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A review by adrianwelsh
Venom by Kristen Middleton
4.0
My rating: 4.5 stars
Audiobook narrator [a:Meghan Kelly|4838868|Meghan Kelly|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1304966908p2/4838868.jpg] rating: 4.5 stars
I was gifted this book in exchange for an honest review.
At first, I took a look at the book cover and was a little worried that I got myself into a cheesy romance novel. I was pleasantly surprised! This was a fun and short novel that made me think of a blend between [b:Storm Front|47212|Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)|Jim Butcher|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1419456275s/47212.jpg|1137060] and [b:Moon Called|71811|Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)|Patricia Briggs|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1272070347s/71811.jpg|69530] (though much closer to Storm Front than Moon Called, in my opinion). The main difference with the book Venom is that the overall main character is not the magical/paranormal/supernatural type of character – she is just a regular person.
I liked how this book was written and it kept me interested the entire way through. I felt a little lost during one of the action scenes and a little confused (it was likely due to me being distracted) but it was explained enough in the book that I knew what had happened and did not stay lost. I really enjoyed the different POV approach between the book’s two main characters. This allowed the book to stay in first person and allowed to see different sides of the story.
The narrator was terrific! I thought she did a great job at changing her voice between different female characters and different male characters. This is something you don’t see very often.
Just one stray observation: I really like how the main character is “barely five feet tall” and that her mom is nearly as short! Thanks for the free audiobook! I look forward to reading more in this series.
More thoughts that jumbled into my head just before submitting this review: I see that the book was published in 2014 though some of the things mentioned in the book were a little bit older (i.e. the girls wanting to buy a CD and there was something else that caught my attention but I can’t think of it now). No issues, just interesting.
Audiobook narrator [a:Meghan Kelly|4838868|Meghan Kelly|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1304966908p2/4838868.jpg] rating: 4.5 stars
I was gifted this book in exchange for an honest review.
At first, I took a look at the book cover and was a little worried that I got myself into a cheesy romance novel. I was pleasantly surprised! This was a fun and short novel that made me think of a blend between [b:Storm Front|47212|Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)|Jim Butcher|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1419456275s/47212.jpg|1137060] and [b:Moon Called|71811|Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)|Patricia Briggs|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1272070347s/71811.jpg|69530] (though much closer to Storm Front than Moon Called, in my opinion). The main difference with the book Venom is that the overall main character is not the magical/paranormal/supernatural type of character – she is just a regular person.
I liked how this book was written and it kept me interested the entire way through. I felt a little lost during one of the action scenes and a little confused (it was likely due to me being distracted) but it was explained enough in the book that I knew what had happened and did not stay lost. I really enjoyed the different POV approach between the book’s two main characters. This allowed the book to stay in first person and allowed to see different sides of the story.
The narrator was terrific! I thought she did a great job at changing her voice between different female characters and different male characters. This is something you don’t see very often.
Just one stray observation: I really like how the main character is “barely five feet tall” and that her mom is nearly as short! Thanks for the free audiobook! I look forward to reading more in this series.
More thoughts that jumbled into my head just before submitting this review: I see that the book was published in 2014 though some of the things mentioned in the book were a little bit older (i.e. the girls wanting to buy a CD and there was something else that caught my attention but I can’t think of it now). No issues, just interesting.