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Dream Team Strikes Again

Revisado: 01-17-25

When Annabelle and Virgil pair up, you know you're in for something good, and this is no exception.

The girls are all unique, with their own vivid personalities and quirks (I definitely picked a favorite around halfway through). I'm eagerly awaiting book 2 to see how things unfold with some of the girls who are lined up for more time in the spotlight.

The pacing is on point, and the stakes are high enough to keep the right level of tension, without overwhelming some of the cozier plot points.

Having the family aspect helps keep things grounded in a way you don't see too frequently in spicy books, and I found it very welcome.

I'll be grabbing book 2 as soon as it releases.

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Well Written and Voiced

Revisado: 11-24-24

Starts with a unique (at least to my knowledge) premise for harem culture to exist. Also an interesting role reversal for woman not being immune to acting like sexist scumbags when they're occupying positions of power and men are scarce.

The voice actors do a solid job throughout. Written and paced well enough that I'll follow and keep an eye out for the series to continue.

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Poorly Written & Oddly Narrated

Revisado: 09-13-24

Writing was like someone felt they had to use 'smart person' words, but their thesaurus only had about 50 words in it. Some words and phrases were repeated a ridiculous number of times. Everything is bustling, all words hang in the air, and each character is ever the something. Author needs someone to proof and edit.

Male narrator heavily over emotes, which when paired with the writing, means half the book is spent in a light-hearted, companionable chuckle that starts to quickly grate on the senses. A more direct read would have helped this one.

Female narrator was fine.

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A Perfect Holiday Novel For The Radley Crew

Revisado: 08-06-24

This novel continues the trend of having better character and world building than erotica has any sensible right to.

The Radley team has to take over Christmas for a Santa who is MIA, while solving the mystery of his disappearance.

While the adventure unfolds with the usual comedy and spice, it continues the trend of strong action sequences, and multiple moments of genuine emotion that tug on the heartstrings, and at least once left me in tears. The author isn't afraid to tackle tough topics, and always knows what gear to hit to tackle them with sincerity and respect.

The meta-story of the household also progresses, but I won't touch on that, to completely avoid potential spoilers.

Voice acting continues to be a strong point for the series, with the characters being granted a distinct life of their own, owing to the talent of the dual narration. They've absolutely spoiled me for other large cast ensembles.

I'm eagerly awaiting book 7, and as always, keeping my eyes open for anything new from Annabelle.

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Disjointed Tale of a Despicable Human

Revisado: 05-22-24

I'll first give credit where it's due and say the narrator delivered this well.

Unfortunately, the story itself hops around bafflingly between different times in the character's life. Only a few times does it stay in one place long enough to establish even a shadow of coherence.

The other main drawback is the main character herself. Every aspect of her is unlikable, but not even interestingly enough that you find yourself wanting to follow along to discover what happens next. You just want something awful to happen to her so she can stop crapping on everything around her and the book can be over.

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A Solid Side Story

Revisado: 04-19-24

This fleshes out two (three?) of the characters that so far have seemed a little two dimensional. They're still not my favorite characters in the HM universe, but the story does work to bring them to life in a more thorough light. As usual from this team, the writing and performances are ridiculously top notch, especially for the spicy genre.

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Juvenile Shouting?

Revisado: 04-17-24

This was recommended to me after reading John Dies At The End as another in the same 'zany supernatural' type of field. Unfortunately this one just doesn't do it for me, despite the rave reviews it gets from others. The author seems to write like a 15 year old boy who downed a whole bottle Ritalin. This is actually a match for the story's MC, so is perhaps intended. The narrator also matches this with a near constant and desperate, slightly high pitch shout to his voice. So, while this might have been all by design, it made it nearly unlistenable for me.

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Another Solid Entry

Revisado: 04-05-24

Continues the story of the monster crew with the same high quality writing and performances, and weaves in elements of the arachnid side story.

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A tiring political slog

Revisado: 02-27-24

As others have mentioned, shades of hunger games mixed with George rr Martin, and somehow managed to make that boring.

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Average story, bad VA

Revisado: 01-07-24

I don't go into these with high expectations, but even for harem lit, the story is phoned in. Female VA is okay, but I've heard her give much better performances. Male VA is the most robotic I've heard to date, and caused me to just give up after about three hours.

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