Ashley rocks

fantastic from beginning to end. A must listen to book massive fan of all Ashley books and heros

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Loved it

Would you consider the audio edition of At Peace to be better than the print version?

Yes as I can close my eyes and enjoy one of my favourite books

What did you like best about this story?

Loved it all

Which character – as performed by Olivia Porter – was your favourite?

Violet

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Made me both laugh and cry

Any additional comments?

I have read this book on my kindle at least 3 times , and still loved listening to it on audio!

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Great Book!

What did you like most about At Peace?

This was my favourite book from this series.

What did you like best about this story?

I really enjoyed seeing the relationship between Cal and Vi progress.

What aspect of Olivia Porter’s performance might you have changed?

The narrator was a bit difficult to listen to at first but as the story moved on I didn't really notice it.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Cal's protectiveness over Violet and her family was really sweet.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend.

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Great story

Really enjoyed the book but Violet takes stereotype that women are weak makes it hard to relate to her.

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Kristen Ashley is playing with my emotions!

This book was so good that I couldn't even keep my emotions out of it. Loved the characters, but I will be honest I wanted to strangle Violet in the beginning because I thought she should guard her heart more but then again she is meant to be as sweet as pie. Joe really upset me in the beginning but as always KA made sure he got his head together. Loved the Winter girls. The family love in this book was EVERYTHING! Loved it! Loved it so much I think I need to be on a beach with a glass of wine to read it again without getting heart palpitations. This story will upset, irritate and make you laugh and cry and it will be worth it.

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Excellent - mostly!

This is one of my all-time favourite kindle books, but I did not enjoy the audio version quite so much, probably because with kindle I tend to skim over bits I don’t like!

This book is still an excellent five star read - just a few parts I would rather avoid: The whole mafia/family angle was an overdone stereotypical cliché. Also overdone is a lot of focus on a couple who get their own book later, with an unappealing “H”, who treats his casual sex partner like disposable trash, and treats his future “h” in a similar fashion.

I was also a little uncomfortable with the whole Mike/Cal/Vi love triangle. I appreciate that she was genuinely torn between two very different men, but to date one, spend that night in bed with the other, but then keep dating the former, was a little difficult to stomach. I also found her TSTL actions in the last chapters illogical - she had coped with so much in her life, but suddenly seemed to lose the ability to think rationally and does some really stupid stuff – would she really run out of the house in a t-shirt upon hearing her boyfriend was captured? Not even pause to phone her cop neighbour, use her personal alarm to notify someone, or even put on shoes and grab a coat? Later on, she only actually escaped because another woman was there to guide her - and then only because the bad guy put them in a ground floor room with an unlocked window (seriously?).

For all my criticisms, this is an excellent book, but it is very long and I really think it would be better with deleting some of the superfluous chapters and just focusing on the main characters, particularly in the final chapters, where the climax of the story is observed mainly thru the POV of side characters, and left me feeling I had missed out on what the H and H themselves actually endured.

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Great story, some production issues

Favourite book of this series and the narrator has a great voice. Unfortunately, like the previous book on the serious you can hear a lot of random pauses and swallowing. I was still able to listen to it all and enjoyed it, but these were a little off putting. Not to critique the narrator however who has an excellent voice.

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Perfectly balanced

I really enjoyed this book. I did not want it to end. Emotionally charged, often leaving me conflicted. I gave to agree that this is probably my favourite Kristen Ashley. What a world she weaves. I want to go back and remind myself where some of the characters have crossed over from other series. Highly recommended if you want a story that you can immerse yourself in.

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Horrendous narrator spoils the book

I’m not sure whether the narrator thought she was reading an encyclopaedia or just couldn’t be bothered to put any effort in. The performance was just horrendous. She sounded bored most of the time and at times it was just bizarre. Phrases where the characters actually stated that they were whispering or shouting were all read in the same monotonous tone. She made absolutely no effort whatsoever to distinguish between characters, so much so that you couldn’t tell who was supposed to be speaking. Even supposedly tough cops or gangsters all sounded girly. It was such a shame as the plot was, as with almost all KA’s books, really good. What a relief that the next book in the series is read by a different narrator!

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Really didn’t enjoy this one

I could NOT get into this story… Joe… I mean, he’s just an awful character. He feels like one of those guys who ‘neg’. Jeez - grow up! Just no.

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