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Samantha Watkins: Chronicles of an Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Aurelie Venem
Did not finish book.
This had such high ratings ... but it just wasn't capturing my interest. After glancing at reviews and seeing that it ends on a cliffhanger with the sequels not available (in English anyway) I decided it just stop. DNF at 50% through.
I borrowed the book in KindleUnlimited. Text and audio. Amy McFadden is the narrator. She's good -I really liked her the first time I heard her, but then, she (and all her voices) sound the same, so much so that my mind mixes up the different stories! So that was one strike. Also, the "screams" ... I know it's a bit of a catch-22 for narrators. To actually scream (as was done here) grated on me, yet to say "she screamed" and continue with normal narration can also come off wrong.
I like vampires, but the story here was just okay for me. And while I realize that authors will try to vary words when possible to avoid repetition, Samantha constantly referring to Phoenix as "my boss" just annoyed me. I checked, it was there 238 times. Now ... "Phoenix" was in there 696 times (gotta love search options with Kindle) but his name didn't bug me the way "my boss" did.
I was able to stop and not feel the slightest urge to know what else was going to happen ...
I borrowed the book in KindleUnlimited. Text and audio. Amy McFadden is the narrator. She's good -I really liked her the first time I heard her, but then, she (and all her voices) sound the same, so much so that my mind mixes up the different stories! So that was one strike. Also, the "screams" ... I know it's a bit of a catch-22 for narrators. To actually scream (as was done here) grated on me, yet to say "she screamed" and continue with normal narration can also come off wrong.
I like vampires, but the story here was just okay for me. And while I realize that authors will try to vary words when possible to avoid repetition, Samantha constantly referring to Phoenix as "my boss" just annoyed me. I checked, it was there 238 times. Now ... "Phoenix" was in there 696 times (gotta love search options with Kindle) but his name didn't bug me the way "my boss" did.
I was able to stop and not feel the slightest urge to know what else was going to happen ...