Make Up Reading

 4 out of 5 stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Macmillan Audio in exchange for an honest review. This is my third Alex Finlay novel and I have to say that I am now a fan.  I did like this more than The Night Shift which was also a really good book but I really enjoyed how action packed this was.  Not every character was likable but I actually really liked that. Each character had very different voice. I listen to a lot of audio books so I know a good narrator and Brittany Pressley, James Patrick Cronin, Jon Lindstrom and Maggie Thompson are all great narrators. I have a real fondness for Jon Lindstrom as I grew up watching him on TV. 

3.75 out of 5 stars  I would like to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review. I will admit that rating this has been a bit hard for me to review. While I really did enjoy the plot and I did like some of the characters (The characters I think you are supposed to like) there is the  issue that the main 4 characters were not the brightest bulbs. Fiona, Allison and Jasmine share a dark secret from their childhood. When their kids are all kidnapped by someone they thought was a friend and said friend tells them she will let the kids go if they tell the truth I think it is pretty obvious that the secret they all share is the issue.  However, they keep dismissing the elephant in the room. I wanted to yell at them to talk to one another! The mystery was really good, the ending was tight and the narrator Jasmine Blackborow was really good and that is what matters the most to me. I will be reading other books by Mercer. 

 4 out of 5 stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Booksgosocial Audio in exchange for an  honest review. This was a fun and quick read. This reminded me of the Christopher Pike books I used to read as a kid. At first I thought it was going to be a typical YA mystery novel  but then we got a supernatural twist which made  this an even more interesting read.   I really enjoyed the story that was being told in the journal. I listened to the audio book and the narrators Moira Todd, Gail Shalan, Eleanor McCormick, Whitney Dykehouse, Amy McFadden and Zac Aleman were all really great. I would recommend this for someone in the mood for a nice, relaxing mystery.

  5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I will be honest, I requested this novel because the cover looked amazing and I adore the narrator. Cassandra Campbell can do no wrong as far as I am concerned! Luckily this novel was really, really good. Stephen Amidon did a great of writing in very distinct voices for each character. The mystery was well crafted and because there was so much going on with each character this did not feel like a typical domestic thriller. No offense to domestic thrillers because I love them but this was a cut above.

  3.5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.  Arch-Conspirator is a re-telling of Antigone set in a dystopian future. I really liked the way Veronica Roth created the world.  The narrators January LaVoy and Dion Graham were really good.  I loved the idea of retelling Antigone because I can honestly say I have never seen this done before.  I also want to say that I really do like Veronica Roth's writing but for some reason this one just didn't click with me as much as I wanted it to.  Though well written I felt that the story was slow.  It felt like it took a long time for things to happen and then when they did the story was almost over. I guess this sounds like I didn't enjoy the book and I really did, I guess I was hoping for more.

 5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio in exchange for an honest review. I have been on a good run when it comes to reading this year so far and this is another great book.  Did I think a book about  Anthropomorphic dinosaurs would touch me so much? Nope! It most certainly did hook me and make me care so much for plucky story teller   Eleri and the friends he picks up along the way after being exiled and banished to the Deadlands after warning an "enemy" of an incoming carnivore attack.  John Pirhalla was a great narrator who encaptured Eleri's voice as well as his friends. The accents were spot on. This tale about dinosaurs that become  sentient after a great meteor  has much to offer. War, friendship and loyalty are some of the things this novel covers. I know that this is a middle grade book but I am someone that enjoys all kinds of novels and I feel like anyone would enjoy this. I am super excited for the next book! ...

  4.5 out of 5 stars Thank you to  Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for allowing me to read this is exchange for an honest review.  Isabel Rosen is sprinting towards the end of her senior year  when things change drastically not only in her life but for Wilder College as well.  Wilder College is an elite that once was an all male school and even though it is 1998 and  sometimes still feels like a women are not fully welcome.   WIth the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal playing in the background Wilder College is dealing with it's own scandal and Isabel finds herself right in the middle.  The  narrator Sarah Bierstock did a wonderful job  bringing Isabel and those around her  voices to life. TI feel that Daisy Alpert Florin did a great job bringing the feel of the 90's extremely well  and Isabel was character that I think most people could connect with. This reminded me a lot like "My Dark Vanessa" in the best of ways.