fight Club
- Written by: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Jim Colby
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 430
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 377
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 378
When a listless office employee (the narrator) meets Tyler Durden, his life begins to take on a strange new dimension. Together they form Fight Club - a secretive underground group sponsoring bloody bare-knuckle boxing matches staged in seedy alleys, vacant warehouses, and dive-bar basements. Fight Club lets ordinary men vent their suppressed rage, and it quickly develops a fanatical following.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love Fight Club
- By K. Sunshine Cox on 2020-11-07
- Fight Club
- Written by: Chuck Palahniuk
- Narrated by: Jim Colby
I am Joe’s raging frustration realized
Reviewed: 2023-02-26
I’ve seen the movie and enjoyed it. The book puts a lot of the fine nuances and subtleties into light that the movie wasn’t able to portray. An excellent listen.
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Raybearer Part 2
- Written by: Jordan Ifueko
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
What if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as the Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the crown prince’s Council of Eleven. If she’s picked, she’ll be joined with the other council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai. But the Lady has other ideas....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderfully engaging
- By Suzanne Kluczny on 2023-02-26
- Raybearer Part 2
- Written by: Jordan Ifueko
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
Forgettable
Reviewed: 2023-02-22
The story started off very quickly, to the point that the reader is disoriented as to what was actually going on. The premise of the book had a lot of potential, but was lost in slow drawn out sections, overly authentic attempt at use of an African dialect and at times the accent of the narrator. The motivation of the main character wasn’t even revealed until after chapter 20.
With that said the narrators attempts to make the reading and accents sound of an Africa descent is one of the saving graces of the book. Her voice was soothing enough to put me to sleep but the book didn’t hold my interest to keep me awake. By the time I reached the end of the first half of the book I was ready for it to be over. Although the second half was better it didn’t make up for the lagging of the first half. Where I would normally continue listening to a book because I enjoy it and it provides a story in the background, I preferred the sound of silence than trying to get back into this book to finish it.
It was free. Even then it is time I won’t get back for a story that I won’t want to remember or recommend.
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