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The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black

Narrated by Lauren Fortgang The Darkest Part of the Forest is my second Holly Black audiobook. I didn’t know a lot about it, but after the success in 2013 of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, I was pretty sure I’d…

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Emma – the 200th Anniversary Audio Edition by Jane Austen

Narrated by Alison Larkin I’m not much of a classic literature buff, but there are a few exceptions. I adore Gone with the Wind, Jane Eyre, and Jane Austen’s Emma. So, when I saw that Emma was coming out as…

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Night of a Thousand Stars by Deanna Raybourn

Narrated by Anna Parker-Naples I read and loved this book last year, so I was delighted to see that it had recently been made available in audio and eagerly snapped it up, even though the narrator is not someone I…

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Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard

Narrated by Teri Clark Linden Rescue Me, Maybe is marketed under the Romance Category at Audible.com as Chick Lit – a genre that I usually associate with young career women in an urban area wearing expensive brand name shoes, told…

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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black – Halloween Week Special!

Narrated by Christine Lakin Originally reviewed by Kaetrin on December 11, 2013 – re-posted for Halloween Week 2015! I saw a bit of buzz about The Coldest Girl in Coldtown – I tend to be a bit more adventurous in my…

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The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson

Narrated by Jay O’Shea I requested The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest because it was marketed as a cross between Swan Lake and Robin Hood. Two wonderful stories in their own right but together, it could be magical. Unfortunately, instead of…

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Flight by Alyssa Rose Ivy 

Narrated by Amy Rubinate Flight, the first book in the Crescent Chronicles, is a Young Adult paranormal romance. As is typical of Young Adult romances, the intimate scenes are very tame and could easily be appropriate for listeners of junior high…

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Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Narrated by Amy Rubinate Every Last Word is the story of sixteen-year-old Samantha McAlester, a high school junior with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It’s a well-written and well-researched look at mental illness, and how it affects young people. Everyone who knows…

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Defiance by C.J. Redwine

Narrated by Renee Chambliss Defiance is a book that has been on my radar for over a couple of years now. Of course, as with all things TBR list related, it got shuffled to the middle of the stack with…